Travel technologies stories
The updates should cut manual expense work and tighten policy compliance as SAP Concur rolls out more AI and card-linked automation.
Weaker pricing and higher OTA reliance left independent hotels with lower revenue per room as demand softened in 2025.
The move could let travellers book hotels inside chatbots without restarting searches, as AI assistants gain live inventory access and checkout links.
Travellers and finance teams should see fewer manual steps as the firms link booking, support and expenses more closely across Complete.
Passengers on Asia-Pacific legacy carriers are far more likely to get onboard internet, with 95% of fleets now partly or fully equipped.
Weather-triggered ads helped Garnier lift sales 10% and win JCDecaux's 2025 Programmatic Campaign of the Year Award in Australia.
Deel rolls out a unified platform for global hiring, payroll, planning and mobility after processing USD $22bn in pay and USD $250m in crypto.
HeadBox warns that fragmented control of meetings and events spend is exposing corporates to rising cost, compliance and governance risks.
Capital One debuts a dedicated travel app, bringing tech and suppliers in-house to create a more integrated, end-to-end travel ecosystem.
SAP Concur rolls out new Joule AI agents, tighter Microsoft and card links, and expanded travel tools to streamline corporate expenses.
RateGain and Juspay unveil RG Pay, an embedded payments layer to boost cross-border checkout performance for global travel brands.
AI 'leaders' in finance rush to pilots but lack rules, data and governance to scale tools into core, high‑accountability workflows.
The funding will help Qodo expand globally as enterprises look for ways to verify AI-written code before it reaches production systems.
UK finance teams can now audit hotel bookings against live alternatives, with Roomex's paid tool costing GBP £99 a month per company.
Slower growth in Easter spending reflects cautious households, even as the holiday is set to generate GBP £2.39bn for retailers.
Malaysian kiosk specialist Vendfun names PT Murni exclusive Indonesia distributor in its biggest push yet into the archipelago's hotel sector.
Changi Airport revamps digital search with OpenSearch, slashing zero-result queries and unifying travel, service and retail discovery.
TCS and Amadeus form global AI-led travel tech alliance, debuting Nevio Service Centre UI to modernise airline retail and servicing.
Sun PhuQuoc Airways partners 2C2P and M-PAY to add cards, wallets and QR options, preparing for wider Asian cross-border sales.
AI tops CX investment plans, but few brands yet deploy proactive, predictive tools across channels, leaving omnichannel ambitions stalled.