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Zen Rooms attracts $4.1 million Series A

By Martin Cowen | April 12, 2017

Budget hotels in southeast Asia continue to attract investor interest, with Zen Rooms the latest to secure funding in a $4.1m Series A round. The news has been widely reported, with Zen Rooms shari... Read More

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Not just pre-trip - hotel uses drone to showcase resort once guests are in

By Kevin May | April 12, 2017

It's the kind of drone initiative that wouldn't work so well for a city hotel, or one without much going on around it - but not every hotel is in Mauritius. Accor's Sofitel brand in the country has... Read More

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Rateboard brings in €500,000 in seed funding

By Linda Fox | April 12, 2017

Rateboard, a startup for revenue management technology, has raised €500,000 in seed funding. Austria-based Next Floor Venture Capital provided the funds to the company which has developed a cloud-b... Read More

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VaycayHero back online following closure and then asset sale to RedAwning

By Kevin May | April 11, 2017

Rental startup VaycayHero has "relaunched" after its recent sale to fellow rental network RedAwning. The reemergence of the brand as a standalone comes after the original site was suspended on 31 J... Read More

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Startup Pitch: WorthyTravelers looks for an authentic niche

By Martin Cowen | April 11, 2017

WorthyTravelers is not the only business looking to appeal to people who are interested in booking authentic experiences, which are recommended by experts, working with influencers to promote the site... Read More

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Airbnb Trips - six months on, still in the treehouses, igloos and yurts phase

By Viewpoints | April 11, 2017

Last November, Airbnb announced to the world its next wave of innovation to the strains of Maroon 5 with a dash of Lady Gaga. Trips was to be the next layer in the customer travel experience after... Read More

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TravelBird refines travel advisor interactions using artificial intelligence

By Marisa Garcia | April 11, 2017

TravelBird has become the latest travel company to adopt artificial intelligence for customer service through a partnership with DigitalGenius. The new predictive customer care system, which will r... Read More

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Travel-Ticker returns, then disappears again via sale to HotelPlanner

By Kevin May | April 11, 2017

Just 12 months or so after coming back from a three-year hiatus, Travel-Ticker has been sold to HotelPlanner... and immediately closed once more. Since its return, Travel-Ticker has been based in U... Read More

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Regulator finds two-thirds of travel websites are misleading consumers

By Kevin May | April 10, 2017

Shock levels will be determined by your level of cynicism - but a probe of more than 350 travel websites has shown that 235 did not display reliable prices for flights and hotels. One of the most c... Read More

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MetroResidences raises $2.8 million to expand corporate travel long-stays

By Kevin May | April 10, 2017

Japanese ecommerce brand Rakuten is backing fellow Asian web brand MetroResidences with a $2.8 million investment. The Singapore-based startup is the sister-brand of existing short-term rental serv... Read More

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Does a transition to digital retailing make sense for an airline?

By Sponsored Content | April 10, 2017

We know that the existing digital relationship between airlines and their passengers is unstructured and needs rethinking. The transition to a new fit-for-purpose digital retail environment, based on... Read More

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The impact of emerging technology on corporate travel

By Linda Fox | April 10, 2017

Egencia has been taking a look at how technology such as artificial intelligence will effect the corporate travel world in the near, medium and long-term. Alongside Phocuswright, the Expedia-owned... Read More

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Startup Pitch: IQPlanner forges a well-trodden but still wide-open path

By Kevin May | April 10, 2017

IQPlanner wants to put web-based trip planning back in vogue with its UEX-focused service going live in the last few weeks. The UK-based is one of the new breed of services that are starting to com... Read More

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How hotels beat Airbnb by getting in bed with the traveler

By Viewpoints | April 10, 2017

Today’s traveler is apparently digitally savvy and wants to be inspired by destinations and authentic experiences throughout the entirety of their travel lifecycle. Airbnb was one of the first to n... Read More

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The virtuous circle - inspiration, personalisation and trust

By Sponsored Content | April 7, 2017

The modus operandi of the travel industry is to leverage promise and exploit curiosity, tapping in to an emotional fear-of-missing-out as it urges us to invest in experiences and exploration that coul... Read More

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