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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: Fetcherr
Interview / Startups
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: Fetcherr
By PhocusWire | November 15, 2022
Fetcherr developed a proprietary AI-powered pricing and inventory control engine that predicts demand and enables high frequency pricing for the airline industry. Read More
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Interview / Startups
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: Gopass Global
By PhocusWire | November 15, 2022
Gopass Global is a data and analytics company focused on building real-time risk platforms for the travel industry. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: NeoKe
Interview / Startups
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023: NeoKe
By PhocusWire | November 15, 2022
NeoKe is a digital identity infrastructure empowering friction-free travel around the world. Read More
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News / Startups
Where are they now? Revisiting the Hot 25 Startups for 2022
By Kathryn Walson | November 11, 2022
In preparation for Tuesday's publication of PhocusWire's Hot 25 Travel Startup for 2023, we checked in with the companies that made the cut one year ago. Read More
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Opinion / Online
Are women in the workforce facing extinction?
By Traci Mercer - Sabre Corporation | November 8, 2022
Women’s jobs were twice as vulnerable to being cut than men’s during the pandemic. Read More
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News / Startups
Hospitality staffing platform Qwick closes $40M funding round to “end understaffing”
By Kathryn Walson | November 7, 2022
Qwick says it connects service-industry professionals directly with food and beverage shifts in real-time. Read More
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News / Startups
Way raises $20M for hospitality brand activation platform
By Kathryn Walson | November 1, 2022
Way's platform helps luxury, lifestyle and boutique hotels enter the experience economy. Read More
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News / Technology
Cover Genius raises $70M in Series D funding
By Mitra Sorrells | November 1, 2022
Cover Genius says the funding, an oversubscribed round, “represents a significant valuation uplift” from its Series C in 2021.   Read More
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Opinion / Technology
How hotels can foster human connection through tech
By Georgine Muntz - Visual Matrix | November 1, 2022
In the race to create “the single best platform,” a funny thing happened: The human element crept back into innovation. Read More
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From Our Partners / Technology
How outsourcing tech innovation can fuel success for travel brands
By PhocusWire | October 31, 2022
DataArt's Greg Abbott explains how the company works behind-the-scenes to help companies across all sectors of travel create effective, innovative technology solutions. Read More
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News / Startups
Canary Technologies lands $30M to enhance hotel platform
By Kathryn Walson | October 28, 2022
The company’s platform offers an array of products for hoteliers, including contactless check-in, contactless checkout, guest messaging, digital upsells, digital tipping, digital authorizations and... Read More
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News / Startups
ConnexPay raises $110M to fund global expansion
By Kathryn Walson | October 26, 2022
ConnexPay previously closed a Series B funding round of $20 million in December 2021. Read More
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News / Online
Travel apps have work to do in improving customer satisfaction
By Kathryn Walson | October 24, 2022
According to a recent study from Applause, 37% of customers say travel apps have not been helpful in managing recent travel challenges. Read More
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News / Technology
Pace of innovation set to pick up in travel, but fraud worries grow
By Alfred Siew - WiT | October 19, 2022
Panelists at WiT Singapore discuss innovation around trip planning while also sharing concerns about fraud in the digital realm. Read More
A temperature check on crypto payments in travel
News / Technology
A temperature check on crypto payments in travel
By Jill Menze | October 18, 2022
Even with market volatility and technological hurdles, travel providers shouldn’t sleep on the cryptocurrency opportunity. Read More
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