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A Grain of Salt and H2O Hospitality Gets You 2.5 Star Bliss

2021-09-19 by Phil Butler

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H2O Hospitality announces having secured $30 million in Series C funding, but a former tech guru wonders “What for?”

Tags: Agoda, Asia hotels, cheap hotels, funding, funding round, H2O Hospitality, H2OStay IKEBUKURO, hotel tech, hotel tech startup, Japan hotels, Japan startups, Kakao Investment, Korea startups, Michael Arrington, Pete Cashmore, Samsung Ventures, South Korea hotels, Southeast Asia Hotels, tech news, TechCrunch, Thailand hotels

Argophilia Launches Citizen’s Travel Portal

2011-08-16 by Phil Butler

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Argophilia Travel Albania launches as the first of many regional travel directories aimed at introducing Eastern Europe’s hidden gems. Breathtaking places sit undiscovered by most of the world’s top travel businesses, a scattered lot of informative sites offer little or no value to travelers or local businesses, but Argo addresses the problem directly.

Tags: Alabania travel, Albania business, Albanian hotels, Albanian tourism, Argophilia Travel Albania, Durres, Et'hem Bey Mosque, Gadling, Illyria, Michael Arrington, OTA's travel news, press release, PRWeb, TechCrunch, tirana, Tnooz, Travel Albania, TripAdvisor, Visit Albania

Seamlessly Topguest Hypes Best Western Union

2011-05-19 by Phil Butler

Ash Fontana and Geoff Lewis, Founders of Topguest

Okay, I have finally had enough. Looking into the travel tech footlocker of startups out there, potential is about all there is out there at the moment. And for Best Western and a company called TopGuest, a bit of scornful ranting due from a Web 2.0 evangelist from the early days. The reason, someone out there in PR land still thinks everything needs to be “seamless” in its integration. BS

Tags: Best Western, Facebook, Facebook travel, Michael Arrington, Needleman, Om, Om Malik, online travel, Pete Cashmore, rewards, Richard McManus, TechCrunch, Topquest, travel, travel bonus, travel rewards, travel startup, travel tools

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