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Gharage Ventures on why it's a good time to launch a fund Gharage Ventures founding partner Lennard Niemann and general partner Darren Soh discuss their thesis-driven approach and ideal investment.

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Latest News FCM to relaunch AI assistant Sam with expanded features, guardrails The updated tool combines conversational trip management, corporate travel policy controls and live agent handoff. Read More PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Emburse, Agoda, NextTrip and more... Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry. Read More Speaker Alert: Boon Sian Chai of Trip.com Group Register now to hear from the managing director and VP of international markets at Trip.com Group at Phocuswright Europe in Barcelona, June 15-17. Read More Reframing travel plumbing: NDC, MCP as tech stack allies MCP has the potential to bolster NDC’s impact, enhancing access to content and streamlining integration, according to industry stakeholders. Read More

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Trending Stories Ixigo launches travel app with conversational booking and agentic AI The app includes natural language trip planning through Ixigo’s AI assistant TARA and AI-powered tools for flight alerts, boarding passes and post-booking support.  Read More HBX builds out experiences offering with Bridgify acquisition Bridgify, which was founded in 2019, offers an AI-powered platform providing access to more than a million experiences from global suppliers.  Read More Airline retailing realities in 2026 Interaction between systems and seamless integration with passenger service systems are top challenges for airlines trying to become better retailers.  Read More Why travel is the new battleground for bank loyalty Travel rewards are reshaping bank loyalty as consumers seek more value, flexibility and ways to offset rising trip costs through credit card travel portals.  Read More

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The travel industry and agentic AI How travel companies are approaching agentic AI The trust gap in agentic commerce and AI booking Agentic AI in travel: Technology readiness and consumer trust Startup Stage: Travel Smarter uses agentic AI to optimize airline loyalty for travelers WebMCP offers path for travel sites to become ‘agent-ready’ 61% of travel brands are testing or scaling agentic AI Agentic AI could do for travel what Amazon did for online shopping How travel companies should prepare for agentic commerce

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