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• A rare stay with Mongolia's reindeer herders

  07-10-2026 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  This once-in-a-lifetime stay can only be booked via WhatsApp
  
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• Vervotech Recognized as an Elite Technology Partner by Expedia Group

  07-10-2026 10:38 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Vervotech has been declared as an Elite Partner by Expedia Group, which is a major milestone in the partnership between the two companies. The recognition places Vervotech among Expedia Group’s top-tier technology partners, a category that supports complex, high-volume integrations and is assessed across areas including evaluated for different aspects of integration such as integration competencies, mapping quality, connected partners, and overall service delivery.
  
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• Mirai launches the first plugins on ChatGPT that allow bookings on the hotel’s direct channel

  07-10-2026 09:55 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Mirai, a technology company specializing in direct hotel sales, has begun rolling out the first plugins for its hotel clients on ChatGPT. Guests and users of the Emperador and Moderno hotels in Madrid, along with the Porcel Hoteles chain in Granada and Gloria Thalasso & Hotels in the Canary Islands, can now interact with them directly from ChatGPT using natural language.
  
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• eDreams ODIGEO and Amazon Alexa collaborate to bring AI travel search to Alexa+

  07-10-2026 09:50 via breakingtravelnews.com
  eDreams ODIGEO, the world’s leading travel subscription platform, today announced a strategic collaboration with Alexa+, Amazon’s next-generation AI assistant, to power travel discovery and booking for the AI assistant.The global travel subscription leader is bringing its pioneering artificial intelligence capabilities to the Alexa-enabled and connected devices, opening a new channel for customers to plan their trips.
  
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• Tourist puts a free tourist discount card on travelers’ phones

  07-10-2026 09:01 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Tourist is a free app for iOS and Android that works as a digital tourist card. Travelers show the card at local restaurants, cafés, tours, hotels and shops and get a discount on the spot, with no codes and no booking. A map in the app shows the deals nearby.
  
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• Blastness accelerates international expansion with launch of BlastnessPay

  07-10-2026 08:26 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Blastness, a leading Italian provider of technology and digital services for the hospitality sector, has launched BlastnessPay, an integrated payment solution designed to automate the entire payment cycle, from booking to reconciliation, across both direct and indirect channels.Founded in Italy, where it works with more than 2,000 hotels, Blastness provides technology spanning direct booking and distribution, revenue intelligence, digital marketing and business intelligence. As the company grows
  
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• Spalba Expands Event-Tech Portfolio with AI-Powered Praloop

  07-10-2026 08:12 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Asia’s first immersive event sourcing marketplace, Spalba, has expanded its event-tech offering with Praloop, an AI-powered event planning and design platform built to help planners, agencies and corporate teams manage the planning lifecycle from brief creation to execution.
  
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• Global Payments expands its Asia travel payments infrastructure to Thailand

  07-10-2026 08:10 via breakingtravelnews.com
  Global Payments Inc. has expanded its cross-border payment capabilities in Thailand through a landmark partnership with Centara Hotels & Resorts.
  As Thailand’s leading hotel operator and one of Asia’s most recognised hospitality brands, Centara Hotel & Resorts offers more than 93 properties across 12 countries. The partnership will see Global Payments® power cross-border payment capabilities to support national and international visitation across Centara’s Thailand
  
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