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SHR acquires hotel tech provider AvvioBy Mitra Sorrells | November 18, 2022
Founded in 2002, Avvio launched an artificial intelligence-powered booking engine in 2017, Allora, that provides personalized offers to guests from booking through check-in.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: AidaptiveBy PhocusWire | November 15, 2022
Powered by Jarvis ML, Aidaptive’s predictive personalization engine gives online businesses the power to automatically predict the affinity and intent of prospective customers and then deliver...
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: GauVendiBy PhocusWire | November 15, 2022
GauVendi is a sales and revenue system for hospitality that breaks away from static room type inventory management and introduces dynamic and feature-based inventory management.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: GrapevineBy PhocusWire | November 15, 2022
Grapevine identifies missed retailing opportunities from booking data, then sends personalized “right time, right channel” recommendations that deliver value to travelers and revenue for travel...
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