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STARTUP STAGE: HostAI creates AI-powered direct marketing for independent travel brands

By Mitra Sorrells | April 13, 2023

HostAI uses artificial intelligence to develop marketing strategies to drive direct revenue growth for hospitality brands, starting with vacation rental managers. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Holdbar offers tech to help activities providers boost bookings

By Linda Fox | April 5, 2023

The startup offers tours, activities and providers of small accommodations with a technology solution covering sales, marketing and administration. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Orbzii wants to make travel planning easier

By Linda Fox | March 27, 2023

App-based Orbzii brings together flights and hotels and employs artificial intelligence to enable consumers to filter options and put together a trip as well as discuss it and share it with... Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: SkipQ is an app for airport retail and restaurant services

By Linda Fox | March 24, 2023

SkipQ describes itself as a travel retail marketplace that connects airport retailers and passengers via its app. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Tern uses GPT technology for travel planning

By Mitra Sorrells | March 6, 2023

Tern is an artificial intelligence-powered travel planning system that provides personalized recommendations in minutes. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Travel platform Mapathink targets Southeast Asia

By Kathryn Walson | February 27, 2023

By disrupting the travel ancillary services market, Mapathink says it is looking at a huge addressable market. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Trzmo aims to be a super app for travel

By Mitra Sorrells | February 13, 2023

Trzmo provides global roaming, flight updates, duty-free shopping, ground transportation booking, dining recommendations, loyalty card management, the ability to save photos and videos and more all in... Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Herdify enables hyper-targeted marketing for travel brands

By Mitra Sorrells | February 9, 2023

The company was founded in 2021 by a former Microsoft strategist, and the executive team includes former Red Carnation Hotels chief marketing officer Victoria Murden. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Connect-EZ provides in-app calling for travelers

By Kathryn Walson | January 27, 2023

Founded in 2020, the London-based company aims to make it easier for travelers to communicate with airlines while on the go, including for booking inquiries and customer service issues. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: SquadTrip’s all-in-one platform streamlines trip planning

By Kathryn Walson | January 25, 2023

SquadTrip provides an SaaS trip booking and marketing platform for group travel organizers and trip-bookers alike. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Trustd.ai helps rentals filter out bad behaving guests

By Mitra Sorrells | January 23, 2023

The company uses AI to collect and analyze a mix of static and dynamic trust attributes related to a guest and then delivers the result to the partner systems in real time, in the form of a... Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Out of Office gives travel tips from friends and influencers

By Linda Fox | January 13, 2023

The Out of Office platform aggregates destinations, hotels, restaurants and more based on the user's preferences and who they follow. Read More

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STARTUP STAGE: Away Together aims to elevate guest experience

By Kathryn Walson | January 9, 2023

The Away Together platform allows for accommodations to communicate with their guests as well as for guests to communicate with one another. Read More