What's New

What's New

Blog posts, product updates, press, announcements, and case studies from Tern—all in one feed.

Travel's $130B advisor channel just got its full tech stack

Retail had Shopify. Restaurants had Toast. Travel's infrastructure moment is here, and one of the largest host agencies in the country just made its move.

Katie Williams Blog Post
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The other side of learning AI

Learning to work with our new AI tools overwhelmed me. Here's what changed.

Emmie Hayes Blog Post
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A 6.3 billion dollar bet on the future of your business

The smart money just made the biggest bet in travel in years. It looks like it has nothing to do with leisure advisors. It is one of the strongest signals yet that AI is about to make them worth more, not less.

David Shull Blog Post
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Your data isn't for sale

Tern protects your data while free AI uses it to pay the bills. Here's exactly how that works, and why we built it this way from the start.

David Shull Blog Post
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Attach files & talk to AI Chat, and design itineraries your way

AI Chat now understands the page you're on, takes files, and works with voice input. Plus new itinerary layouts and bulk consortia updates.

Molly Johnson Product Update
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The hire you never made

Most advisors I talk to could grow. A lot of them choose not to. Tern Pro is changing that forever.

David Shull Blog Post
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Two long-requested wins: hidden items and packaged insurance

Hide items from travelers while keeping them for your records, add insurance to packages, and experience AI Chat's latest skills.

Molly Johnson Product Update
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Tag your preferred suppliers, lock down credit card access, and let AI Chat handle onboarding

AI Chat now onboards new advisors with one-click replies, agency owners get role-based permissions, and you can tag preferred suppliers across your library.

Molly Johnson Product Update
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Every travel advisor needs a travel agent

Every travel advisor needs a travel agent. For the first time, they can have one.

David Shull Blog Post
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Clearer guarantees, AI Chat has a new home, and easier contact clean-up

Clearer pricing for travelers, a new home for AI Chat with cruise and photo tools, agency-wide duplicate contact detection / merging, and a forms quality of life update you've been waiting for!

Molly Johnson Product Update
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We're in the relationship business. That includes how we build the team.

How a practice born during COVID lockdown became one of the highest-leverage investments we make as a remote company.

David Shull Blog Post
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The women who showed me the world

The women in David's life didn't just take trips. They taught him that showing up in the world together is how you build something that lasts.

David Shull Blog Post
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Notetaker, AI Chat, and team tasks all get smarter this week

New per-meeting Notetaker toggles, an AI Chat that updates trips and sends emails, and task templates you can assign to your team.

Molly Johnson Product Update
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Dismantling Switching Costs with AI

How a small implementation team is breaking down the barriers that keep travel agencies locked into legacy platforms.

Gal Ben-Chanoch Blog Post
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Reconcile commission statements in minutes, not hours

Auto-match commission statements with AI reconciliation, audit trips in chat, and import itineraries to new or existing trips from the Chrome extension.

Molly Johnson Product Update
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The package update you've been asking for

Itemized package pricing is live, AI chat now creates group trips and tasks, and invoices show every item included in a package.

Molly Johnson Product Update
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Label installments your way, and put AI chat to work

Custom installment labels, AI chat that creates trips and contacts, optional add-ons in the Chrome extension, and more!

Molly Johnson Product Update
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Optional transfers are here for Project Expedition

Advisors can now add Project Expedition transfers as optional add-ons, plus fixes to flight timelines, group emails, and more.

Molly Johnson Product Update
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Your Dashboard Finally Scrolls — And That's Just the Start

Overnight flights, group trip emails, and AI trip search are live — plus a long list of quality-of-life fixes your workflow will thank you for.

Molly Johnson Blog Post
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2 new integrations that save you time and make you money

Tern adds Chubb insurance and Project Expedition transfers, letting clients book both instantly, plus a new searchable notes hub.

Molly Johnson Product Update
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Product is the bottleneck

What happens when engineering gets faster than product, and how AI helps you close the gap without doing the wrong job.

Molly Johnson Blog Post
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Packages in Tern: what they're for (and what they're not)

With itemized package pricing on the way, we wanted to clear up how packages should and shouldn't be used in Tern — and what's actually at stake when they're not.

Molly Johnson Blog Post
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Fire automations instantly. Authenticate with passkeys. This week in Tern.

This week introduces a new automation trigger, passkeys for 2FA, a redesigned notes drawer, and more!

Molly Johnson Product Update
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We Doubled Engineering Throughput With AI. What We Actually Changed.

The travel industry is full of what we call invisible work: the gap between what advisors and agencies can do today and what a truly end-to-end experience would unlock for them and their clients. Every week of engineering speed is a week we close that gap faster.

Brian Reath, Pete Jackson Blog Post
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