TikTok launches GO. Mize and Dida tackle distribution. Amadeus, Accenture start ad platform.
TikTok enters travel booking with launch of TikTok GO
TikTok has launched TikTok GO — an in-app platform for discovering and booking hotels, tours, and attractions — in Indonesia, Japan, and the US. Users can find and complete bookings through familiar TikTok surfaces like videos, local feeds, [...]
Visa and Trip.com collab. Best socials for marketing. OneReg gets $4.4m. Top booking barriers.
Shiji and dailypoint integrate PMS and CRM for real-time guest data sync
Shiji and dailypoint have launched a two-way, real-time integration between Shiji's Daylight PMS and dailypoint's CRM platform, allowing guest profiles, check-in details, and preferences to automatically sync across both syste [...]
Hidden cost-cutters. Qwen AI goes shopping. Amadeus’ strong Q1. World’s largest travel intelligence ecosystem.
How co-sourcing is beating traditional outsourcing
Colombia-based 247 Travel Partner Desk (247tpd) reports that its travel-specialized co-sourcing model cuts operational costs by 40–50% — and up to 70% in high-cost markets like the US and Northern Europe — by embedding trained external teams [...]
Grab goes cross-border. Secondary cities get big. Dubai hotels eye rebound. Ferries adopt ChatGPT.
Secondary cities are in Asia's travel spotlight
Agoda data shows accommodation searches in secondary Asian cities have grown 15% faster than traditional hubs over the past two years, with destinations like Sapa, Okayama, and Bandung seeing the biggest jumps in international interest. To mark its 21 [...]
Amadeus wants biometrics. Spotnana, Air Canada link up. PKFARE and AirAsia MOVE offer booking bundles.
Spotnana, Air Canada link up on NDC and flight pass integration
Spotnana has announced a partnership with Air Canada that includes two integrations: a direct NDC connection covering the full booking and servicing lifecycle (continuous pricing, negotiated fares, unused credit management, self-servic [...]
Airbnb’s CORTIS stay. TAT and Dida launch ‘Trusted Thailand’. Ascott scales agentic AI commerce. More.
Airbnb partners with CORTIS to launch REDRED-themed stay
Airbnb and CORTIS have teamed up to open the POP-UP: Airbnb & CORTIS Seoul Hideout, a free immersive fan experience running May 1–7 in Seoul, celebrating the group's lead single REDRED from their upcoming 2nd EP GREENGREEN. The space is [...]
Rome2Rio’s ChatGPT app. Travelgate buys AO UK. Japanese hotels vs localization. Spring Airlines joins DerbySoft.
Travelgate acquires UK content management firm AO UK
Travelgate, part of Travelsoft Group, has acquired AO UK Ltd, a content orchestration software company founded in 2006 and headquartered in the UK with operations in Australia and North America. AO UK's core product, AO Campaign, combines Product [...]
Smartvel’s AI accessibility tool. Almosafer’s ChatGPT app. Staynex acquires Sleap.io. Airbnb’s $10M community fund. More.
Fliggy and Alibaba's Qwen app expand AI travel integration to 80+ brand partners
Alibaba's travel platform Fliggy and its Qwen AI app have grown their joint travel integration initiative to over 80 brand partners after adding 30+ new names, including Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airways, Hyatt Hotels, an [...]
Airbnb’s private car transfers. Digitising Macao tourism. HTS rebuilds Avion Rewards. Lumo’s flight disruption tools.
Macao, Alibaba, and Sands China to drive tourist spending through AI and digital mapping tools
Macao's Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Alibaba's navigation app Amap, and Sands China have signed a tripartite cooperation agreement to digitise the city's tourism ecosystem. The centerpiece is a "flyi [...]
BTS brings bookings. F1 travel trends. No-phone tiger reserves. MakeMyTrip’s AI concierge.
Lobby raises $2.2m to automate group bookings with AI
Swiss startup Lobby has secured USD 2.2 million from venture capital firm Founderful, whose co-founder Pascal Mathis, also a GetYourGuide co-founder, will join the board, to scale its AI platform for processing group travel bookings. The platfor [...]
