Confidence enduring among European accommodations but skill-gap concerns and industry division loom, according to the 2025 European Accommodation Barometer

AMSTERDAM, July 2, 2025 Today, Booking.com, released the fifth edition of its European Accommodation Barometer, featuring insights from 1,160 travel accommodation executives across Europe on the current outlook, opportunities and challenges facing the industry:

– 63% of European accommodations expect positive business development in the coming six months. 62% plan to maintain existing levels of investment
– 47% of European accommodations cite a lack of necessary skills or experience as a core

dpa group reports moderate decline in turnover in 2024, parent company saw growth and stable profit – Successful investments in AI expertise

dpa group reports moderate decline in turnover in 2024, parent company saw growth and stable profit – Successful investments in AI expertise

The dpa group saw a mixed financial year in 2024: At the group level, dpa reported a moderate decline in turnover, while the parent company Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH grew and generated a stable profit. Group turnover fell to 161.5 million euros (2023: 165.9 million euros). This was mainly due to the end of the extensive projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic. By contrast, dpa GmbH increased its turnover to 105.5 million euros (previous year: 104.3 million euros). The net profit remained at

JT Global to join Aduna to advance secure CPaaS solutions with Network APIs

Aduna (https://adunaglobal.com/), the global aggregator of network APIs, today announced that JT Global, a leading international Communications as a Service (CPaaS) provider, will join its partner ecosystem to integrate a new set of high-trust network APIs into its communications platform. The partnership will enable JT Global to deliver enhanced authentication, identity verification, and fraud prevention capabilities to its global enterprise customers that are critical tools in today s increasi

The Swarovski family owners reach a unified agreement to create an integrated Crystal Group

The Swarovski family owners reach a unified agreement to create an integrated Crystal Group

The shareholders of Swarovski decide unanimously to create an integrated Crystal Group by incorporating its Wattens-based business, as basis for the next phase of successful business development. All legal disputes have been settled.

With this agreement, the Swarovski, Weis, and Frey families lay the foundation to develop independently their companies, which include Tyrolit and Swarovski Optik in addition to the Crystal Business, and to create for each new unique opportunities for dynamic growt

Infosys and Adobe Announce Strategic Collaboration to Turbocharge Marketing Transformation with AI

Infosys Aster™marketing suite and Adobe launch joint offering to enable global brands and marketers to unify customer experience at scale, personalize content to catalyze growth and streamline workflows for efficiency

Infosys (https://www.infosys.com/) (NSE: INFY), (BSE: INFY), (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, and Adobe (https://www.adobe.com/) announced a strategic collaboration to jointly transform the marketing life cycle of global brand

Tech Mahindra and Wipro join Aduna to accelerate global adoption of network APIs

Aduna (https://adunaglobal.com/), the global aggregator of network APIs, today announced that leading global system integrators, Wipro (http://www.wipro.com/) and Tech Mahindra (https://www.techmahindra.com/services/artificial-intelligence/) have joined its partner ecosystem. This strategic collaboration highlights the critical role GSIs play in scaling enterprise adoption and enabling mobile operator participation in the emerging network API economy.

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Syniverse to team up with Aduna to expand access to network APIs

Collaboration will combine Syniverse s global enterprise messaging reach with Aduna s unified telecom API platform

Aduna (https://adunaglobal.com/), the industry s first global aggregator of network APIs, today announced a strategic partnership with Syniverse, the world s most connected company®. The collaboration will enable Syniverse to integrate with Aduna s unified API platform, which aggregates network APIs from network providers around the world to give developer platforms, like Syniv

Isomorphic Labs appoints Dr. Ben Wolf as Chief Medical Officer and establishes US Presence

Isomorphic Labs appoints Dr. Ben Wolf as Chief Medical Officer and establishes US Presence

Precision oncology leader joins world-class team as company enters next phase of translating AI-driven drug discovery into life-changing medicines.

Isomorphic Labs, the AI-first drug discovery company, has announced the appointment of Ben B. Wolf, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Wolf will be based in the company s newly established Cambridge location, where he will establish a group of world-class biomedical talent as the company advances its work translating AI-driven drug discovery

Aduna collaborates with NTT DOCOMO to strengthen global network API ecosystem with Japan launch, enabling scalable innovation

Aduna (https://adunaglobal.com/), the global aggregator of network APIs, and NTT DOCOMO, Inc., one of Japan s leading mobile operators with over 91 million subscribers, today announced an intention to enter a strategic collaboration under a Memorandum of Understanding to bring network APIs to developers and enterprises across the region. This joint effort marks a significant milestone in Aduna s Asia-Pacific expansion and reflects a shared commitment to advancing programmable, secure, and intero

MedHub-AI and Terumo partner to market AI-based FFR in Japan

MedHub-AI (http://www.medhub-ai.com/), pioneer of AI-based FFR "AutocathFFR" software, today announced a distribution agreement with Terumo Corporation to bring AutocathFFR®, its groundbreaking AI-powered Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), to the Japanese market. This partnership marks a new era in coronary physiology assessment where AI technology delivers superior confidence, reproducibility, and clinical accuracy compared to conventional 3D FFR methodologies.

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