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News / Technology

Guesty acquires MyVR as consolidation continues in short-term rentals

By Jill Menze | April 8, 2021

With MyVR, Guesty says it “effectively makes the company the largest short-term rental property management platform worldwide.” Read More

News / Startups

Bob W tops up seed round with €6M for apartment rental concept

By Linda Fox | April 8, 2021

Bob W plans to develop its technology stack and add further apartments following its latest investment. Read More

News / Startups

Singapore-based Port gets pre-seed investment for "remote travel" concept

By Mitra Sorrells | April 7, 2021

Port connects users with guides around the world who enable them to experience destinations and business events through video calls rather than being there in-person. Read More

News / Startups

Saudi Arabian startup Gazal raises $2M to expand micromobility services

By Mitra Sorrells | April 6, 2021

Gazal offers dockless bikes and e-scooters in cities around Saudi Arabia and plans to expand throughout the region. Read More

News / Startups

Short-term rental noise-monitoring solution NoiseAware raises $8M

By Mitra Sorrells | April 5, 2021

The company will use the capital to accelerate product innovation, expand internationally and explore markets beyond short-term rentals. Read More

Interview / Distribution

How I Got Here, episode 58 - Rami Zeidan of Life House

By PhocusWire | April 1, 2021

After working in the finance and real estate worlds for the early part of his career, Rami Zeidan tells Mozio's David Litwak and Kevin May of PhocusWire how he took the plunge into the operational part... Read More

News / Startups

Mint House secures investment for corporate travel rental platform

By Linda Fox | March 26, 2021

Mint House, a rentals for corporate travel concept, previously announced $15 million in funding in May 2019. Read More

News / Technology

My Method… How digitizing an IHG hotel helped save both time and money

By Aaron Belton - DocMX | March 25, 2021

With DocMX, the InterContinental Cascais-Estoril automated daily revenue audits by around 90%, saving considerable time, facilitating remote collaboration and reducing print-related costs. Read More

Interview / Technology

How I Got Here, episode 57 - Greg O'Hara of Certares

By PhocusWire | March 25, 2021

An astute and outspoken financial operator, O'Hara's influence in travel has grown considerably in recent years through the Certares investment vehicle, as he explains to David Litwak or Mozio and... Read More

News / Online

Hopper closes $170M funding round, creates new B2B offering with Capital One as first partner

By Mitra Sorrells | March 24, 2021

Hopper is kicking off an ambitious growth plan that includes the launch of Hopper Cloud, selling its infrastructure, agency content, financial technology and data science capabilities to other travel... Read More

News / Online

Blacklane signals hailing expansion and sustainability push with €22M investment round

By Kevin May | March 24, 2021

The new round will be used to investment in local and regional rides and the development of sustainable transportation. Read More

News / Startups

Momenta raises $500M to drive autonomous future

By Linda Fox | March 22, 2021

Momenta is developing technology for autonomous driving for passenger vehicles as well as for fully-autonomous mobility services. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: Consolidation in rentals will be the story of 2021

By PhocusWire | March 19, 2021

What seems to be an important factor in this scenario is how the biggest platforms in the market, such as Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com, might react. Read More

News / Startups

GuestReady returns to growth focus with acquisition of The Porto Concierge

By Mitra Sorrells | March 18, 2021

GuestReady has acquired The Porto Concierge, the largest short-term rental management company in Portugal, and aims to grow to 10,000 properties by 2023. Read More

News / Online

How pandemic-led consumer behaviors might play out in travel

By Linda Fox | March 18, 2021

We look at some of Euromonitor's consumer trends for 2021 and how they're impacting travel and its attempts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

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