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Chauffeur service provider Blacklane receives $65M investment
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Chauffeur service provider Blacklane receives $65M investment
By Morgan Hines | October 29, 2024
 The company said the Series G round is its largest investment to do. It plans to se the funding to accelerate growth with a focus on the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.... Read More
AI trip planner Mindtrip receives funding, launches receipt function
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AI trip planner Mindtrip receives funding, launches receipt function
By Morgan Hines | October 29, 2024
Mindtrip’s funding now sits above $20 million, just months after the company’s May launch. Its newest feature should help users to keep track of their trip spendings, too, over hotel, dinner, airline, activity bookings and more.... Read More
Cruisebound brings travel industry veterans on board with $13M investment
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Cruisebound brings travel industry veterans on board with $13M investment
By Mileva Sapic | October 29, 2024
Cruisebound said it has been hitting growth milestones over the past two years, including securing triple-digit annual revenue growth. It has also unveiled an AI chatbot and flexible payment options.... Read More
How prepared is the travel industry for digital wallets?
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How prepared is the travel industry for digital wallets?
By Marisa Garcia | October 29, 2024
Digital wallets from Apple and Google are widely used in everyday life but how is the travel industry preparing to take full advantage of them to improve the passenger experience?... Read More
Sabre sells GetThere booking tool to Serko for $12 million
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Sabre sells GetThere booking tool to Serko for $12 million
By Michael B. Baker - Business Travel News | October 29, 2024
Once the GetThere acquisition closes early next year, a new five-year partnership between Serko and Sabre will see the pair working together on project development and investment.... Read More
Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023
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Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023
By Mileva Sapic | October 28, 2024
Fetcherr, Grapevine and Holibob update PhocusWire on what they've been up to since they were named part of PhocusWire's Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023.... Read More
Klook expands AI partnership with Google Cloud
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Klook expands AI partnership with Google Cloud
By Morgan Hines | October 25, 2024
Google Cloud and Klook will co-develop the new AI infrastructure layer. The duo will focus first on validation capabilities for all generative AI outputs.... Read More
Radical Storage packs away $7M for luggage storage service
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Radical Storage packs away $7M for luggage storage service
By Linda Fox | October 25, 2024
Radical Storage currently has a network of more than 9,000 businesses distributed across more than 1,000 cities and 70 countries.  ... Read More
PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sabre, Delta Airlines, SmartRyde, Amadeus
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sabre, Delta Airlines, SmartRyde, Amadeus
By PhocusWire | October 25, 2024
Keep up with all the latest people, product and partner news from around the global travel industry in PhocusWire's weekly roundup.... Read More
OYO sees opportunity in corporate travel events
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OYO sees opportunity in corporate travel events
By Linda Fox | October 24, 2024
OYO is offering a dedicated team to help companies with conferences and events.... Read More
Tracking the evolution of maps in travel planning
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Tracking the evolution of maps in travel planning
By Mark Frary | October 24, 2024
Established map players such as Google and Apple as well as travel startups are using AI, AR and 3D technologies to improve the travel planning process using maps.... Read More
Hotel direct booking rates stabilize with mobile gaining share, report says
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Hotel direct booking rates stabilize with mobile gaining share, report says
By Morgan Hines | October 23, 2024
A new report from H2c includes responses from 88 small, medium and large hotel chains representing 3,885 hotels and 578,653 rooms.... Read More
Phocuswright unveils Philip C. Wolf Memorial Scholarship winners
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Phocuswright unveils Philip C. Wolf Memorial Scholarship winners
By PhocusWire | October 23, 2024
 Jessie Fischer, founder and CEO of GuestOS and Arielle Warren, CEO of Places to Go, have been selected as the 2024 recipients for the Philip C. Wolf Memorial Scholarship.... Read More
Cloudbeds unveils AI-driven tech to improve hotel decision making
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Cloudbeds unveils AI-driven tech to improve hotel decision making
By Linda Fox | October 23, 2024
Cloudbeds has developed an AI-powered forecasting engine combing hotel operational data with external data to improve decision making and boost revenue.... Read More
Hotels embrace a new chapter in revenue management
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Hotels embrace a new chapter in revenue management
By Matthew Parsons | October 23, 2024
Hotels are adopting revenue management techniques to boost outside of room sales as processes are increasingly automated and the technology becomes more accessible.... Read More