Edinburgh-based startup TravelNest has picked up £3 million in what it claims is Scotland’s biggest ever seed round. The business is “an advertising optimisation platform” for holiday rental owners, and allows owners to manage all their listings through a single dashboard which compares and contrast the performance of each…
Ryanair recently celebrated the opening of its third IT and innovation hub, its new Travel Labs, in Madrid, Spain; with a staff of 50 and plans to staff up to 250 people who will work on digital programs in support of the airline’s plan to become the Amazon of…
Amadeus Next has marked its two-year anniversary with plans to develop a presence in new markets, including China. The APAC-focused start-up community has so far powered 33 startups and has more than 70 partners. The announcement today also names three new members of the community, and give an indication…
Understanding what blockchain does, the likely use cases for the travel industry and implications for widespread disruption, remains something of a blur. Speaking at EyeforTravel’s digital strategies event in Amsterdam this week, Joerg Esser a theoretical physicist, former group director at Thomas Cook and now partner at consultancy Roland…
This is a viewpoint from Philippe Der Arslanian, CEO, Answair. The online travel space is missing something big: a global B2C brand. Sure, powerful brands such as Expedia and Priceline dominate the news – but these aren’t truly global brands. To be global, a brand needs to be able…
eDreams ODIGEO is stepping up its efforts to offer dynamic packages via mobile web and apps as part of its revenue diversification approach, according to its H1 results out this week. In the strategy update section of the release, it says: “We also made good progress in our strategy…