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Marriott partners with robotics startup to reimagine guest rooms
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January 18, 2022
As part of the hotel’s new Marriott Design Lab, Marriott is partnering with Ori to create flexible and multi-functional guest rooms....
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Singapore Airlines creates lab for digital push
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January 18, 2022
The lab is described as a £24 million “research facility to develop cutting-edge solutions" across passenger services, revenue management and operations....
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January 18, 2022
Some travel companies are savvy when it comes to generating buzz, while others are truly innovative....
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VIDEO: TourRadar on the B2B opportunity in multi-day tours
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January 18, 2022
CEO Travis Pittman discusses how the pandemic enabled TourRadar to reset and look at product growth opportunities....
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VIDEO: SXM Media on travel marketing through audio
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January 18, 2022
Podcasts and audio streaming can give travel brands a captive audience for advertising....
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VIDEO: Uplift on riding the buy-now-pay-later wave
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January 14, 2022
CEO Brian Barth discusses how the concept might evolve next, usage rates of the services, partner trends and how subscription models fit in....
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WATCH: Digital travel revenues bounce back as recovery kicks in
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January 14, 2022
Most of the publicly traded digital travel companies posted significant upticks in their results in Q3 2021, especially in revenue as customers took trips for the first time since the onset of the pandemic....
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Origin raises $5M for membership-based trip-planning app
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January 14, 2022
Origin's travel curators have local expertise and use machine learning to help travelers find, plan and book their trips, including flights, accommodation and experiences....
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Report reveals poor gender diversity at top of travel tech
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January 13, 2022
Just 12.5% of the top 350 travel technology companies are led by a woman, with a similar figure for chair roles held by women, new research has shown....
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Airline tech chiefs prioritize investment in cybersecurity, cloud services
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January 13, 2022
SITA’s 2021 Air Transport IT Insights study reveals 61% of airlines see IT investment increasing in 2022 while 55% of airports expect to spend more....
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Airports trade group displeased about 5G agreement
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January 13, 2022
Airports Council International North America CEO Kevin Burke said the list of airports getting a 5G buffer zone is largely irrelevant....
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VIDEO: How hotel marketing tactics are shifting
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January 12, 2022
PhocusWire talks to Peter O'Connor, professor of strategy at the University of South Australia, on hotels are nurturing direct bookers and how distribution is swinging back in favor of OTAs....
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Tripadvisor study finds travelers seeking new destinations and experiences in 2022
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January 12, 2022
Tripadvisor research reveals more than a third of travelers in the U.S., U.K, Australia, Japan and Singapore want to travel to new destinations in 2022....
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TravelPerk raises $115M round, adds ex-Booking.com CEO to board
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January 12, 2022
The $115 million Series D comes just nine months after a $160 million investment (also a Series D) in April 2021....
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European camping platform JetCamp raises €500K to accelerate growth
By Mitra Sorrells
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January 12, 2022
JetCamp’s website offers information such as availability and pricing in 10 languages for nearly 23,000 verified campsites and holiday parks across Europe....
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