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StayPlease integrates requests by guests into a chat platform
How many times have we as guests felt the need to curate services at hotels the way we want? Hotel operations can be cumbersome for both the staff and guests,…
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Japan and EU to collaborate to support development of driverless cars
Only recently BMW announced its vision of the future of autonomous vehicles. While announcing a partnership with Intel and Mobileye, they announced a platform inviting automobile manufacturers and tech companies.…
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Namah Resorts invites travellers to rejuvenate in luxury with an interesting blogger engagement campaign
Hospitality industry is highly competitive, and the challenge is even tougher for luxury hotel properties. With the homestays and budget hotels flooding the lower end and the premium hotel chains…
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Treebo hotels raises $16 million in Series B round from Bertelsmann India Investment
Technology-enabled Treebo hotel raises a fresh round of $16 million in Series B led by Bertelsmann India Investment(BII) with existing investors, SAIF Partners and Matrix Partners India. The funding round…
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Via.com celebrates 10th anniversary with a five day sale on the platform
Established in 2006 as flightraja.com, Via.com has covered great distances since its inception. In the highly competitive online travel market, Via.com proudly claims to be the only travel e-commerce company…
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Expedia gulps down travel photography startup Trover
Expedia today announced the acquisition of Trover, an app where travellers share their travel photos. The terms of the acquisition were not closed. “At Expedia, it’s fair to say we…
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Meetings.com partners with ABC Global Services providing travel agency clients with hotel and meeting space
Meetings.com, leading information provider on meeting and banquet venues worldwide, today announces a new partnership agreement with ABC Global Services, the leading travel agency support company providing the largest hotel…
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Chinese officials take the defensive approach with driverless cars
The inevitable has happened. Everyone associated with driverless cars feared that the incident involving Tesla Model S will hurt sentiments around autonomous vehicles and put the regulating authorities on the…
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It is happening. Pokemon Go is going ahead with sponsored locations in Japan
Reports were coming in of various offline stores like restaurants and cafes using the location based game, Pokemon Go, to lure customers to their establishments. However until now, it was…
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Concur locks software deal with Uber for Business
Concur has partnered with Uber to expand their reach as the world’s leading provider of integrated travel ad expense management solutions. This first of its kind partnership would see Concur’s…
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A year into our journey and here are the travel startups we loved the most
We recently celebrated our first birthday and are really excited to roll out all the new things that we have planned for the second year of our journey. However, young…
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Forex startups that are making their mark in Southeast Asia
Financial technology has been a booming sector for some time now. A decade ago, this seemed like a nearly taxing situation where travelling abroad continued to be a headache because…
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