Joby Aviation has received a $500 million investment from Toyota Motor Corporation to bolster the production of electric air taxis for commercial service. The investment will be made in two equal parts and brings Toyota’s total investment in the company to $894 million. Joby Aviation said the funding will be used to help with the certification and commercial production of its electric air taxi, bringing both companies' vision for air mobility a step closer: https://bit.ly/3Bz5FIU #travelnews #traveltech #travelindustry #electricairtaxi #airmobility
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PhocusWire is a digital platform from Phocuswright, giving an editorial-led focus to the same trends that we've been overseeing with our market-leading events and research for two decades. PhocusWire covers and analyzes technology, distribution and the digital economy - the backbone of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry.
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🔦 Startup Stage - b0arding Founded in 2023, b0arding describes itself as a "video Tripadvisor". The platform invites users to submit video reviews of hotels and short-term rentals and rewards them with credits, which can be used toward travel bookings. b0arding has more than two million #hotel and vacation rental listings sourced from Amadeus and Booking.com. Learn more about the company on #PhocusWire: https://bit.ly/3XO4EUM #traveltech #travelnews #travelindustry #travelstartup #travelbookings #travelreviews
STARTUP STAGE: B0arding is a booking site that rewards users for video reviews
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It’s been almost five years since PhocusWire named its Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2020. Since that time the #travel industry has experienced a jump in #AI technology, along with countless mergers and acquisitions. It's also worth noting that these businesses were identified in November 2019, when we were completely unaware that the COVID pandemic would bring travel to a standstill just three months later. #PhocusWire recently checked in with some of these class of 2020 startups, including Magpie, Questo and Futurestay: https://bit.ly/4exIq0s #traveltech #travelindustry #travelnews #travelstartups
Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2020
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The Decentralized Identity Foundation has kicked off its 2024 #hackathon, designed to identify innovations using decentralized identity across a variety of use cases, including #travel. Developers entering the “Hospitality and Travel Challenge,” sponsored by NetSys, must demonstrate how decentralized identity technology combined with traditional travel technology can create a more frictionless, personalized and connected travel journey. Learn more on #PhocusWire: https://bit.ly/4gU2njy #traveltech #travelnews #travelindustry #decentralizedidentitytechnology
Decentralized Identity Foundation hackathon kicks off with track focused on travel solutions
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Check out PhocusWire's latest roundup of the people, product and partner #news from the global #travel industry this week: https://bit.ly/3zBMZYt Travel technology platform FLYR and IBM Consulting have announced a partnership that combines IBM’s transition and systems technologies and FLYR’s #airline retailing technologies to allow customers to make travel purchases in one order. Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel #bookings for travel suppliers worldwide, announced it has signed a multi-year renewal agreement with Delta Air Lines. TPConnects Technologies, a provider of cloud-based travel technology solutions, has announced that Qatar Airways, the national carrier of Qatar, has chosen TPConnects to modernize its retailing capabilities. Travel technology specialist Nezasa has introduced an AI-driven Planner Copilot within its TripBuilder platform. The solution aims to simplify the trip planning process and enable brands to design #trips more quickly. Speakspots.com an #AI travel planning assistant, has announced the integration of hotel inventory from Booking.com. This partnership will allow travelers using Speakspots.com's AI to plan their trip and receive #hotel options tailored to their preferences in one click. Riskline, a global travel intelligence company, has announced a new partnership with Osprey Flight Solutions, an aviation risk management platform for commercial airlines, cargo carriers and private aviation operators. Zoku Travel, a platform that empowers creators to build and scale their own travel businesses, has rebranded as BYRDLI. The company says that Byrdli marks a transformative step in creator-led travel. Global #vacation rental property management software, Hostaway, has appointed Cassie Fields as chief revenue officer. Fields plans to lead the company’s growth strategy, focusing on driving the company toward surpassing $100 million in revenue. WorldVue, a provider of video, advanced connectivity and professional services to guest-centric properties worldwide, has appointed three executives who will strengthen its global footprint across the Middle East, Africa, Indian Ocean and Oceania. Journey Mentor, a leading travel-tech SaaS company, has announced the appointment of Mark Anzur as its executive vice president of sales. Anzur has previously held senior positions at Air Montenegro, Adria Airways and Stobart Air Holdings in London and Dublin. #travelnews #travelindustry #traveltech
PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Booking.com, Delta, Qatar Airways and more
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RentalReady, a property management software company and subsidiary of GuestReady, has launched Maia, an autonomous artificial agent for short-term rentals. The tool can be used to automatically respond to #guest inquiries and handle guest communications without the need for human intervention. Maia will also assist property managers with upselling and revenue management. Learn more about Maia's capabilities on #PhocusWire: https://bit.ly/3ZPQ3uI #traveltech #travelnews #travelindustry #propertymanagement #shorttermrentals
RentalReady launches fully autonomous AI agent for STRs
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Travel health company Air Doctor, one of PhocusWire’s Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021, has raised $20 million to power expansion efforts. The new #funding comes as part of the company's Series B round led by aMoon. Since its launch in 2018, Air Doctor has built a network of 20,000 multilingual #doctors and #healthcare specialists in 84 countries across the world as it aims to give travelers access to doctors who speak their language at the “push of a button.” Learn more on #PhocusWire: https://bit.ly/4gOagaj #travelnews #traveltech #travelindustry #travelhealth
Air Doctor raises $20M for Asia expansion
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Longtime partners Sabre Corporation and Google have paired up to use the search giant's Travel Impact Model to calculate carbon emissions from the #travel technology company's corporate travel in 2023. The results are meant to give Sabre the ability to create realistic targets for reduction while boosting operational efficiency in its business travel practices. Sabre and Google aren’t alone in their ambitions to prioritize #sustainability. The business travel community is starting to pay more attention to sustainability - but there’s acceptance among leaders that change takes time. Get the story on #PhocusWire: https://bit.ly/3TU5vlE #travelnews #traveltech #travelindustry #businesstravel
As pressures mount on corporate travel to improve sustainability, progress is challenging
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It’s been nearly two years since OpenAI released ChatGPT – sending companies scrambling to understand and implement the technology. As part of that process, many initiated proofs-of-concept to find the best use cases. Greg Abbott, senior vice president of travel and hospitality for DataArt, has seen this first hand as his company has worked to develop PoCs for a wide range of purposes. But the majority have yet to make it into production, an indication these are still very early days in generative #AI development. So what will it take to make this technology more mainstream across travel? Abbott shares his ideas, including the need to deal with technical debt and to have a modern #data platform in this exclusive interview with #PhocusWire: https://bit.ly/3BwFxOM #traveltech #travelindustry #travelnews #generativeAI #artificialintelligence
What the travel industry is learning about effectively implementing AI
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Data has grown to become the impetus of nearly every industry in the world today. It has changed how companies do business, make decisions and interact with customers. The #hospitality sector, an industry built upon people skills, service and engagement is now diving headfirst into the world of #data to accomplish any myriad of objectives. According to a 2023 survey by Hospitality Technology, more than 74% of #hotels report using some form of data analytics to drive decision-making processes. With this comes a vital challenge that pushes the industry towards balancing the power brought by data against its reason for being—to deliver outstanding service. Read more on #PhocusWire: https://bit.ly/3ZNe859 #traveltech #travelindustry #travelnews
The future of hospitality lies in the perfect balance between data and service
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