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Southwest Partners with AWS to Expand AI Capabilities
Southwest Airlines has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities and modernize its technology infrastructure, with plans to transition to ...
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Qatar Insurance App Now Lets You Book Hotels, Convert Points and Get a Free eSIM
Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) has launched a series of new travel features on its QIC App, allowing customers to book hotels, convert loyalty points into ...
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Google Maps adds 9 travel tips to make holiday trips easier
Google Maps is expanding its role as a travel planning tool with a range of features designed to help holidaymakers navigate trips more easily, from ...
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Travelport, Cognizant and Anthropic Collaborate to Power Travel Technology for the AI Era
Cognizant is working with Travelport on a strategic AI transformation that will deploy Anthropic’s Claude to modernise the way Travelport builds, tests and maintains software ...
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The “Toggle Tax” Quietly Costing US Hotels More Than a Month of Work Every Year
US hoteliers are losing the equivalent of 42 working days each year to the “toggle tax” of disconnected systems, as staff switch between platforms, duplicate ...
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Google Wallet to Bring Digital ID Passes to Spain, Italy, France, Ireland and Estonia This Summer
Google is bringing digital ID passes to selected European Union countries by the end of summer 2026, allowing users to store a digital version of ...
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How digital payments are changing travel for international tourists
Paying abroad used to start with a familiar ritual: find an airport ATM, withdraw local cash, keep a few coins for ticket machines, and hope ...
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Carnival breach exposes data of nearly 6 million travelers
Carnival Corporation has confirmed a data breach that affected nearly 6 million people, and the fallout could reach travelers who do not even think of ...
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How AI Is Reshaping Travel Advisor Operations in 2026
It should be fun, planning a trip in the 21st century, with more technology, easier research, and instant communication between individuals half the world away ...
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Do People Still Use Dating Apps and Websites When They Travel?
Yes. The phone that runs someone’s dating life at home does not get left at the gate. People who swipe at home keep swiping abroad, ...
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YouTube to require users to declare AI-generated content
Many online spaces are flooded with AI-generated images, video or audio, which is growing increasingly difficult to tell apart from human creations as the tools ...
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Digital Hygiene in Your Pocket: How to Protect Your Bank Data from Modern Cyber Threats
The smartphone has turned into a full-fledged financial hub. We pay bills, transfer money, and buy goods in one click. However, the downside of this ...
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When Cities Become Apps: Exploring Destinations Through Digital Layers
There’s something oddly satisfying about pointing your phone at a crumbling Roman archway and watching it rebuild itself on screen. Stones fly back into place, ...
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American Airlines to Install Starlink Satellite Wi-Fi on 500-Plus Narrowbody Aircraft
American Airlines has announced plans to install Starlink satellite Wi-Fi across more than 500 narrowbody aircraft, with the rollout set to begin in the first ...
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Japan tests Mach 5 hypersonic plane for 2030s flights
Japan’s Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has completed a landmark ground test of a Mach 5 ramjet engine for a hypersonic experimental aircraft, marking a ...
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TikTok launches lifestyle platform in Indonesia, Japan and the U.S.
TikTok has launched its lifestyle services brand, TikTok GO, in Indonesia, the US and Japan, marking a further push into travel and lifestyle services. TikTok ...
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Air Europa lets passengers book flights on WhatsApp
Air Europa has launched a dedicated WhatsApp channel that allows passengers to search for flights, buy tickets, manage bookings and complete check-in without leaving the ...
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Expedia buys CarTrawler to expand B2B travel platform
Expedia Group has agreed to buy CarTrawler, the Ireland-based B2B travel technology platform that connects car rental, private transfer and taxi suppliers with travel businesses. ...
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Airbnb expands into hotels, food, cars and stores
Airbnb is pushing deeper into the wider travel market as the company expands far beyond its original home-sharing model, adding boutique hotels, restaurant discovery tools, ...
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How To Stay Connected To Family During Long Work Trips Or International Travel
Long work trips can support career growth, strengthen client relationships, and open the door to new places. They can also make a home feel far ...
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