Mark Frary
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Author, journalist (travel, tech, business, science), speaker, social media consultant, festival and conference organiser
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1 week ago |
phocuswire.com | Mark Frary
It used to be so easy. If you were embedding artificial intelligence (AI) into your travel business back in 2023, the choice was almost binary: Use the newly announced ChatGPT large language model (LLM) from OpenAI or build it yourself. The AI world has changed dramatically since then. Anthropic introduced the Claude family of LLMs, Google released Gemini and in January 2025, China’s DeepSeek upset the AI applecart by announcing its own, vastly cheaper AI model.
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2 weeks ago |
phocuswire.com | Mark Frary
Globally, the initial public offering (IPO) market turned a corner in 2024. There were 1,340 IPOs, generating a deal value of more than $126 billion—up from $120.13 billion in 2023. However, the IPO market is not back to 2021 levels, when low interest rates and markets being at an all-time high helped generate $606.68 billion from 3,136 IPOs. “I don't think anyone is predicting a return to 2021 levels. The question is, when do we come back to a normal year?
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1 month ago |
businesstravelnewseurope.com | Mark Frary
Management One of the companies behind travel tech firm Snowfall has gone into liquidation with debts of almost £10.5 million, leaving employees and companies in the travel space severely out of pocket. However, the overall organisation continues to operate as Junction following a rebrand and “full reset” last month. News • analysis • podcasts • reports I accept the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
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2 months ago |
businesstravelnews.com | Mark Frary
Choosing an online booking tool can feel as daunting asbuying a new car. Do you go for the sporty number that will get you from A to Bquickly but only has two seats or do you go for the SUV that has plenty ofspace for the luggage and extra passengers that you need on occasionaljourneys? That is without even thinking about whether you want an electric orgasoline-powered vehicle, the specification of the interiors and whether itshould be in white or sky blue.
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Oct 13, 2024 |
hotelinvestmenttoday.com | Mark Frary
Note: This story first appeared on PhocuswireGLOBAL REPORT – When ChatGPT first hit the mainstream, itseemed to many that the multibillion-dollar world of travel search marketingwas about to change overnight. It didn’t turn out that way. “When the whole ChatGPT thing exploded, I was very bullish that this would be amassive disruptor because users would be so excited,” said Mario Gavira, vicepresident of growth at online travel agency Kiwi.
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Still a physicist at heart. See you there https://t.co/NRWtgmra9x
Today is the birthday of former @IndexCensorship colleague Andrei Aliaksandrau and he is spending it in jail in #Belarus, a 'guest' of dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka. I spoke to his friends for this article to mark his birthday #FreeAndreiAndIrina https://t.co/00qxoW9CvF
In 2018, Salma al-Shehab tweeted to wish the families of imprisoned women human rights defenders joy and safety. Now she is imprisoned for speaking out, I wish her the same and call for her release #FreeSalma
شكراً يا ربي على عام جميل مضى . يا رب عام جديد أفضل ، و بشرى بحرية معتقلي و معتقلات الرأي .. يا رب ارزقهم و أهاليهم فرحة و أمان قريبين 💛
