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By Martin Cowen | October 3, 2018

Hopper has raised CA$130m ($100 million) in a Series D round with the cash earmarked to expand its presence globally, further AI enhancements and recruitment. The funding brings the total raised so Read More

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VIDEO: Number-crunching the Hopper way

By PhocusWire | June 21, 2018

Hopper would perhaps be the first to admit that it spent a lot of time (and investment) building and evolving the product. Read More

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Air Canada and WestJet irked over Hopper's Secret Fares

By Mitra Sorrells | May 2, 2018

Since its long-awaited launch in 2015, Hopper has established a unique – and, it appears, lucrative – platform to sell flights. Read More

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AI analysis, part 3: The brains behind Hopper

By Mitra Sorrells | April 16, 2018

In part three, we talk to Fred Lalonde, founder and CEO of Hopper. Read More

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Hopper opens door to hotel bookings with immersive experience

By Kerry Medina | January 3, 2018

Hopper, the flight booking application that offers predictive pricing analytics, has launched Hopper Hotels, a new component to the that allows users to book accommodation. The service will also of Read More

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Travel apps need a data-centric approach to marketing

By Viewpoints | July 18, 2017

It’s a case of good news/bad news for the travel app industry. The good news is that people are using apps to book travel more often than ever. The bad news is that the travel app space is highly comp Read More

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Hopper raises about $50 million more, as it now sells $1 million a day in plane tickets

By Sean O'Neil | December 15, 2016

For years the conventional wisdom has been that people won't research and buy a complex product like airfare on smartphones. But that assumption may no longer be true. Hopper, the airfare predictio Read More

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Hopper, the mobile app for flight booking, claims hockey stick growth

By Sean O'Neil | July 22, 2016

Hopper, a mobile app for tracking and booking cheap airfares, says it has been enjoying rapid growth. Hopper's apps for Apple and Android have been downloaded 4.5 million times since December, brin Read More

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Hopper raises $16 million (CAN) and reports flights app strength

By Sean O'Neil | March 28, 2016

Travel search startup Hopper has raised $16 million (CAN), in an investment round led by BDC Capital IT Venture Fund. Past investors OMERS Ventures, an investment arm of one of Canada’s largest pen Read More

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Apple picks Hopper as one of 2015's best apps

By Sean O'Neil | December 9, 2015

Today Apple released its picks for the best apps of 2015, and the only travel app to make the list was Hopper. Hopper's app ranked seventh on the list, up there with apps from HBO Now and Instagram Read More

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Hopper, the cheap flights app, adds instant booking, shifts platform from Hadoop to Spark

By Sean O'Neil | September 2, 2015

At the start of the year, Hopper unveiled an iOS app with data-driven flight predictions. This product, which featured airfare forecasts and ticket price tracking, has gained traction with users. T Read More

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Work with the developer community to REALLY understand what makes them tick

By Viewpoints | June 24, 2015

Sabre Dev Studio is one year old. It is an open developer platform for those in and outside of the industry to easily access and integrate travel into their solutions via Sabre technology. Sabre ha Read More

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Hopper's new flight search app streamlines discovery of cheap flights

By Nick Vivion | February 2, 2015

After several years in stealth, Hopper launched a little over a year ago with the "world's largest structured database of travel information." The startup quickly discovered soft consumer interest in Read More

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Reshaping online travel - hurdles and opportunities

By Sean Arena | December 22, 2014

Over the past few years, I’ve read numerous articles from various industry pundits lamenting the lack of innovation in the online travel landscape. While some of their points are valid, I think we sh Read More

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Startup pitch: IBM's Watson powers new travel advice tool WayBlazer

By Sean O'Neil | October 7, 2014

It’s only been a few years since IBM's Watson technology beat Jeopardy! champions on US national TV. Now Big Blue's supercomputer is taking on an even tougher challenge: coming up with trip-plannin Read More

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