Ronan Daniel

📈 RateGain acquires Sojern for $250 million in October 2025. This strategic acquisition aims to enhance AI-driven growth platforms for 13,000 global clients in the travel and hospitality sector. RateGain, known for revenue optimization, and Sojern, a digital marketing expert, will merge capabilities to unify marketing, distribution, and revenue management. Despite the integration, Sojern will operate independently. RateGain's founder, Bhanu Chopra, emphasizes this move as a significant step in their global expansion.

🚌 SNCF Connect & Tech launched the Tesmo Business Mobility platform in April 2025 to centralize corporate travel expenses. The solution provides physical and virtual payment cards for employees' work-related travel. Aimed at reducing reliance on personal vehicles—used by 80% of active individuals—it promotes sustainable transportation. It's been tested by 1,300 internal staff, emphasizing autonomy and cost optimization. Julia Mason, Strategy Director, highlights its organizational, regulatory, financial, and managerial benefits.

📷 Emirates invests 85 million AED (approximately 20 million euros) in over 200 biometric cameras at Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3. These cameras use facial recognition technology to streamline passenger processes, from check-in to boarding. Collaboration with Dubai's GDRFAD enables registered passengers to bypass traditional checks without passports or boarding passes. Registration is voluntary for Emirates customers aged 18+. Launched in 2017, this initiative enhances speed, efficiency, and digital hospitality at one of the world's busiest hubs.

📰 Acxiom and ReachTV, November 2025, United States, 90 airports, 📊 partnership for a Retail Media Network targeting 50 million travelers monthly. Combining ReachTV's airport inventory with Acxiom’s data, they aim for omnichannel campaigns and real-time activation through Travel Sync 365 technology. The project promises improved traveler engagement with targeted video and live content, setting a new standard for data-driven media. CEO Lynnwood Bibbens highlights enhanced travel experiences and audience connectivity for brands.

📰 Revolut acquires Swifty, an AI travel agent from Lufthansa Innovation Hub, enhancing its lifestyle services with end-to-end conversational concierge. This move aligns with its "super app" strategy, providing seamless "chat to book" travel planning. Swifty's co-founders, Stanislav Bondarenko and Tomasz Przedmojski, join Revolut to improve AI travel solutions. Serving over 65 million clients, Revolut aims to integrate finance, AI, and lifestyle, simplifying travel and daily needs.