Chinese technology companies are often accused of being knockoffs of American firms, but Silicon Valley startup LimeBike’s recent 50 million Series B round shows that the copycat model can apply in the reverse direction as well. Based in San Mateo, California, LimeBike has become the largest American company in…

Just a year after launching its managed services for short-term vacation rentals, GuestReady has made its first acquisition and secured seed funding to the tune of £2.3 million. The cash injection, says CEO and co-founder Alexander Limpert, will be used to expand into two more cities in the UK…

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IATA and the Airports Council International (ACI) will collaborate on an initiative to further improve travel technology and journey design. The program, called NEXTT (New Experience in Travel and Technologies) is designed to cut out excess steps and make passenger processing faster as the industry prepares to serve 7.8…

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Flair Airlines, a charter carrier based in the western province of British Columbia that is taking a run at the ultra-low-cost market, is bringing in some big-name help to get it right. The company selected Salesforce Service Cloud to deliver enhanced customer service experiences. Salesforce, widely considered a leader…

This is a viewpoint from Valentin Dombrovsky, Chief Alchemist at Travelabs and Phocuswright Innovation Platform Ambassador. Phocuswright presented findings from its report “The State of Travel Startups 2017” at Battleground: The Americas on September 12. This year, the startup focus was a standalone event for the first time. As…

According to a special report published by Sabre during the IATA World Passenger Summit in Barcelona, Europeans spend more time looking for flights than actually flying, in a process complicated by a vast variety of search and flight options available. Findings include: 43% of Western Europeans are expected to…

Klook, the Hong Kong-based tours and activities platform, has completed a Series C round worth nearly $60 million, claiming this is “the largest deal ever for an in-destination service booking platform”. The business was formed in 2014 (see its tnooz start-up pitch here) and is now handling more than…

From automation to biometrics via digital payments, day one of IATA’s World Passenger Summit in Barcelona focused around digital strategies to simplify the journey. Greater automation Passengers want greater automation of the journey, and airlines are eager to deliver. IATA’s Global Passenger Survey 2017 (GPS), released at the summit, found…