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Chinese in One App To Rule Them All strategy

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 21, 2017

Fresh from a massive $4 billion funding round in October, Meituan-Dianping is using the concept of an all encompassing lifestyle app to take on the world. Read More

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El Al startup venture wing joins forces with Lufthansa

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 20, 2017

Cockpit Innovations and Lufthansa have formed a strategic partnership to identify and cultivate breakthrough startup technologies. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: Modern life lessons for travel startups

By Kevin May | November 20, 2017

Joel Cutler was once described, rather grandly, as the godfather of online travel capital. Read More

News / Startups

Flight Centre Travel Group's new startup partnership; Virtuoso's call for travel tech companies

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 17, 2017

Good news for startup travel tech companies, as two giants in the travel tech industry announce investment opportunities and strategic partnerships. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 4

By Kevin May | November 14, 2017

After a day of pitches from startups, PhocusWire's PundIT Show returns to take the temperature of three delegates at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

News / Online

Why is travel tech so risky, according to investors?

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 14, 2017

During a roundtable discussion at The Phocuswright Conference, ConnexPay CEO Bob Kaufman made a bold statement: travel companies run the same investment risks as adult entertainment. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 2

By Kevin May | November 10, 2017

Our pundits this time are Max Kraynov (AviaSales), Ben Jost (TrustYou) and Alix Arguelles (Amadeus). Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 1

By Kevin May | November 8, 2017

Episode 1 of the PundIT Show looks at what the industry hopes for when it gathers to understand what is shiny and new in the world of travel startups. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: How startups can make a mark (but rarely do)

By Kevin May | November 8, 2017

It's a tough world out there for travel startups - with failure rates far higher than the number of success stories. Read More

News / Startups

The top 5 judges' questions from the 2017 Phocuswright Summit

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 8, 2017

Here are the five best questions that the Phocuswright Dragons asked Summit participants. Read More

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Drivy, the peer-based car rental startup, raises Euro 31 million, gaining on Turo

By Sean O'Neil | April 27, 2016

More than 850,000 people in France, Germany, and Spain have joined the sharing economy by using a new marketplace for peer-based car rentals. Headquartered in Paris, the startup Drivy aims to conne Read More

News / Distribution

Ctrip's latest partnership and investment: China Eastern Airlines

By Martin Cowen | April 21, 2016

China's biggest-by-far OTA Ctrip has announced an RMB 3 billion ($460 million) investment in China Eastern Airlines, one of the world's biggest airlines in terms of passenger numbers. The deal, whi Read More

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Relux, a Japanese booking site, nabs $4.5 million in funding

By Sean O'Neil | April 18, 2016

Loco Partners, a Tokyo-based startup that runs Relux, a membership-based accommodation booking site, has secured 500 million yen (or about US$4.5 million) in funding, led by KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Read More

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Djubo nets funding from Ibibo, the rising Indian travco

By Sean O'Neil | August 28, 2015

Launched in February, Djubo, which sells a hotel central reservations system (CRS), has sold a minority equity stake to ibibo, the online travel company that owns Goibibo.com, redBus.in, and Yourbus. Read More

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Joel Cutler of General Catalyst talks travel startup investing

By Sean O'Neil | November 14, 2014

Joel Cutler is widely considered a master of venture-capital investing, with a particular gift at identifying star travel technology businesses. Most famously, Cutler was a founding investor in met Read More

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