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SkiftSeedlings: Five early-stage startups dive into sharing, planning, and airports
Transport» Get your daily dose of Skift: subscribe to our newsletter, RSS, Twitter or Facebook. For all of our SkiftSeedlings collection, check out our archives here. Our third installment of early-stage startups includes some that might not traditionally be considered travel companies, but definitely aid travelers before or after a journey. If you know of any early-stage travel startups that either [...]
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GateGuru responds to user backlash by adding back features the airport app removed
DigitalWhen GateGuru released version 3.0 of its airport iOS app in late November, the reviews were not good. Within 48 hours of its release, co-founder Dan Gellert wrote a blog post taking blame for the changes and promising a fix. That fix arrived last night with a update to the app, along with another apology [...]
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Another travel app tries to ease frequent flyers’ airport woes
TransportSmart business travelers keep an arsenal of apps at their fingertips to help with any situation. Here’s one more to add to your travel folder: Airport Guide – iFly. True to its name, the app provides information for over 700 airports worldwide—ideal for anyone who spends a lot of time schlepping through terminals. Airport Guide’s primary function [...]
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TravelNerd launches a day-of-travel app to help flyers calculate airport costs
TransportNerdWallet, a financial advice website, has dabbled in the travel sector before with an airline fees comparison tool, but is taking a full dive with the launch of its TravelNerd website and app that helps travelers plan and predict expenses at the airport. The site is pushing the app as the primary platform for TravelNerd [...]
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What happens when your pivot goes horribly wrong?
DigitalIf you’re in the travel industry or a travel enthusiast, get your daily dose of Skift: subscribe to our newsletter, or social feeds, here. Travel is among the most pivot-friendly categories in the startupland. What happens when a well-liked-but-limited app, focused on a nice but commodity niche, attempts to pivot into a larger company, attempting to “reinvent travel”? [...]
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Clear Channel’s Flysmart app gives airport shops the gift of targeted advertising
TransportClear Channel Airports is eager to seize the possibilities afforded by the mobile device revolution. It’s heavily promoting its free FlySmart app, a tool for navigating airports that’s available for Apple and Android devices. Currently, 102 airports worldwide are searchable through the app, with that number growing at fast rate. FlySmart aims to differentiate itself from other apps on [...]
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GateGuru picks up $500k in new funding to go broader than airport info
TransportGateGuru attracted $500,000 in new funding from new and existing investors as it’s poised to embark on its first monetization effort — using real-time pricing and bookings from a car-rental company as users amble through an airport. The monetary infusion, which brings GateGuru’s total funding to $1.3 million, comes from new investors, including Dave Morgan [...]
