Rethinking airline operational resilience / Wyndham's AI initiatives / Happyhotel raises €6.5M

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Always-on resilience: Why airlines must rethink disruption at scale Jitender Mohan, business unit head of travel and leisure at WNS, discusses irregular operations in the airline industry and the need to focus on operational resilience.

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Latest News Wyndham working across AI platforms to drive direct bookings Wyndham's CEO Geoffrey Ballotti shared how the company's AI initiatives will help customers find its properties, boost the guest experience and increase direct bookings. Read More German RMS Happyhotel raises €6.5M in Series A round The funding will be used to expand across Europe and build an autonomous commercial AI agent. Read More PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: HomeToGo, Hospitable, BCD Travel and more... Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry. Read More Booking Holdings sees 20% rise in travelers booking multiple trip components The company also saw continued growth in both the U.S. and Asia in Q4 2025. Read More

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Trending Stories Sabre shuffles leadership team for 'AI-native' future Sabre does not see AI agents disintermediating its marketplace and believes it is well-placed as a transactional layer for AI platforms.  Read More Loyalty API platform Odynn secures $9.5M The company said fresh capital will be used to build its team, scale go-to-market efforts and "deepen integrations."  Read More MakeMyTrip reports profit growth, spike in ancillary sales in Q3 The OTA saw significant growth in its "other" segment, which includes ancillaries, with the adjusted margin up 45.5% year over year.  Read More Mexican OTA Daypass.com lands $2M for international expansion The startup, founded in 2023 in Mexico City, said it plans to expand operations to 26 countries this year.  Read More WebMCP offers path for travel sites to become 'agent-ready' Travel was highlighted as a use case for the WebMCP standard driven by Google and Microsoft.  Read More

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