Justin Dawes

PteroDynamics wants to enter the commercial market with a novel vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that has folding wings.

Digital tipping will not solve the hotel labor shortage problem, but it certainly can’t hurt. At the very least, it gives customers options.

Mondee has been going through a lot of changes over the last year, and the numbers shared during its latest earnings call reflect that.

Amadeus wants to get ahead of the changing travel industry through investments in new technologies like next-generation distribution, payments, and hotel software. Getting back into the black will help.

Unyoked wants companies to offers its off-grid cabin rentals as an employee benefit, and AeroCloud wants to help small airports modernize operations.

The way customers interact with Sabre is changing, and the company’s future depends on how it responds to those changes. Sabre in 10 years could look a lot different than Sabre today.

The roundup this week: Four travel tech startups based in four different continents, all focused on ground transportation.

Hotelbeds is joining some other travel tech companies in looking outside for innovative ideas. It's not on the level of adding a venture capital arm as some major travel companies have done, but it follows a similar idea.

Sabre continues to diversify its business by adding technology products, a good investment as the travel industry slowly but surely changes over the years.

Bumpy roads are inevitable, as is discerning the hype from genuine application, but travel companies should be considering their role in a world powered by generative AI and how to get there. If they haven't started, they are already behind.