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AirAsia acquires 50% stake in travel planning startup Touristly
AirAsia Berhad is acquiring a 50% stake in online travel planner Touristly through an asset injection and loan deal valued at RM11.5 million (approx. USD 2.61 million). With this deal,…
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Facebook Messenger continues to gain relevance for brands
Over the years, Facebook Messenger has evolved from a piece of the social network into a standalone commercial platform. This of course is a result of how the company has…
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Baidu is making its self-driving technology available via Project Apollo
The Chinese search giant Baidu has taken another step towards supporting the development of self-driving vehicles. The tech giant has announced a new autonomous vehicle platform called Project Apollo to…
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GoFro partners with over a dozen leading travel brands to add more options for customers
GoFro, the online travel marketplace targeted at providing leisure travellers with travel packages, has partnered with multiple leading travel industry players. With the new partnerships, GoFro is looking to offer…
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Lufthansa highlights challenges with the market as Qatar plans to scale up in India
As India’s aviation industry continues to grow crossing 13 crore take offs in 2016, more airlines are looking to grow along. India is projected to be the third largest aviation…
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This startup is trying to beat Waymo at its game
Lidar is a key component in the race for autonomous vehicles. That is exactly what the Waymo-Uber lawsuit is pivoted around. And now, a startup claims to have improved upon…
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Uber’s gross bookings were 2X in 2016 with $2.8 bn in losses
Uber isn’t close to an IPO yet and doesn’t really need to share its numbers publically. However, with all the negativity clouding the brand, it needed to show that not…
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Boeing completes successful first flight of 737 MAX 9
The airplane completed a successful 2 hour, 42-minute flight, taking off from Renton Field in Renton, Wash., at 10:52 a.m.local time and landing at 1:34 p.m.at Seattle's Boeing Field. Piloted…
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Roadtrip planner ScoutMyTrip receives seed funding from Znation labs
ScoutMyTrip, the trip planning startup targeted at roadtrip enthusiasts, has received an undisclosed amount in seed funding from Znation Lab. The investment comes through Znation’s investment arm ZNL Growth LLP.…
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TravelBird is using artificial intelligence powered by DigitalGenius to serve travellers more efficiently
There have been plenty of discussions about how artificial intelligence can find its way into travel industry. Brands have started building upon the trend in order to offer the best…
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Zoomcar plans to go electric but will that really do the job?
Self-drive car rental company Zoomcar has partnered with Mahindra Electric to roll out electric vehicles on the rental platform. Zoomcar has been working towards shifting to an asset light model…
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United failed to learn customer care from its previous PR nightmares
United is under fire as video of a traveller being forcefully pulled off a flight is doing rounds of the internet. While it was the police who removed the unwilling…
Aekansh Malhotra
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