Articles tagged “travel insurance”

Startups

Habyt Raises $42 Million for Home and Hotel Rental Platform: Startup Funding Roundup

Three tech-enabled property managers — typically less affected by increasing short-term rental regulations — have announced fundraises recently.

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago

Habyt Raises $42 Million for Home and Hotel Rental Platform: Startup Funding Roundup

Hotels

Skift India Report: Strong Hotel Growth to Now Return to Normal

While the Hotelviate report does highlight the surge witnessed in India's organized hotel sector, it also approaches the future with cautious optimism. It serves as a reminder that the exceptional developments witnessed in 2022-23 were unprecedented.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 months ago

Skift India Report: Strong Hotel Growth to Now Return to Normal

Online Travel

Skift India Report: Majority of Travelers Procrastinate Buying Insurance

Lack of education about travel insurance remains the biggest obstacle for brands’ selling it. Companies must therefore inform consumers on why they need the product regardless.

Amrita Ghosh | 3 months ago

Skift India Report: Majority of Travelers Procrastinate Buying Insurance

Startups

Faye Raises $10 Million for Travel Insurance App: Startup Funding Roundup

Faye wants to make travel insurance more accessible, and more startups are raising money to digitize hotel operations.

Justin Dawes | 6 months ago

Faye Raises $10 Million for Travel Insurance App: Startup Funding Roundup

Online Travel

The Fintech Platform That Promises Happy Campers

The rain insurance provider could discover plenty of partners on the other side of the Atlantic as more brands and consumers warm to clever insurance add-ons.

Matthew Parsons | 7 months ago

The Fintech Platform That Promises Happy Campers

Startups

Cabify Raises $66 Million for Spanish Rideshare Platform

The startups this week cover a wide range of industries: rideshare, hospitality buying, audio entertainment, hotel restaurant reservations, business travel planning, and travel insurtech.

Justin Dawes | 8 months ago

Cabify Raises $66 Million for Spanish Rideshare Platform
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Hotels

A Not-So-Secret Way Hotels Can Improve Guest Experience and Loyalty

By offering travel insurance as a way to provide end-to-end customer care to their guests, hotels can improve the traveler experience while winning repeat business, growing loyalty, and building customer lifetime value.

Allianz Partners + Skift | 8 months ago

A Not-So-Secret Way Hotels Can Improve Guest Experience and Loyalty

Short-Term Rentals

CEO Brian Chesky Wants to Deepen Moat Between Airbnb and Competitors

Retaining its focus on short-term rentals would probably be the largest contributor to any competitive moat that Airbnb has. Neither of its two largest rivals has that luxury.

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

CEO Brian Chesky Wants to Deepen Moat Between Airbnb and Competitors
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Travel Technology

Q&A: Putting Customer Care at the Heart of the Travel Experience

Whatever you call it — travel insurance, fintech, trip protection, peace of mind — the past several years have shown travelers the importance of having a safety net. That shift has led to new opportunities for travel brands to use insurance products to improve their technology, increase loyalty, build lifetime customer value, and drive revenue.

Allianz Partners + Skift | 11 months ago

Q&A: Putting Customer Care at the Heart of the Travel Experience
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Travel Technology

Four Insights From the Industry’s Decision Makers on the Next Phase of Travel

During Skift Global Forum, we surveyed the travel industry’s decision makers to find out what’s on their minds as the world opens back up after the worst of the pandemic, including their thoughts on how the nature of travel is changing and the biggest headwinds for the industry, among other topics.

AIG + Skift | 1 year ago

Four Insights From the Industry’s Decision Makers on the Next Phase of Travel