GoNexus Group, a leading experiences and mobility travel group, and Peregrino, a digital transformation consultancy that helps companies adopt and scale technology with measurable business impact, have announced breakthrough results after deploying their next-generation omnichannel and automation-driven service platform for six months. The performance metrics released today correspond to a 90-day continuous measurement period (August–October 2025) in which the solution operated at full scale. During this time, the platform handled 12,737 conversations and 120,322 messages, averaging 140 cases per day.

United today launched new features to its award-winning mobile app to save customers even more time and further improve the overall travel experience on the world's largest airline*:

Lafayette Hotels, an independent hotel group with 26 properties across New England, has boosted efficiency and more than doubled direct online bookings since adopting RMS, a long-established property management platform built to streamline hospitality operations and elevate the guest experience. Before partnering with RMS, the group relied on six separate property management systems, three channel managers, and even paper trails, with no integration across platforms. This created inefficiencies, high IT costs, and frequent disruptions particularly during winter storms when on-site servers went offline.

Alex Mifsud, co-founder and CEO of embedded finance platform Weavr, discusses the state of the industry, some of 2025’s key themes and predictions for 2026. Prior to founding Weavr, Alex co-founded Entropay, launching Europe’s first consumer virtual prepaid card. Later, Alex co-founded Ixaris, a B2B payments technology company that pioneered the use of virtual cards in the Insurance and Travel value chains. Some of Alex’s biggest achievements as Weavr CEO have included raising a $40m Series-A round, acquiring digital-payments platform, Comma, and most recently securing an EMI licence from the Maltese Financial Services Authority. Now, with airlines going bust from time to time, the refund process for customers is often complex and long. Weavr's embedded finance solution for travel agents is simplifying this process and making it much easier for customers.

Phocuswright today released Travel Forward: Data, Insights & Trends for 2026, sponsored by Travel Guard, its annual year-end and year-ahead report that provides a clear, data-driven view of the $1.67 trillion global travel market. The free report brings together the company’s most insightful analysis and presents it through interactive charts and visuals that reveal the forces shaping the year ahead. The global travel industry enters 2026 with steady momentum. Total gross bookings are projected to reach $1.67 trillion as international demand strengthens and travelers continue to prioritize experiences despite economic and geopolitical pressures. Travel and tourism is expected to generate more than $11.7 trillion toward global GDP this year and support nearly 371 million jobs, underscoring the sector’s enduring resilience even as growth patterns vary by region.

WorldTicket by GO7, which gives travel agents access to 150+ airline partners through its W2 ticket stock, has today gone live in IATA’s Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) in Armenia. This enables IATA-accredited travel agents in the country to sell, issue, and settle W2 tickets in Armenian dram through their existing BSP setup – with instant ticketing and no additional configuration.