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PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Southwest, Dida, PriceLabs and more...

By PhocusWire July 10, 2026

Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry. Read More

News / Online

Vio Travel could automate 99% of bookings: Its CEOs explain why they won’t

By Arvindh Yuvaraj - WiT July 10, 2026

Vio Travel also became the first DMC in Asia to pass a 100% sustainability audit. Read More

News / Distribution

Addressing the L2B ratio explosion

By Morgan Hines July 9, 2026

With AI potentially driving look-to-book ratios to 200,000:1, can travel infrastructure survive the strain?... Read More

News / Finance

Super.com raises $65M to grow membership program, advance AI

By Abby Crotty July 8, 2026

The fresh funding will bolster Super+ paid membership offerings and improve AI personalization.... Read More

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Mews cuts 15% of workforce as AI changes 'economics of hospitality'

By Linda Fox July 7, 2026

A spokesperson for the company said the cuts were across all teams and geographies, adding that customer-facing roles were largely unaffected.... Read More

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Vibe, Navan launch MCP servers

By Michael B. Baker - BTN July 7, 2026

Navan initially is deploying its MCP as a "read-only experience" for travel data, letting travel and finance administrators use conversational prompts in Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP-compatible systems to query about their data.... Read More

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Top investors in travel tech 2026

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Travel visibility, trust and conversion take focus amid agentic commerce shift

Executives from Perk, Microsoft Advertising and Revolut discussed the future of agentic commerce in... Read more

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The importance of fundamentals in travel if the agentic workforce is untrustworthy

Trainline has partnered with Anthropic to implement AI internally and in customer-facing applications.... Read more

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Weighing build versus buy in travel's AI era

Executives from Amadeus, Etraveli and HTS discussed acquisition strategy and in-house development... Read more

Interview / Online

CEO Spotlight: Naren Shaam of Omio

Naren Shaam discusses AI, scaling Omio, operations and more in a wide-ranging conversation with... Read more

Interview / Technology

AI debate continues: Will travel's biggest brands thrive or falter?

Mario Gavira and Christian Watts brought their ongoing PhocusWire debate to the studio at Phocuswright... Read more

News / Online

Hostelworld’s Gary Morrison on building for the social traveler

Hostelworld CEO Gary Morrison discussed how the industry misunderstands hostel travelers, the... Read more

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