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Ireland’s Shackle raises £12M for digital hospitality platform
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 26, 2023
The startup provides contactless tools to manage hotel services such as check-in, room entry, food ordering and payments and last year raised $5.5 million in seed funding.
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HotelRunner acquires point-of-sale system PayPad
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 19, 2023
Founded in 2011, this is HotelRunner’s third acquisition, and the company said it is a “significant milestone” as its first product for on-premises sales and payments for hotels.
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How the digital guest journey is unlocking the next era of hospitality
By Harman Singh Narula – Canary Technologies
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August 28, 2023
Leading hotels, hospitality brands and management groups are turning to technology solutions to help create more personalized guest-staff interactions, automate rote administrative processes, improve...
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How travel startups are having success with crowdfunding
By Linda Fox
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August 23, 2023
Startups Jurny, Your.rentals and Well Traveled used crowdfunding to raise capital and engage their customer communities amid a challenging fundraising environment.
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Tech's answer to the new world of hospitality platforms
By Martin Reichenbach – Apaleo
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August 11, 2023
As hospitality businesses diversify like never before, it’s clear that status quo for hospitality platforms is a thing of the past, opening the doors to a world of possibilities.
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Civitfun acquires GRS, adds hotel group booking capability
By Linda Fox
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July 25, 2023
Civitfun, which offers automated hotel check-ins, has added group booking functionality to its stable through the acquisition of GRS.
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Hotel check-in and the new discipline of guest service management
By Mrunal Desai - Aavgo
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July 24, 2023
The rapid progress of technology has opened a new world of creative thinking around what the future of guest check-in should look like.
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Operto - Launch pitch at Phocuswright Europe 2023
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July 17, 2023
Operto is a guest technology and property management platform.
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Access Group acquires Guestline to expand offerings to hotel sector
By Derek Catron
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July 14, 2023
Guestline's cloud software platform supports over 2,900 venues in 23 countries through its end-to-end distribution, property management and guest experience system.
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With acquisition, South Korea’s ONDA can manage all types of properties
By Derek Catron
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July 10, 2023
The company’s moves included forming a subsidiary, OATech, after acquiring the hotel property management system business unit of Oasis Story, a Korean-based B2B solutions provider.
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Hostaway raises $175M for vacation rental tech expansion
By Linda Fox
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May 31, 2023
Hostaway, which launched in 2016, plans to put the funds towards recruitment, strengthening customer service and further growth, with acquisitions potentially in the cards.
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Kasa Living expands into single-home vacation rentals
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 11, 2023
The company is adding luxury single-family homes to its portfolio of properties that primarily includes apartment-style accommodations.
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Travel tech expands reach in hospitality schools
By Derek Catron
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May 9, 2023
A classroom tech revolution, accelerated by COVID and partnerships with travel leaders, means more of today’s hospitality students are exposed to the latest gadgets and cloud-based systems and learn to...
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Short-term rental startups, investors talk market growth
By Linda Fox
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May 5, 2023
Funding is becoming harder to come by but some are breaking through with ongoing investor appetite in the vacation rental market.
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