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Airbnb to acquire online travel agency HotelTonight
By Kevin May
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March 7, 2019
The deal for the OTA gives it the chance to "accelerate our work to build an end-to-end travel platform that serves everyone."...
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Skyscanner enables flight search through Trello platform
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 7, 2019
Skyscanner has created an integration with Trello, a visual organization and collaboration tool....
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Booking.com pivots BookingSuite into a hotel tech app store
By Kevin May
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March 6, 2019
The BookingSuite App Store is a collection of currently 45 different services provided by software companies in the industry that cover a range of tools to help hoteliers with their day-to-day operations....
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Certify, Chrome River merge in $1B transaction
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 6, 2019
Business travel management platforms Certify and Chrome River are merging in a transaction valued at more than $1 billion....
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Amex GBT launches cross-industry benchmarking tool to measure travel manager performance
By Jill Menze
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March 6, 2019
American Express Global Business Travel's new Peer Travel Insights service will rank companies within their peer group....
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Tour and activity veterans line up to launch content platform Magpie
By Linda Fox
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March 5, 2019
Former tour operator Christian Watts, Viator founder Rod Cuthbert and Tokyo-based Venture Republic are behind the new company....
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Ctrip ticks $4.5B annual revenue level for the first time
By Kevin May
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March 5, 2019
Ctrip cited "robust growth momentum" in its international business during 2018, but despite the uptick in overall annual revenue, Ctrip saw a decline of 19% in fourth quarter revenues to $1.1 billion....
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AirAsia launches venture capital fund to grow startup base in Southeast Asia
By Jill Menze
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March 5, 2019
The low-cost carrier’s venture arm, RedBeat Ventures, is establishing the VC fund - dubbed RedBeat Capital - alongside a strategic partnership with San Francisco-based startup accelerator and venture capital firm 500 Startups....
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Withlocals walks away with €8M to support peer-to-peer experiences service
By Kevin May
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March 5, 2019
The Series B round was led by Keen Venture Partners and also saw participation from previous backer Inkef Capital, giving it around €16 million since 2013....
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TripAdvisor expands Sponsored Placements for hotels, adds new features
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 5, 2019
TripAdvisor's Sponsored Placements for accommodations are now available to any property that provides rates and availability on the platform....
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Fornova buys hospitality intelligence platform HotelsBI
By Kevin May
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March 4, 2019
HotelsBI was created in January 2016 by Leon Vaidman and includes tools for hotels to increase direct bookings and retain customers....
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BookingPal lands $12M round to boost vacation rental distribution platform
By Linda Fox
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March 4, 2019
Valor Capital Group with Altabix and a “new strategic investor” join Existing investors Amadeus Ventures, PAR Capital Management, Plug and Play Ventures and Thayer Ventures....
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Ground innovation, part 1: The investment path
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 4, 2019
In part one in our ground transportation theme series, we talk to investors about startups in the category....
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TripAdvisor-owned TheFork buys Restorando, expands in Latin America
By Jill Menze
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March 4, 2019
With TheFork's acquisition of Restorando, its network will grow by 3,500 restaurants across eight countries....
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Marriott data security breach costs the company $28M so far
By Linda Fox
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March 1, 2019
Marriott revealed that the data breach disclosed in November 2018 cost the company $28 million in the fourth quarter....
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