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VIDEO: Affirm - Launch pitch at Phocuswright 2018
By Kevin May
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December 27, 2018
Affirm allows your customers to pay for their trips over time via monthly installments offered at the point of sale.
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Momentum and the vacation rental tech startup scene
By Vanessa de Souza Lage - Rentals United
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December 20, 2018
The vacation and short-term rental industry is an exciting place for startups right now. There’s been plenty of investment flowing in, with lots of growth, which has created momentum.
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VIDEO: Futurestay - Summit pitch at Phocuswright 2018
By Kevin May
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November 30, 2018
The smartest way to connect vacation rentals to everything - channels, guests, payments and their own brand.
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VIDEO: Checkfront on Google's entry and where the experiences sector is heading
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October 11, 2018
Checkfront is one of the first partners for the Reserve With Google initiative - a development that has the potential to be a disruptive move for tours and activities.
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Xola creates app marketplace for tour and activity operators
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 24, 2018
Xola, an online booking platform for tours and activities, is consolidating apps and integrations to support online and offline customer acquisition and sales in its new Xola App Store.
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Inside the complicated world of cancellation fees and non-refundable bookings
By Stefano Petrazzoli - Chargebacks911
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September 14, 2018
In this digital era, we’re used to booking our ticket, but often then have separate extras to consider, like choosing our seat, eating in-flight meals, hold luggage, among others.
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Certify snaps up travel expense tech platform Abacus
By Linda Fox
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July 17, 2018
Certify, an expense management software specialist, has acquired real-time expense reporting system Abacus.
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Vacasa launches real estate network to grow supply base
By Jill Menze
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July 12, 2018
Already the largest vacation rental management company in the United States, Vacasa is looking to substantially grow its supply by launching a real estate network.
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Seatfrog grabs $6 million round to bolster upgrade bidding app
By Kevin May
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July 12, 2018
Rail and air upgrade platform Seatfrog has secured a Series A investment to the tune of $6 million.
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SnapShot founders leave, Shiji takes control of revenue tech platform
By Kevin May
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July 6, 2018
Chinese hotel tech company Shiji Group has increased its stake in SnapShot - effectively buying out the shares of the founders of the five-year-old company.
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Qantas goes big on NDC-led distribution platform
By Kevin May
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May 29, 2018
Qantas is waving a big NDC flag this week after launching a new technology service built on the new distribution standards created by IATA.
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Past, present and a bright future for revenue management
By Dan Skodol - Rainmaker
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April 26, 2018
In 1972, an employee of British Overseas Airways Corporation by the name of Ken Littlewood provided the genesis of what has become today's revenue management discipline.
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In The Big Chair - Eric Breon of Vacasa
By Jill Menze
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March 22, 2018
Coming to Vacasa with a background in venture capital and analytics, Eric Breon has since raised an industry-leading $140 million in funding for the company since founding it.
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Unleash the power of genuine intelligence
By Mary Pat Sullivan
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March 16, 2018
The diversity of products and services in the travel industry creates a complex need for technology solutions that can translate content and deliver it to every B2B and B2C channel available.
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Digital Darwinism: A concept for modern hotels
By Kevin May
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March 13, 2018
"Connected consumerism and the influences of new technologies and services on human behavior disrupt markets."
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