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Hong Kong – 6 April 2017 – Hong Kong may soon get its first billion-dollar startup, thanks to a 25-year-old entrepreneur whose company leases phones to travellers, Bloomberg reported. 1 Tink Labs Ltd is in the process of raising about US$40 million and aiming for a valuation of
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London – 6 April 2017 – 1 Charlie Osmond Triptease, a travel SaaS start-up that provides a platform to hotels seeking to increase direct bookings, has raised $9 million in Series B funding. The funding round was led by new investor BGF Ventures, with participation from existing investors Notion Capital and
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Orlando, Florida – 24 March 2017 – Guests are most willing to engage brands with new technology if they feel that they are in control of their experience and that hospitality operators should be wary of implementing automation without personal service. “Given the heritage of service throughout the Hospitality industry, we’re
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San Francisco – 23 March 2017 – Last-minute US hotel booking app HotelTonight raises US$37 million in a funding round as it seeks to expand its international hotel network and invest in marketing campaigns. 1 The Series E funding round, which was led by venture capital firm Accel Partners and
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San Francisco – 22 March 2017 – What if buying travel is personal and fun again? FlyEx launched a first personalized, on-demand peer-to-peer travel booking and messaging platform. The service connects Travelers to a global network of trusted FlyEx Aviators to help them book flights and hotels at the
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New York City – 18 March 2017 – FlexBook.co, a new hotel booking site, offers travelers the first real opportunity to customize their hotel stays by offering early check-in/late check-out as part of their booking. 1 was created by the team behind 1, that helped pioneer flexible hotel
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Munich, 09 March 2017 – Guest data goes to China: Shiji has evolved to become the most powerful system supplier in terms of travel technology. With the acquisition of Hetras (PMS) and ReviewPro (guest reviews) as well as an interest in Snapshot (data evaluation, not to be confused with Snapchat) the
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Hamburg, Germany – 8 March 2017 – The new year starts off with a scandal: The “Romantik Seehotel Jägerhof“ in Austria‘s Turracher Höhe was blackmailed by a hacker for the fourth time. Only after a Bitcoin payment worth of 1,500 euros, the previously encrypted cash register, reservation and key system
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New York City – 24 Februar 2017 – U.S. online travel agencies (OTAs) continue their upward climb and have increased their share of the total travel market. Bolstered mainly by hotel and mobile, OTA online bookings are now growing faster than suppliers’, which are on a downward trend, Phocuswright revealed. 1
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Munich, 20 February 2017 – Hotel Management Software provider hetras has appointed Hauke Lenthe as its new Executive Vice President. Hauke succeeds Managing Director Ulrich Pilau, who led the company for 6 years and played the key role in the successful startup development of hetras. 1 Hauke Lenthe hetras develops a
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London – 17 February 2017 – A new report commissioned by Samsung reveals that by 2020 companies which have not opened their borders to competitors, innovators and a new generation of independent freelancers will struggle to prosper in what Samsung calls the ‘Open Economy. This new Open Economy will be characterised by
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Paris, France – 16 February 2017 – The Mercure brand is launching its BOT, an up-to-the-minute instant messaging solution available on Facebook and Messenger. Offering a hotel experience anchored in a specific locality is the very essence of the Mercure brand and its venues. 1 Everything from design to