Smart tourism startup Lvji has received a RMB 120 million B round of financing, backed by Qianhai FOF and Pufeng Fund. Lvji is a location-based smart tour guide featuring GPS positioning, automatic interpretation, route recommendation and other functions through Apps, WeChat accounts, website and service terminals in attractions. The smart tour guide’s cornerstone function is a hand-drawn cartoon map [...]
Swvl, an Egyptian startup that is disrupting the way commuters travel in the MENA region, has raised series B funding of “tens of millions of dollars” to enable the company to solidify its position as a global leader in building tech-enabled public transportation and finance the launch of its R&D facility in Berlin, Germany. read [...]
IfOnly, a San Francisco-based online marketplace that offers more than 3,000 unique experiences to its adventuresome users, has raised $20 million in Series D funding led by MasterCard, which was joined by other strategic investors, including Hyatt Hotels and Sotheby’s. read more
Nor1, Inc., the leader in hospitality upgrade, upsell, and merchandising technology, has acquired Stay Delightful, a messaging-based guest service and ancillary revenue generation platform for the hospitality industry. Based in Denver, CO, Stay Delightful enables hotels to connect with guests pre-, during, and post-stay over SMS and communicate across their teams through a web interface [...]
El pasado 5 de diciembre se celebró el Travel Innovation Summit Mallorca 2018, organizado por Top Seeds Lab, con presencia de directivos de empresas turísticas, emprendedores e inversores en Travel Tech. En el mismo hicieron su presentación, ante un Jurado de Expertos conformado por Limited Partners de la Sociedad de Capital Riesgo Travel Tech 1, de la que [...]
Bobby Healy explains, while at the Phocuswright Conference in Amsterdam, the role that Cartrawler is playing, evolving from a premium technology provider in the car rental space to become a comprehensive marketplace covering many different types of travel services thanks to its tech foundation
Rod Cuthbert serves as Chief Executive Officer of Rome2rio Pty Ltd. Cuthbert founded Qewz, Inc. in 2009 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He is Chairman Emeritus at Viator, Inc., and also serves as its Advisor (he founded it in 1995). He has twenty years experience in the Australian and US IT industries. In [...]
This session will summarise the main recommendations that emerged over the two days’ conference and conclude with the new orientation and strategic direction to propel the tourism industry to new heights of development for the long-lasting benefit of the global community. Speaker: Dr Robin Nunkoo, Head of the International Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality, [...]
Julie Kyse serves as Vice President of Transport Partner Services and Air Optimization for Expedia, Inc.. In this role, she leads an experienced team of account managers who are responsible for managing Expedia’s relationships with airline partners in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and support the marketing and distribution of airlines and schedules [...]