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Getting comfortable with discomfort: Advancing female leadership in technology
Fleet Management

Getting comfortable with discomfort: Advancing female leadership in technology

Female leaders say embracing discomfort and broadening ideas of who belongs in tech is vital to unlock innovation and gender-balanced leadership.

By Ezanne Soh • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
SITA unveils API to give airports earlier delay alerts
Data Analytics

SITA unveils API to give airports earlier delay alerts

SITA launches an API to warn airports earlier of likely inbound delays, aiming to cut disruption, costs and missed passenger connections.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026
IDeaS unveils new metric to target hotel promo spend
Data Analytics

IDeaS unveils new metric to target hotel promo spend

IDeaS adds daily 'Potential to Influence' score to Spotlight, helping hotels target promo spend where demand can still be shifted.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026
AIDA Cruises deploys OpenRoaming Wi‑Fi across fleet
Unified Communications

AIDA Cruises deploys OpenRoaming Wi‑Fi across fleet

AIDA Cruises adopts OpenRoaming Wi‑Fi across its 11-ship fleet, promising seamless, log-in free connectivity for 1.5 million guests a year.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
Ubigi, Tripsora tie eSIM data to AI travel planning
Unified Communications

Ubigi, Tripsora tie eSIM data to AI travel planning

Ubigi teams with Tripsora to fold travel eSIM data into AI trip planning, promising savings of up to 75% and fewer roaming bill shocks.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026
TerraPay, Sabre expand instant cross-border payouts
Crypto

TerraPay, Sabre expand instant cross-border payouts

TerraPay and Sabre have struck a multi-year deal to power instant cross-border bank payouts for travel agencies, airlines and hotels.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 17th Feb 2026
Sabre, PayPal & Mindtrip unveil AI travel assistant
Digital Transformation

Sabre, PayPal & Mindtrip unveil AI travel assistant

Sabre, PayPal and Mindtrip are teaming up on an AI travel assistant that lets users discover, book and pay for trips in one chat-based flow.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Feb 2026
HR, IT & finance urged to align on corporate travel
Digital Transformation

HR, IT & finance urged to align on corporate travel

HR, IT and finance must align on corporate travel or risk frustrated staff, weak compliance and poor cost control, SAP Concur warns.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Tue, 17th Feb 2026
HBX & Dida sign seven-year AI-led travel partnership
Digital Transformation

HBX & Dida sign seven-year AI-led travel partnership

HBX Group seals a seven-year AI-driven travel partnership with Dida, becoming preferred global supply partner for its Asia-focused platform.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Emburse unveils AI tool to tighten expense controls
Data Analytics

Emburse unveils AI tool to tighten expense controls

Emburse launches AI-powered Assurance tool to spot expense errors and fraud earlier, easing audit workloads and speeding reimbursements.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Exactly.com links with GP Solutions on travel payments
Software-as-a-Service

Exactly.com links with GP Solutions on travel payments

Exactly.com and GP Solutions team up to embed streamlined payments into travel platforms, targeting simpler, cheaper options for smaller firms.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
TCS to modernise Flight Centre's global tech services
Disaster Recovery

TCS to modernise Flight Centre's global tech services

TCS will overhaul Flight Centre's global tech backbone, standardising cloud, networks and platforms to boost resilience and performance.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
NeuBird AI hits SRE alert milestone with agentic platform
Private Cloud

NeuBird AI hits SRE alert milestone with agentic platform

NeuBird AI's agentic SRE platform autonomously resolved 230,000 alerts in a year, saving 12,000 hours and USD $1.8 million in costs.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Travel technologies stories

Hopp targets Canadian firms with new Toronto rollout
Fleet Management

Hopp targets Canadian firms with new Toronto rollout

Ride-hailing brand Hopp has launched its Hopp for Business corporate travel service across Toronto and the wider Greater Toronto Area.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026
UK airlines turn to agentic AI & WhatsApp to cut queues
Customer Relationship Management

UK airlines turn to agentic AI & WhatsApp to cut queues

UK airlines are deploying agentic AI and WhatsApp chatbots to cut airport queues, ease staff strain and manage growing border disruption.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
M2M Data Connect unveils AI travel eSIM via messaging
Digital Transformation

M2M Data Connect unveils AI travel eSIM via messaging

M2M Data Connect launches AI-powered travel eSIM that buyers can activate in under a minute directly via WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
UK firms boost travel & AI spend as ad budgets fall
Digital Transformation

UK firms boost travel & AI spend as ad budgets fall

UK firms ramp up travel and AI investment in 2025, even as advertising spend plunges 28%, signalling a sharper focus on productivity.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026