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Lavanda enters Middle East with new short-term rental platform

By Jill Menze | February 1, 2022

Lavanda and real estate developer Aldar are launching the Cloud Living platform with oversight from the Abu Dhabi Department of Tourism. Read More

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Q&A: Selina on market size, SPACs, nomads and growth

By Linda Fox | January 31, 2022

Selina co-founder and CEO Rafael Museri discusses the hospitality brand's digital nomad audience, market opportunity and competition. Read More

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Hopper adds rentals with launch of Hopper Homes

By Mitra Sorrells | January 27, 2022

Hopper Homes is now live on iOS with more than two million global properties that can be booked instantly in the app. Read More

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VIDEO: Modern travel retailing - promises, promises!

By PhocusWire | January 27, 2022

A panel at The Phocuswright Conference 2021 examined the progress made in revolutionizing airline distribution so far and what steps still need to be taken. Read More

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Linktivity's mission to digitize Japan’s transportation and activity suppliers

By Mitra Sorrells | January 27, 2022

The company, originally a subsidiary of Japanese OTA Veltra, has grown its supplier count from five to more than 100 since the start of the pandemic. Read More

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Anyplace secures $5.3M to expand flex-term rental marketplace

By Jill Menze | January 24, 2022

Investors in the round include GA Technologies, Jason Calacanis, Launch Fund, Keisuke Honda and East Ventures. Read More

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Airbnb gaining share in hotel distribution analysis

By Mitra Sorrells | January 24, 2022

According to SiteMinder, Airbnb increased the share of bookings it drives for hotels, while new distribution channels entered the mix in 2021. Read More

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2021 was best year ever for short-term rentals

By Jill Menze | January 24, 2022

According to AirDNA research, 2022 is on track to outpace 2021 bookings by 88%. Read More

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Outdoor experience tech company The Wanderlust Group raises $30M

By Mitra Sorrells | January 21, 2022

Founded in 2014, TWG is the parent brand to Dockwa, which connects boaters and marinas, and Marinas.com. Read More

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VIDEO: TourRadar on the B2B opportunity in multi-day tours

By PhocusWire | January 18, 2022

CEO Travis Pittman discusses how the pandemic enabled TourRadar to reset and look at product growth opportunities. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Staypia uses AI to give travelers maximum discount on hotels

By Jill Menze | January 18, 2022

Staypia searches for the lowest price for 3.16 million hotels and beats that by as much as 30% more in discount. Read More

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Even top hotel brands need to improve distribution and marketing performance in 2022

By Dori Stein - Fornova | January 17, 2022

In such turbulent COVID times, it will come as little surprise that hotels are struggling to find their feet when it comes to optimizing their distribution. Read More

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Origin raises $5M for membership-based trip-planning app

By Jill Menze | January 14, 2022

Origin's travel curators have local expertise and use machine learning to help travelers find, plan and book their trips, including flights, accommodation and experiences. Read More

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European camping platform JetCamp raises €500K to accelerate growth

By Mitra Sorrells | January 12, 2022

JetCamp’s website offers information such as availability and pricing in 10 languages for nearly 23,000 verified campsites and holiday parks across Europe. Read More

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HomeToGo finishes 2021 with record booking revenue

By Mitra Sorrells | January 12, 2022

HomeToGo CEO Patrick Andrae says he’s confident about the future as the newly listed company starts the year with a booking revenue backlog of €19 million. Read More

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