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STARTUP STAGE: Staze is a last-minute booking app for holiday rentals

By Mitra Sorrells | March 29, 2021

Founded in February 2020, Staze is targeted to spontaneous travelers who want to book stays starting within two weeks. Read More

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VIDEO: The “not stupid” way to achieve loyalty in hospitality

By PhocusWire | March 29, 2021

Speaking during PhocusWire’s Pulse: Loyalty For The Long Haul event, CitizenM’s Lennert de Jong says loyalty in hospitality is all about the physical experience. Read More

Interview / Technology

Sounding Off: The truest test of a travel brand? Disruption

By PhocusWire | March 26, 2021

This will be found in a combination of honesty, the speed with which a brand makes good on refunds, implementing health protocols, not capitalizing publicly on the misfortune of other companies and... Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: How one airline is rethinking every element of customer loyalty

By PhocusWire | March 26, 2021

AirAsia has shifted its loyalty strategy from providing passenger services to being a one-stop-shop for passengers to earn credit for tickets and numerous other consumer goods. Read More

News / Online

How COVID-19 is impacting hotel benchmarking

By Mitra Sorrells | March 26, 2021

STR's vice president of analytics advices hoteliers to uses indexes and incorporate a broad range of data to get the most effective view of trends. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Why loyalty programs are still relevant

By PhocusWire | March 25, 2021

Phocuswright analyst Mark Blutstein has carried out a study into what consumers think about loyalty programs and what type of rewards and engagement they want from their favorite brands. Read More

News / Technology

My Method… How digitizing an IHG hotel helped save both time and money

By Aaron Belton - DocMX | March 25, 2021

With DocMX, the InterContinental Cascais-Estoril automated daily revenue audits by around 90%, saving considerable time, facilitating remote collaboration and reducing print-related costs. Read More

Interview / Technology

How I Got Here, episode 57 - Greg O'Hara of Certares

By PhocusWire | March 25, 2021

An astute and outspoken financial operator, O'Hara's influence in travel has grown considerably in recent years through the Certares investment vehicle, as he explains to David Litwak or Mozio and... Read More

News / Online

Hopper closes $170M funding round, creates new B2B offering with Capital One as first partner

By Mitra Sorrells | March 24, 2021

Hopper is kicking off an ambitious growth plan that includes the launch of Hopper Cloud, selling its infrastructure, agency content, financial technology and data science capabilities to other travel... Read More

News / Online

Blacklane signals hailing expansion and sustainability push with €22M investment round

By Kevin May | March 24, 2021

The new round will be used to investment in local and regional rides and the development of sustainable transportation. Read More

News / Technology

Progress continues toward decentralized customer data model for hospitality

By Linda Fox | March 23, 2021

Hotel tech experts discuss customer data and the influence of online retail giants. Read More

News / Online

Tripadvisor looks to raise $300M from convertible note offering

By Kevin May | March 22, 2021

The company says it intends to issue the notes via a private offering, with a due date of 2026. Read More

News / Startups

Momenta raises $500M to drive autonomous future

By Linda Fox | March 22, 2021

Momenta is developing technology for autonomous driving for passenger vehicles as well as for fully-autonomous mobility services. Read More

News / Technology

European regulators propose digital green light for travel

By Linda Fox | March 19, 2021

Proposals from European regulators would see a digital travel pass ready for the 2021 summer. Read More

News / Online

How pandemic-led consumer behaviors might play out in travel

By Linda Fox | March 18, 2021

We look at some of Euromonitor's consumer trends for 2021 and how they're impacting travel and its attempts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

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