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Goldair Announces Travellair – A Real “Poof!” Travel Experience Agency

2021-06-29 by Phil Butler

Travellair

Goldair – Golemis Air Services launches Travellair with a gigantic, resounding “Poof!” Here’s an announcement that never should have been.

Tags: airline services, branding, consumer advocate, Datanoesi, Ecali Club, experience travel, Goldair, Goldair – Golemis Air Services, Greek companies, GTP, new companies, Nikos Sofiadis, Regina Golemi, startups, Travellair, VIP services

TripActions Raises $155 Million in “Series E” Funding

2021-01-22 by Argophilia Travel News

Dashboard

Business travel management startup TripActions has just announced a new funding round of $155 million.

Tags: AI, startups, technology startup, travel startups, TripActions

PhocusWire Releases 2021 Hot 25 List of Startups

2020-11-27 by Phil Butler

startup

Each November PhocusWire has begun the Phocuswright Conference with the release of our annual Hot 25 Startups. Here is the list for 2021.

Tags: Air Doctor, Anyplace, Beachy, BeRightBack, Buser, CityGuyd, Dream Drive, Entrada Insights, Kyte, Maidbot, Pace, PhocusWire, PhocusWire Hot 25, PhoCusWright conference, Rebound Travel, Salesforce, startups, tech startups, Tentrr, travel startups, Tripkicks, Troop Travel, Trueface, Volara, Vouch, Wajaj, Zamna

Hotel Marketing Post Pandemic: Being Human Before Counting Beans

2020-05-21 by Phil Butler

Post Pandemic Marketing

Using Sweden COVID-19 booking advice as clickbait, is absolutely the wrong strategy in a post pandemic world.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus deaths, COVID-19 cancellations, CRM, eHotelier, Europe hotels, Forbes, HospitalityNet, hotel marketing, Juanjo Rodriguez, Lidköping Stadshotellet, Marc Rollan Serrano, RevPAR, startups, staycation, Sweden coronavirus, Sweden hotels, The Hotel Network, TopHotelNews

Online Booking Platform taptrip Partners With TMC ATPI

2020-02-12 by Argophilia Travel News

taptrip

taptrip has entered into a new partnership with the leading corporate travel and events business and pioneers of technology, the ATPI Group.

Tags: ATPI, ATPI Group, booking, booking engines, booking platforms, hotel booking, startups, taptrip, TMC

GuruWalk Snags €1 Million Seed Funding to Serve ‘Free Walking Tours’

2020-01-02 by Phil Butler

GuruWalk

Spanish startup GuruWalk announces obtaining €1 million in seed funding from SeedRocket and other investors to jumpstart free tours.

Tags: city tours, free tours, GuruWalk, startups, tourism, tourism startups, tours, travel startups, travel tech, travel technology

Fever Startup Snags Another $35 Million in Funding

2019-08-26 by Phil Butler

Fever App

Fever has raised $35 million in Series D funding led by Rabuten Capital, Accel, Atresmedia, and others. The question is, will it be enough?

Tags: Accel, AI, Atresmedia, European startups, events, Fever App, Fever recommendations, Gravy, local travel, Rabuten Capital, startups, travel apps, Vamos

Dreamlines Raises $19 Million Growth Capital

2017-02-16 by Phil Butler

Dreamlines funding

Hamburg-based Dreamlines has announced its most recent investment round of €18 million euro. This is the latest backing of the online cruise marketplace in the last 12 months.

Tags: Altpoint, cruise packages, cruises, Dimaventures, Dreamlines, Global Founders, Hasso Plattner Ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures, startups, Target Global, travel startups, Venture Capital

Booking.com Launches Startup Accelerator

2017-02-06 by Phil Butler

Booking.com

Today Booking.com announced the launch of a new accelerator program, Bookingcom Booster, designed to jump start innovation. The new 3-week program gives startups the chance to pitch for grants of up to €500,000 euro.

Tags: Booking.com, Gillian Tans, startups, sustainable tourism, travel innovation, ycombinator

Skolkovo Innovation Center Hosts Startup Village 2016

2016-05-18 by Mike Wheatley

Startup Village 2016

Russia’s version of Silicon Valley, Skolkovo Innovation Center will host Startup Village 2016 June 2nd and 3rd. The fourth edition of the technology meetup will feature young entrepreneurs and startup innovators participating to win prizes worth in between $5000 and $50,000.

Tags: Moscow events, Skolkovo, Startup Village 2016, startups, tech events

Why Is Every Hotel Not Selling Rooms Via Bidroom?

2016-02-24 by Phil Butler

Bidroom landing page

When was the last time you really compared the prices you pay for hotels stays? If you are like most people, time is never on your side, and loyalty or brand awareness simply must play a role in your travel decision making processes. A Dutch startup a friend recommended, Bidroom addresses several problems caused by […]

Tags: Bidroom, booking, Expedia, hotel booking, hotel tech, hotels, Michael Ros, OTA's, rooms, startups

TripAdvisor powers up with ZeTrip and Rove

2015-02-03 by Phil Butler

Rove APP

TripAdvisor has announced the acquisition of tech startup ZeTrip, and travel journal app Rove. Apparently, the semi-stagnant market for high tech travel tools, has been rekindled.

Tags: acquisitions, Rove, startups, TripAdvisor

Five Cool Travel Startups You Maybe Never Heard Of

2014-05-05 by Phil Butler

Tripwing

The travel startup niche is a lot less active these days than it once was. The big names, TripAdvisor, Kayak, Airbnb, Uber, and a slew of others have snatched the attention and loyalty of many. Right now these, are in a sort of “no holds barred” competition to become the Facebook of travel, with a lot of niche value going on in between. Speaking of niches, there’s a lot of room for traveler utility and for developing to sell startup action too.

Tags: Ostrovok.ru, Russia tech, startups, travel startups, travel tools, Tripwing, Uxplr

EU Announces Tech All Stars 2014

2014-04-29 by Liliana Steffens

Tech All Stars

The European Commission has launched the 3rd edition of the Tech All Stars Competition for finding Europe’s best startups from EU accelerators, incubators and web camps. This year’s competition invites a dozen of Europe’s best talents to get connected with funding and more.

Tags: startups, tech, Tech All Stars, travel startups, travel tech

Utrip Grabs New Funding: Argo Tests It

2014-04-23 by Phil Butler

Utrip

It’s 9:06 AM in Trier, Germany right now. I began creating an itinerary to Lisbon at exactly 9:01 AM with Utrip, and apparently their contention you can create a trip in 5 minutes is true. That is, if you’re wanting a recommendation engine to suggest for you. Otherwise, users of this interesting travel tool will need more time.

Tags: itinerary planning, startups, travel startup, trips, Utrip

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