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Message received: WhatsApp's role in travel industry Travel companies are integrating with WhatsApp to take advantage of its wide user base.

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Latest News Travel management specialist Navan to debut on the Nasdaq In September, the company filed an S-1 registration document detailing its plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol "NAVN." Read More 3 innovators on reinvention, AI and metasearch's second act Skyscanner's Gareth Williams, Wego's Ross Veitch and Travel.jp's Kei Shibata looked back on the early days of disruption and forward to what comes after meta. Read More Rapid Fire with Raj Rishi Singh of MakeMyTrip As we approach The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego, PhocusWire is highlighting a number of conference speakers in a series of Q&As.   Read More Booking Holdings shares 'early' thoughts on OpenAI apps, reports domestic growth CEO Glenn Fogel conceded that it is still early, but the company is "very happy to be in the first wave of apps with OpenAI." Read More Anchored in assurance: The revenue, loyalty and guest experience case for travel insurance partnerships Explore how cruise lines use tailored travel protection to enhance customer confidence, loyalty and revenue in a booming market. Read More

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Trending Stories MakeMyTrip reports robust domestic and international demand, updates on AI The India-based OTA reported margin gains across air, hotel and bus ticketing business units.  Read More Mews brings agentic AI on board with acquisition of DataChat DataChat, which was initially launched in 2017 as a research project, works in the retail, financial services and telecommunications sectors.  Read More Grab, May Mobility partner to bring robotaxis to Southeast Asia As part of the multiyear partnership, Grab invested an undisclosed amount in AV technology company May Mobility.  Read More What travel tech entrepreneur Bobby Healy would build if he had another life The Meili co-founder shared his thoughts on "easy money" in travel technology and had some advice for startups during an interview at a recent Travel Massive event.  Read More Destination Different: How Gen Z is rewriting the travel playbook The travel and hospitality industry is rapidly evolving, and Gen Z is quickly reshaping what the online travel journey looks like.   Read More

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Recent business travel news HTS adds AI-powered support tool for travel sellers Sabre launches APIs to enable agentic AI solutions How the corporate travel sector should think about AI Delta Air Lines on measured NDC, AI approach Revolut acquires Swifty to build AI concierge for customers Amex GBT, Concur partner for integrated travel and expense offering Navan moves closer to IPO $407B by 2028? The numbers behind U.S. corporate travel's new trajectory

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