Articles tagged “booking technology”

Startups

This Y Combinator Startup Wants To Be Africa’s ‘Backbone of Travel’

Some investors are hesitant to fund startups in places experiencing currency volatility, but Triply overcame that challenge while consolidating payment tools for smaller travel businesses.

Elizabeth Casolo | 2 weeks ago

This Y Combinator Startup Wants To Be Africa’s ‘Backbone of Travel’
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Tourism

Almosafer’s CEO on Navigating the Future of Saudi Tourism

In rewriting its tourism narrative, Saudi Arabia’s shift towards broader offerings, digital integration, and infrastructure improvements signals a forward-looking approach aimed at tapping into new growth avenues within the global travel industry.

Almosafer + Skift | 1 month ago

Almosafer’s CEO on Navigating the Future of Saudi Tourism

News Blog

TUI Opens New Digital Hub in Portugal

TUI Group has consolidated its digital activities in Portugal by opening a new tech center in Porto. Europe's largest holiday package tour operator continues to lean into an ambitious digital transformation, with the center set to focus on developing mobile apps, payment systems, and using artificial intelligence across both TUI's customer-facing and internal services. In…

Selene Brophy | 7 months ago

Startups

Squake Raises $3.8 Million to Calculate Travel Carbon Emissions: Startup Funding Roundup

Squake has a mission to spread the word about travel carbon emissions, while HiJiffy is using tech from ChatGPT to power a chatbot for hotels.

Justin Dawes | 10 months ago

Squake Raises $3.8 Million to Calculate Travel Carbon Emissions: Startup Funding Roundup

Startups

Smiler Raises $8.5 Million to Connect Photographers with Tourists: Startup Funding Roundup

Smiler wants to make it easier for photographers and tourists to connect at travel destinations, while more startups are venturing into developing sustainable aviation fuel.

Justin Dawes | 10 months ago

Smiler Raises $8.5 Million to Connect Photographers with Tourists: Startup Funding Roundup

Travel Technology

Etihad to Make Flight Bookings Conversational Using Artificial Intelligence

Travelers have long grumbled about clunky online interfaces for booking travel. Etihad's test of a more conversational style is welcome. It may wake WhatsApp to the possibilities.

Yousef Saba, Reuters | 12 months ago

Etihad to Make Flight Bookings Conversational Using Artificial Intelligence

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Yanolja Cloud Acquires U.S. Hotel Tech Company Innsoft

Yanolja Cloud has acquired Innsoft, an Oregon-based provider of hotel management software, for $8.3 million.   Yanolja Cloud is the hotel tech arm of South Korea-based booking platform Yanolja. The acquisition is part of an effort to expand its hospitality services in North America, the company said Thursday.  Yanolja Cloud plans to leverage Innsoft’s resources to…

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago
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Travel Booking

New Insights: Understanding What Makes Today’s Traveler Click

A new report by Contentsquare presents important benchmark data and insights to help tourism and hospitality businesses create a digital experience that meets the wants and needs of today’s travelers.

Contentsquare + Skift | 2 years ago

New Insights: Understanding What Makes Today’s Traveler Click

Skift Meetings

Being Nimble is Key for Both Event Planners and Venues

In this episode of the Event Manager Podcast, we’re joined by Jeff Bzdawka, chief executive officer of Knowland, a hospitality data analytics and technology company.

2 years ago
Being Nimble is Key for Both Event Planners and Venues
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Travel Booking

Open Distribution: A New Hotel Booking Model for Hospitality’s Future

The hotel booking ecosystem is weighed down by siloed software systems, middlemen who take a piece of the RevPAR pie, and guests who don’t have as much control over their experiences as they should. The founder of Impala spoke to SkiftX about how to eliminate these issues with a new model: Open Distribution.

Impala + Skift | 2 years ago

Open Distribution: A New Hotel Booking Model for Hospitality’s Future