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Travelport returns corporate travel tech Locomote to original founders

By Linda Fox | July 3, 2020

The company originally announced the acquisition of a 49% stake in Australia-based Locomote in August 2014, ahead of its IPO in late-September of the same year. Read More

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Amadeus touts human-tech hybrid for travel's future

By Linda Fox | July 1, 2020

Amadeus says AI is playing an increasing role in travel distribution, but the need for humans remains. Read More

News / Distribution

Routehappy founder Robert Albert to step down, shift to advisory role at ATPCO

By Mitra Sorrells | June 30, 2020

Robert Albert, founder of Routehappy that is now part of ATPCO, is stepping down from his role as executive vice president of retailing to support social justice causes. Read More

News / Startups

How one startup used the downtime to improve life for travel buyers and suppliers

By Linda Fox | June 29, 2020

The team at vintage car tour company Nowaday has spent the downtime created by COVID-19 to build an online workplace for travel buyers and suppliers. Read More

News / Online

RedAwning sells Blizzard marketing and web services unit to Beyond Pricing

By Kevin May | June 29, 2020

Blizzard is a specialist in web hosting, website design, paid search and email marketing for vacation rental companies. It will retain the brand name it has operated under for 23 years. Read More

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SevenRooms raises $50M to expand its hotel guest experience platform

By Mitra Sorrells | June 25, 2020

SevenRooms has raised a $50 million Series B round with Providence Strategic Growth. Read More

News / Technology

Travel payment standard sees early traction, aims to rebuild trust

By Linda Fox | June 22, 2020

The Open Payment Alliance removes friction from B2B payments but still allows for payment flexibility via a standard. Read More

News / Startups

Hotel tech startup gets $1M to develop contactless communication tools

By Mitra Sorrells | June 17, 2020

Akia, founded in 2018 by former Facebook engineers, has received capital to expand its contactless communication products for hotels. Read More

News / Startups

Journera nabs $11.6 million to move its tech platform into growth stage

By Mitra Sorrells | June 10, 2020

Journera has raised $11.6 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz and B Capital. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: SION wants to provide travel agents with clear picture of their earnings

By Linda Fox | June 9, 2020

SION officially launched in May but has decided to provide the service free of charge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

News / Startups

Startups join forces to create digital services platform for rental accommodation and hotels

By Linda Fox | June 3, 2020

SmartDigitalPlug was created by six startups to help small hotels and rental properties to digitize their services and address some of the current safety and hygiene challenges. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Consider what happens after the crisis is over (and use it to your advantage)

By Gavin Smith - Element | May 25, 2020

How you can make the business and your people work better, because when this situation is over, and it will be over, people will start travelling again. Read More

News / Technology

EasyJet admits security hack of 9 million passenger records

By Kevin May | May 20, 2020

The Europe-based airline says the attack captured names, email addresses and travel details, including 2,200 customers that had their credit card details stolen. Read More

Opinion

Immunity passport debate shows we need a trusted guardian for digital identities

By Andersen Cheng - Nomidio | May 18, 2020

The global response to COVID-19 has sparked intense debate about the balance between protection and privacy. Should privacy be sacrificed in order to slow transmission of the virus? Read More

Opinion / Technology

Travelers may need to prepare for a contactless, surveillance-led experience

By Simon Nowroz - Disruptive X Emergent | May 15, 2020

While we can’t conclude exactly what the future may hold, we can establish an overall trajectory and an overarching narrative that we refer to as a theme. Travel's future is a very different one. Read More

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