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📱 Tourvest customers using the Travelit platform will enjoy new travel enhancements through Amadeus Hey! The integration provides real-time alerts like flight updates and gate changes. Business travelers can receive information on their smartphones, empowering them to make decisions quickly without contacting service centers. Tourvest, a leading African tourism group, employs over 7,000 people, and with Amadeus Hey!, it aims to improve customer experience and loyalty in the competitive business travel market.

🌴 In 2025, Cascais, Portugal, partnered with Breeze to launch “Cascais for Tomorrow”, a tool for measuring and reducing the environmental impact of tourism and events. This initiative supports local projects by Cascais Ambiente, focusing on reforestation, biodiversity, and sustainable land use. The calculator converts travel choices into emissions costs, empowering users to invest in local conservation. Cascais Tourism Board and Breeze emphasize balancing affordability with responsibility to foster sustainable tourism.

✈️ Trevolution Group launches a real-time flight alerts feature for Dreampass app members, partnering with aviation analytics leader Cirium. This tool provides live updates on gate changes, delays, cancellations, terminal updates, and baggage carousel assignments. Alex Weinstein, Trevolution's founder, emphasizes stress-free travel, while Cirium’s Global Head of Sales, Rahul Oberai, highlights seamless journeys. The feature is now live, enhancing travel convenience and clarity.

🚀 Uber launches new travel options on the Amalfi Coast starting June 25, offering private helicopter transfers from Sorrento to Capri for €250 per person and a four-hour Uber Boat cruise for up to 12 people. Services run every Saturday and Sunday from July 26 to August 24. With over five million tourists expected, Uber Reserve provides scheduled rides to beat airport crowds at Salerno. Vice President EMEA Mobility, Anabel Diaz, highlights Italy's growing popularity.

📅 In 2025, PKFARE formed a strategic partnership with Archipelago, Southeast Asia’s largest privately owned hotel group, expanding Archipelago's distribution network to PKFARE’s 2000+ clients. This alliance enhances global reach, with Archipelago growing in Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. PKFARE achieved a 326% year-over-year growth in direct-contract hotel bookings, emphasizing diverse supply and booking simplicity. Key partners include Chroma Hospitality, Ormond Group, and Vinpearl Hotels & Resorts.

💻 70% of U.S. travelers prefer self-check-in via app or kiosk over traditional hotel desks, with the number rising to 82% among Gen Z. A survey of 2,000 American travelers showed 82% of hotel loyalty members face issues like slow check-ins and outdated services. Mews Kiosks cut check-in time by 33%, with 30% of guests using the kiosks, boosting upsells by 25%. Mews aims to enhance guest-staff interaction by eliminating reception desks.

💻 Access Hospitality, including SHR, Guestline, and STAAH, unveils an innovative AI-powered booking engine that transforms hotel bookings into an interactive two-way conversation. Integrated into hotels' websites, it eliminates redirects and reloads, enhancing user experience. The engine utilizes specialized AI agents to personalize and optimize booking journeys in real-time, interpreting guest behavior and preferences. This system surpasses traditional chatbots by engaging guests in a seamless, human-like experience, supporting multi-property searches and dynamic recommendations.