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Meet LEK Consulting, the airlines' fairy godmother
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Meet LEK Consulting, the airlines' fairy godmother
By Sean O'Neil | April 27, 2015
It's well known that management consultants help airlines analyze fleet purchases, potential mergers, and joint ventures with other airlines. But what's less appreciated is how consultancies have p... Read More
Travefy, a group travel planner and TMC tool, lands $1.8M in funding
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Travefy, a group travel planner and TMC tool, lands $1.8M in funding
April 27, 2015
Travefy, a website that helps groups plan trips, has raised $1.8 million in equity investment in its Series A round of funding. The money is in addition to the startup's $320,000 seed round in autu... Read More
Uber is the Rashomon of our time
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Uber is the Rashomon of our time
By PhocusWire | April 27, 2015
Travel and the tech industries love a rashomon, and in the past year or two, our collective subject of debate has been Uber.... Read More
How the Twitter tool Flock To Unlock can bring visitors flocking
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How the Twitter tool Flock To Unlock can bring visitors flocking
By Viewpoints | April 27, 2015
How do you combine the social muscle of a service such as Twitter with a travel brand in order to increase awareness of a destination? Expedia Media Solutions partnered with The Netherlands Board o... Read More
Headout raises seed round for US cities expansion
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Headout raises seed round for US cities expansion
By Linda Fox | April 27, 2015
Headout, a mobile application for tours and activities, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding to continue its expansion across US cities. Funding for the company which is live in New York and Las... Read More
Does your age make any difference to likely startup success?
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Does your age make any difference to likely startup success?
By PhocusWire | April 25, 2015
STARTUPS: How many times have you heard the comment along these lines: "My goodness, the founders look about 18 years old!". Plenty of times, especially in travel, where many wonderfully enthusiastic... Read More
Startup pitch: Ventoura drops into P2P tours with mobile only
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Startup pitch: Ventoura drops into P2P tours with mobile only
By Nick Vivion | April 24, 2015
Ventoura is a new travel startup taking on this very same P2P local tours and activities vertical. The model is familiar: Locals apply to join the platform and then create curated tours for travelers... Read More
Polarsteps will track travel statistics live from the Apple Watch
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Polarsteps will track travel statistics live from the Apple Watch
By Nick Vivion | April 24, 2015
Apple Watch is here. The device has begun to ship and a lucky few — namely celebrities — are already showing off their wrists. Travel startup Polarsteps, which we covered here, is one of the first... Read More
Hoteliers claim Booking.com parity agreement still wrong and anti-competitive
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Hoteliers claim Booking.com parity agreement still wrong and anti-competitive
By Kevin May | April 24, 2015
Booking.com's move to appease regulators over rate parity agreements with hotels has not been met with universal applause. Far from it, in fact. The Priceline Group-owned accommodation giant cla... Read More
Zomato riding high with Uber, buys again
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Zomato riding high with Uber, buys again
By Martin Cowen | April 24, 2015
Two of travel tech's busiest businesses of 2015 - food site Zomato and taxi-app Uber - have linked up, giving Zomato users direct access to Uber. A "Ride There with Uber" button will appear on the... Read More
Ixigo joins in as taxis and ride-sharing take hold in India
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Ixigo joins in as taxis and ride-sharing take hold in India
By Martin Cowen | April 23, 2015
Indian travel search site ixigo.com has launched a metasearch app for taxis and signed a distribution deal with Blablacar as the taxi/ride-sharing sector in India reverberates in the wake of Ola's $40... Read More
HomeAway makes C-suite changes, reports solid earnings
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HomeAway makes C-suite changes, reports solid earnings
By Sean O'Neil | April 23, 2015
Vacation home platform Homeaway announced several changes in its executive positions along with its first quarter earnings report today. Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $493 to $500... Read More
Just in time: Booking.com brings Now to Apple Watch
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Just in time: Booking.com brings Now to Apple Watch
By Linda Fox | April 23, 2015
Tomorrow Booking.com launches its Booking Now service for Apple Watch, coinciding with the launch of the device in Apple stores. It's one of a string of travel companies that have announced service... Read More
Marketing watch: SnowShoe supplants the QR code in favor of a stamp
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Marketing watch: SnowShoe supplants the QR code in favor of a stamp
By Nick Vivion | April 23, 2015
"One piece of plastic to rule them all" is how marketing startup SnowShoe bills its impressive stamp collection. And we're not talking postage stamps here. These are small ink-less stamps that interfa... Read More
Four Seasons unveils completed private jet with bookings set for 2016
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Four Seasons unveils completed private jet with bookings set for 2016
By Nick Vivion | April 23, 2015
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