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TBO Tek’s secret sauce: 5 moves behind Affirma Capital’s 12x exit
Affirma Capital's exit from TBO Tek returned 12x on a US$42M entry in 2018. Five moves explain it, and each one is a lesson for B2B travel distribution in APAC.
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WTM London 2026: 5 reasons travel tech leaders should attend
WTM Travel Tech debuts at Excel London on 3 to 5 November with its own hall, a Future Stage and 5,500 pre-qualified buyers. Five reasons to be there.
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Travel Tech Asia 2026: 16 Korean Startups Buyers Should Know
Travel Tech Asia 2026, 21 to 23 October in Singapore, has 50+ exhibitors and a Korean Tourism Startup Centre. Here is who is in the 2026 cohorts and what buyers…
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ZIPAIR puts BlueWX AI turbulence forecasts in cockpit via Starlink
ZIPAIR pilots can now check AI turbulence risk by altitude in flight, with the forecast delivered over Starlink. The model comes from ANA research.
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Google Spirit Airlines data deal: US$10M for an airline’s emails
The Google Spirit Airlines deal values an airline's emails, chats and code at US$10M. Congress questions the employee data in it, a signal for hotels and OTAs.
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Weekly Digest: Princess Cruises in ChatGPT and Duetto buys FLYR
Princess Cruises inside ChatGPT, Fliggy's Golden Week record, Duetto buying FLYR Hospitality, India's 100 million goal and Scapia's Malaysia push.
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Hotel101 Madrid: 5 Moves Behind a 680-Room Hotel on 30 Staff
Hotel101 runs one of Spain's five largest hotels, 680 rooms, with about 30 staff. Five moves explain how the Nasdaq-listed company makes it work.
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Skift Commerce Summit, 11 Nov: 5 reasons to attend in New York
Skift's new one-day summit on 11 November in New York asks who owns the customer when AI mediates booking. Five reasons hotel, airline and OTA leaders should attend.
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Qantas Hotels & Holidays moves to Expedia B2B booking engine
Qantas Loyalty picks Expedia Group B2B to run Qantas Hotels & Holidays and Jetstar Holidays, keeping control of the points. Platform due H1 2027.
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Weekly Digest: India’s digital tourism stack and who gets AI bookings
Five stories from the week: India's National Digital Tourism Stack, Thai Airways' CEO exit, an agentic AI travel hackathon, Airbnb's AI agent stance and Mews guest automation.
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MakeMyTrip’s Myra: 5 moves behind India’s chat-first booking
Myra handles over 50,000 conversations a day in eight languages. Five moves behind MakeMyTrip's AI assistant, and what they mean for OTAs and airlines.
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HICAP 2026 Singapore: 5 reasons hotel investors should attend
HICAP 2026 Singapore runs 20 to 22 October at the Fairmont and Swissotel The Stamford, with India, Japan and China sessions and a tech brief for owners.
Daksh Sharma
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