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The push to digitalize the air travel experience

By Linda Fox | October 20, 2022

While Lufthansa Group has set up Digital Hangar to focus on the customer experience, other airlines are also addressing how they interact with customers. ... Read More

News / Startups

Pinktada lands $975K for blockchain-based hotel marketplace

By Jill Menze | October 20, 2022

Founded in 2020, Houston-based Pinktada is a membership-based primary and secondary market for hotel rooms, architected on tokenization.... Read More

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Booking.com partners with Chooose to boost traveler awareness of climate impacts

By Mitra Sorrells | October 20, 2022

The partnership will initially focus on providing transparent information about the carbon impact of each element of a booking.... Read More

News / Online

Revolut adds rental homes to existing accommodation offering

By Linda Fox | October 19, 2022

The U.K.-based company says the launch of Homes is part of its Stays accommodation booking service, unveiled in 2021.... Read More

News / Startups

Holidu scores €100M to expand in existing markets

By Linda Fox | October 19, 2022

The Series E investment was led by 83North, with Northzone, HV Capital, Vintage Investment Partners, Commonfund Capital and existing investors also participating.... Read More

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Safely raises $12M to expand its short-term rental insurance solutions

By Mitra Sorrells | October 19, 2022

Founded in 2013, Safely provides guest screening and insurance for individual homeowners and professional property managers.... Read More

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Airline industry weighs how personal to get with data

By Kathryn Walson | October 19, 2022

Experts discussed hyper-personalization versus anonymous personalization at ATPCO's recent Elevate event.... Read More

News / Startups

Amenitiz acquires Ododo to offer training courses to independent hoteliers

By Jill Menze | October 19, 2022

Six months following its Series A raise, Spain-based PMS Amenitiz has acquired Ododo to democratize access to training for independent hoteliers.... Read More

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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

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Guestline acquires Newbridge to extend hotel platform capabilities

By Linda Fox | October 18, 2022

The acquisition brings additional capabilities to Guestline's technology platform, which offers distribution, guest experience and operations software and payments.... Read More

News / Startups

CitySwift raises €5M for public transport intelligence tools

By Linda Fox | October 18, 2022

The Series A investment brings Ireland-based CitySwift's total funding to €8.5 million.... Read More

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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

News / Online

Skyscanner wants to help airports understand “passenger leakage”

By Mitra Sorrells | October 18, 2022

Skyscanner's new tool uses geolocation data from its more than 90 million monthly users to help airports understand the top routes, origins and destinations travelers are searching.... Read More

News / Startups

QEEQ car rental gets investment from Alibaba-owned Fliggy

By Mitra Sorrells | October 18, 2022

QEEQ says the funding is part of a larger partnership it is developing with Fliggy to promote digitalization and innovation in the car rental category. ... Read More