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Saudi Startup FlyAkeed Raises $15.2M Series A Funding

2023-08-23 by Phil Butler

FlyAkeed flight search result

Saudi Arabia-based travel tech startup FlyAkeed has just raised $15.2 million (SAR 57 million) in Series A funding.

Tags: Bassam AlMohammadi, booking startups, fin tech, flight meta search, flight meta searcn, flight search, FlyAkeed, Sanabil Investments, Saudi startups, Skyscanner, tech startups, travel tech

Palmera Beach Hotel & Spa Tops €1M in Online Revenue via RevitUp

2023-02-22 by Argophilia Travel News

RevitUp Case Study

A case study from RevitUp and Palmera Beach Hotel & Spa proves data monitoring melded to a competitive online presence leads to bookings

Tags: Bookings, Crete hotels, Crete Island, Crete vacations, direct bookings, hotel bookings, hotel revenue, hotel revenue tools, OTAs, Palmera Beach Hotel & Spa, revenue tools, RevitUP, Themis Karnis, tour operators, travel tech

Outdoorsy Announces $2B Milestone at Goldman Sachs Summit

2022-10-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Outdoorsy

Outdoorsy, the leading experiential outdoor travel company, announced today that it has exceeded $2 billion in total transactions.

Tags: alt-tourism, David Solomon, digital insurance, Goldman Sachs Summit, outdoors, Outdoorsy, Roamly, tech, travel companies, travel tech

Hopper Taps Into Hostaway Client Base in Lastest Strategy Move

2022-10-15 by Phil Butler

Frederic Lalonde

Hopper has now partnered with rental management platform Hostaway to link up a huge market share of Hostaway short-term rentals.

Tags: AirBnb, Fintech, Gen Z, home rentals, hopper, Hopper Homes, Hostaway, hotels, Marcus Rader, rentals, short-term rentals, startups, travel apps, travel tech

AI-Powered Pathfndr Announces a Slew of New Features

2022-10-15 by Phil Butler

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Pathfndr, billed as a No-code, Artificial Intelligence-powered Travel Operating System, announces a slew of innovations for travel advisors.

Tags: Big Data, Bookings, bookings engine, busses, cars, data, hotels, local expereinces, OTA, OTAs, Pathfndr, semantic search, transportation, travel agents, travel choices, travel search, travel startups, travel tech, travel technology, Varun Gupta

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