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CuddlyNest raises $6M to grow accommodations booking platform
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CuddlyNest raises $6M to grow accommodations booking platform
By Jill Menze | October 26, 2020
The funding round, from CuddlyNest’s existing private investors, brings the Orlando-based startup’s total funding to $10.5 million.... Read More
InPhocus, episode 25 - Vrbo president Jeff Hurst on its 25-year legacy
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InPhocus, episode 25 - Vrbo president Jeff Hurst on its 25-year legacy
By Kevin May | October 23, 2020
Jeff Hurst talks about the key moments in the Vrbo story, the impact that the arrival of Airbnb had on the short-term rental marketplace and what the sector might evolve into next. ... Read More
Sounding Off: Can Google really be fair?
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Sounding Off: Can Google really be fair?
By PhocusWire | October 23, 2020
Whatever happens in the coming months (perhaps even years) with the Google antitrust suit, travel en masse will not be happy with outcome.... Read More
Sabre, Google to launch tech platform driving personalization in travel
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Sabre, Google to launch tech platform driving personalization in travel
By Jill Menze | October 23, 2020
Called Sabre Travel AI, the platform is being developed as part of the 10-year partnership Sabre and Google announced in January.... Read More
Limehome adds €10M to Series A funding
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Limehome adds €10M to Series A funding
By Linda Fox | October 23, 2020
Limehome's top-up round, which will spearhead a plan to expand the service to Spain, brings the total raised so far to €31 million.... Read More
DANCE rides off with €15M in Series A funding
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DANCE rides off with €15M in Series A funding
By Linda Fox | October 23, 2020
The Berlin, Germany-based startup, which launched its pilot program three months ago, plans to expand initially across Europe and in the U.S. further down the road.... Read More
RedDoorz expands with launch of Sans brand
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RedDoorz expands with launch of Sans brand
By WebInTravel | October 22, 2020
The brand will be rolled out next month, initially in Indonesia, with five new properties targeted by end of the year.... Read More
Booking.com launches flight search and booking in the U.S.
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Booking.com launches flight search and booking in the U.S.
By Kevin May | October 22, 2020
U.S. customers can now search, book and pay for air tickets on Booking.com, a year after flights were introduced in some European countries. ... Read More
Travel brands eager for a hit on Google might be disappointed
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Travel brands eager for a hit on Google might be disappointed
By Robert Cole - RockCheetah and Phocuswright | October 22, 2020
Travel industry expert and analyst Robert Cole dives into the antitrust probe into Google and finds there is little there that will appease concerns in the travel industry.... Read More
How I Got Here, episode 47 - Brad Bao of Lime
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How I Got Here, episode 47 - Brad Bao of Lime
By PhocusWire | October 22, 2020
Lime is on a mission to overhaul the way people think about urban mobility, whether it's with bikes or scooters, commuting or leisure. Brad Bao tells the story to PhocusWire's Kevin May and David Litwak of Mozio.... Read More
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VIDEO: How crisis planning kept this tourism company strong through COVID
By Mitra Sorrells | October 22, 2020
Orascom Development Holding chairman Samih Sawiris shares his crisis planning strategy at Phocuswright Europe 2020.... Read More
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RVshare raises $100M to expand peer-to-peer marketplace
By Mitra Sorrells | October 22, 2020
RVshare, which has more than 100,000 recreational vehicles available for rent through its platform, says the funds will help it rapidly scale.... Read More
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The Phocuswright Conference 2020 program is live - but what happened in 2019?
By PhocusWire | October 21, 2020
The event in Florida in November 2019 was one of Phocuswright's biggest in its history, with a broad range of keynotes and panels onstage and studio interviews with us. Here are ten notable clips from the event.... Read More
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Booking.com taps Futurestay to launch online check-in for rentals
By Mitra Sorrells | October 21, 2020
The two companies have been working on the online check-in solution since late 2019 but accelerated it as contactless experiences gained traction due to COVID-19.... Read More
Black Travel Alliance campaign reveals lack of diversity in travel industry
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Black Travel Alliance campaign reveals lack of diversity in travel industry
By Jill Menze | October 21, 2020
Results of the Black Travel Alliance's PullUpForTravel campaign reveal that Black people are under-represented at all levels within the travel industry, and there is a great need to address the imbalance.... Read More
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