Latin America’s online travel sector is warming up on the sidelines, in readiness for its debut appearance on the main stage (if Nasdaq counts). Decolar, the Argentina-based OTA, is flying the flag for the region and is widely tipped to be in talks with banks for an IPO this…
Airfare analytics and forecasting company Flyr has attracted the investment capital of high-profile startup backer Peter Thiel to the tune of $8 million. Thiel, most famous for leading PayPal until its sale to eBay and for an early-stage investment in Facebook, is supported in the round by existing investors JetBlue Technology…
A new report has forecast the global digital travel sector could be worth $1,091 billion by 2022. The Allied Market Research study predicts the figure will be reached by way of more markets opening up to web services and penetration levels in existing markets climbing even further. The figure…
A fly on the wall of a conversation about hospitality and hotel technology will almost invariably hear the word silos. How are technology silos holding us back, for instance? NB: This is an analysis by Margaret Ady, head of marketing for Snapshot. Data silos are a barrier in any…
Car rental and ground transportation technology specialist Mobacar believes that building machine learning and artificial intelligence into its distribution platform is creating a new business model for the sector. The business is based in Ireland. It picked up some funding in September 2015 which reportedly valued it at €20…
It comes as no surprise, unfortunately, that the bad bots are getting more sophisticated by the day, ensuring the cyber chess game between security professionals and bad actors is as active as ever. NB: This article appears here as part of Tnooz’s sponsored content initiative. The people, process and…
Vacation rental startup Stay Alfred has raised its first round of capital – a sizeable $15 million – in a bid to expand the company outside of the US. The company confirmed the Series A round but has declined to give the identity of the Seattle-based private equity group…
Let’s play a game that I like to call “Who said this: Donald Trump or Michael O’Leary?” – US president-elect versus the Ryanair CEO. NB: This is an opinion by Matt Walker, chief storyteller at LikeWhere. “The Beauty of me is that I’m very rich.” (who?) “I think I’m…
Travel brands should ensure they consider the search “intent” of prospective customers when optimising their pages, as Google turns more to advanced tech to serve results. That’s the key message from the annual report by marketing agency SearchMetrics, in a study of 10,000 keyword searches and results on Google. With the…
President-elect Donald Trump is well-known now for not only mixing his metaphors but also proclaiming one thing and then saying something else later. Countless examples are being paraded in the mainstream and social media on a daily (probably hourly) basis as the controversial hotel magnate gets ready to take…