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Corporate spend management startup Ramp launches travel solution

By Michael B. Baker | February 28, 2022

The Ramp for Travel tool lets travel managers set policies for air, travel and lodging and spending limits and receive alerts whenever employees are spending out of policy.... Read More

News / Startups

APAC micromobility startup Beam raises $93M for expansion

By Mitra Sorrells | February 28, 2022

Founded in 2018, Beam currently operates in 35 cities across Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.... Read More

News / Online

eDreams Odigeo bookings continue to pace above 2019 levels

By Jill Menze | February 25, 2022

The European online travel company says its Prime subscription service contributed to a bookings uptick in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2022.... Read More

News / Distribution

Book on Google for hotels to shut after low take-up

By Mitra Sorrells | February 25, 2022

Google says it has seen relatively low usage of the Book on Google option for hotels, in terms of both consumer engagement and partner interest. ... Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: There's no rule travel brands have to work with Google

By PhocusWire | February 25, 2022

Perhaps the only thing that airlines can do is work and optimize within the parameters that they have found themselves in.... Read More

News / Technology

Hotel guest platform Canary Technologies signs in with $15M investment

By Kevin May | February 25, 2022

The total raised by the provider of a mobile guest management system for hotels now stands at $17 million.... Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus sees revenue climb by a quarter in 2021, tentative recovery in progress

By Kevin May | February 25, 2022

The technology and distribution giant still had revenues trailing by 52% on pre-pandemic 2019 - but 2021 saw it bring in €2.7 billion to the overall business.... Read More

News / Startups

Vacation home co-ownership startup Ember raises $17.4M

By Mitra Sorrells | February 24, 2022

Founded in June 2021, Ember buys or builds luxury vacation homes valued between $1.5 and $5 million and sells them in shares of up to 8 per property.... Read More

News / Distribution

Tech investments driving Flight Centre’s corporate recovery

By Jill Menze | February 24, 2022

The Australia-based travel agency says recent investments in WhereTo and Shep are powering recovery for the Corporate Traveller and FCM brands... Read More

News / Online

Hopper acquires Smooss to cultivate airline partnerships

By Mitra Sorrells | February 24, 2022

The entire Smooss team, including co-founder and CEO Benjamin Lalanne, will join Hopper as part of the team leading its B2B initiative, Hopper Cloud.... Read More

News / Technology

Vacasa adds smart-home tech to all properties

By Mitra Sorrells | February 24, 2022

Vacasa is covering the cost to install smart locks, custom Wi-Fi routers and noise-monitoring systems in its 35,000 homes.... Read More

News / Technology

SITA appoints company veteran David Lavorel as CEO

By Kevin May | February 24, 2022

Joining in 2000 as a business process manager, Lavorel was most recently CEO of SITA's airports and borders unit, a post he'd held since June 2020.... Read More