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Is TikTok part of travel's recovery toolbox?
By Linda Fox
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February 2, 2022
Travel companies are waking up to TikTok's potential to raise brand awareness and drive transactions.
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Hopper adds rentals with launch of Hopper Homes
By Mitra Sorrells
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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.
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PhocusWire's newsmakers of the year 2021
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December 20, 2021
Despite the immense challenges that 2021 has continued to throw at the travel industry, a string of trends and developments have emerged to make it, once again, a year to observe with interest.
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Trip.com Group adds Hopper’s price freeze in North America and Europe
By Mitra Sorrells
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December 13, 2021
Beginning in early 2022, Hopper’s “Price Freeze” feature will be enabled for flight’s booked on Trip.com’s European and United States websites and in its app.
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VIDEO: Hopper on fintech and the huge opportunity in travel
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November 18, 2021
During a session at the Phocuswright Conference 2021 this week, Hopper CEO Fred Lalonde discussed the size of the opportunity he sees in fintech.
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Eco-friendly options and cost hit sustainable travel behavior
By Linda Fox
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November 1, 2021
A report coinciding with the COP26 Summit found consumers often can't find or didn't realize sustainable travel options are available.
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Hopper buys PlacePass, moves into tours and activities
By Kevin May
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October 19, 2021
PlacePass has a consumer-facing booking service but the company is perhaps best known as the engine behind Marriott's Bonvoy Tours and Activities platform.
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VIDEO: A time for product to take center stage
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September 24, 2021
Nobody wants to say that took advantage of a global crisis - but the reality is that the last 20 months have seen a number of companies use the time to think deeply about their strategy.
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Hopper raises another $175M, will add 500 employees
By Mitra Sorrells
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August 17, 2021
Five months after a $170 million fundraise, Hopper is doing it again – this time $175 million in Series G financing, bringing its total raised to date to $585 million.
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Amadeus offers Hopper’s travel fintech products to intermediaries and airlines
By Mitra Sorrells
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July 27, 2021
In a new two-way partnership Amadeus will offer Hopper’s fintech products to its clients while Hopper gains access to Amadeus’ car rental inventory.
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Hopper enables commitment-free hotel price lock
By Mitra Sorrells
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June 16, 2021
Users have the option to freeze a price for up to 60 days, with the freeze fee being credited to the booking price at time of purchase.
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VIDEO: How to acquire customers through paid social media campaigns
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May 11, 2021
PhocusWire spoke to Makoto Rheault-Kihara, Hopper's head of acquisition, about the valuable user insight it gleans from its paid social campaigns
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Hopper closes $170M funding round, creates new B2B offering with Capital One as first partner
By Mitra Sorrells
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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...
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Hopper connects with Lufthansa Group as first NDC partner
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January 22, 2021
The partnership gives Hopper access to the airlines’ branded fares, bundles, ancillary product offerings and “Continuous Pricing” price offers.
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Hot and not in travel startup funding during pandemic-stricken 2020
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December 18, 2020
Investments in travel startups slowed in 2020 but ground transportation and private accommodation remained in the spotlight.
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