Justin Dawes, Author at Skift

Travel Technology

Accor Tech Subsidiary D-Edge Acquires LoungeUp to Enhance Guest Contact

This is the latest move in a trend by hotel tech companies to create more comprehensive platforms, meant to help clients fulfill more of their needs in fewer places.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Hotels

CEO of Oyo: We Don’t Currently Need Access to Capital

Oyo has been focused on hyper-growth. Its CEO wants to keep going, but he's happy to take a pause first if needed.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Tourism

Eric Garcetti on India Travel: Visa Wait Times, Growing Tourism, and Cricket

A lot of Indians are waiting a long time to visit the U.S. Eric Garcetti wants to generate the same excitement in U.S. travelers about visiting India.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Ground Transport

Busbud Acquires Buson to Expand Digital Bus Ticketing in Latin America

Much of the world's population travels between cities via bus, and many of those operators track sales on spreadsheets. There's a big opportunity to digitize that industry.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Startups

3 Companies Modernizing Air Travel: Startup Funding Roundup

Investment in air travel was one theme we saw among seven startups that raised money in the past two weeks.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Travel Technology

Inside Amadeus’ Vision for Biometrics at Airports

With nearly all airlines saying they want to implement biometrics at their airport service centers, there's money in helping them make that happen.

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago

Travel Technology

Amadeus Acquires Voxel for $123 Million to Expand Payments Business

Amadeus acquired another company earlier this year to expand its biometrics business. Now it's taken the same strategy to expand its payments business.

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago