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Why travel startup founders step away from running their companies
News / Startups
Why travel startup founders step away from running their companies
By Mark Frary | March 14, 2025
As travel startups begin to scale, founder/CEOs often take the decision to move to product or strategy roles and let someone with a different skillset lead the company through the next stage.... Read More
Dance raises €12M for e-bike fleet expansion
News / Online
Dance raises €12M for e-bike fleet expansion
By Morgan Hines | March 13, 2025
With the funding, the Berlin-based company plans to develop its software and hardware and to expand its fleet, offering e-bikes in Paris, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich.... Read More
Wyndham looks to Katanox to save distribution and payment costs
News / Technology
Wyndham looks to Katanox to save distribution and payment costs
By Linda Fox | March 13, 2025
The company, which has more than 9,000 properties under franchise, is working with Katanox to drive cost savings and operational efficiencies and better control for franchisees with the technology.... Read More
Airbnb solicits new Experiences with new details of what it will offer in upcoming relaunch
News / Online
Airbnb solicits new Experiences with new details of what it will offer in upcoming relaunch
By Morgan Hines | March 13, 2025
The company is also hiring for several roles related to its Experiences business, including market managers tasked with supply growth in cities around the world.... Read More
AI trip planner Mindtrip acquires travel guide platform Thatch
News / Startups
AI trip planner Mindtrip acquires travel guide platform Thatch
By Morgan Hines | March 12, 2025
In a post addressed to creators and travelers Monday, Thatch said its content has migrated to Mindtrip.... Read More
Air France-KLM partners with Accenture for cloud move
News / Technology
Air France-KLM partners with Accenture for cloud move
By Linda Fox | March 12, 2025
The multi-year initiative sees the airline group move applications from its three existing data centers in a bid to improve operations and increase agility. ... Read More
CEO Spotlight: Pere Vallès of Exoticca
Interview / Online
CEO Spotlight: Pere Vallès of Exoticca
By Linda Fox | March 12, 2025
Exoticca's CEO Pere Valles discusses the company's strategy to play in the connected trip space, its technology investment and keeping investors happy.... Read More
British Airways-parent IAG plans €200M investment in airline innovation
News / Startups
British Airways-parent IAG plans €200M investment in airline innovation
By Morgan Hines | March 11, 2025
The corporate venture branch will invest the funding over the next five years, focused primarily on early-stage opportunities.... Read More
STARTUP STAGE: Arcube helps fliers convert loyalty points to ancillaries
Interview / Startups
STARTUP STAGE: Arcube helps fliers convert loyalty points to ancillaries
By Morgan Hines | March 11, 2025
Arcube's platform also works to analyze a passenger’s travel history, market data and other factors to predict and increase the likelihood of a passenger returning to an airline.... Read More
Northeast Asia online travel bookings to break $30B by 2026
News / Online
Northeast Asia online travel bookings to break $30B by 2026
By Phocuswright Research | March 11, 2025
Northeast Asia's booking pathway is online. New demand, demographic and strategic dynamics will further reshape travel across the decade. ... Read More
Autonomous AI agent Manus joins the fray
News / Technology
Autonomous AI agent Manus joins the fray
By Linda Fox | March 10, 2025
China-based AI agent Manus is in early preview and attracting mixed reaction from the technology industry.... Read More
Is an "app-ocalypse" nigh for hospitality tech as AI agents advance?
News / Technology
Is an "app-ocalypse" nigh for hospitality tech as AI agents advance?
By Florian Montag - Apaleo | March 10, 2025
Instead of relying on humans as connective tissue, AI agents acting as self-learning, adaptive digital assistants will manage the entire hospitality tech ecosystem autonomously in the future.... Read More
American Express to acquire Center
News / Technology
American Express to acquire Center
By Michael B. Baker | March 7, 2025
American Express said it plans to "create a seamless expense management platform" combining Center's software and Amex's corporate and small business cards.... Read More
Corsair Capital acquires majority share of IDnow
News / Technology
Corsair Capital acquires majority share of IDnow
By Morgan Hines | March 7, 2025
IDnow, which was founded in 2014, creates artificial intelligence-powered identification verification technologies that cater to brands across sectors including the travel sector.... Read More
Conversational AI provider Kleio receives €3M in funding
News / Startups
Conversational AI provider Kleio receives €3M in funding
By Morgan Hines | March 7, 2025
The 2024-founded company will use the new capital to drive adoption, increase the range of skills its AI agents can complete and train AI models for sales.... Read More
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