Tech In Travel: A new way of selling cruises; VR gains new friends; the sector that ‘knows too much’ but not enough; cruise ships get TikTok
Cruisebound, a new online travel agency for cruise travel, has launched with US$10 million in Series A funding, led by former Booking Holdings chairman and Priceline CEO Jeff Boyd and PAR Capital Ventures.
Other participants are TripAdvisor founder and former CEO Steve Kaufer, Concur founder and [...]
Tech in Travel: A key to unlocking exclusive experiences, international airport seeks startups, LYFE enriching offers, capital market experts eyeing travel
NFTs are continuing to make news. Online membership and loyalty programme DayAway has created the Founder's Key, a collection of 500 limited-edition NFTs that will unlock a range of experiences and VIP benefits from hospitality, travel, retail, wellness and F&B brands worldwide
DayAway's Foun [...]
Tech In Travel: SITA’s megatrends, a whopper for Hopper, Prince Harry flies with IATA, and hotel guests want greater satisfaction, if you don’t mind.
SITA’s Megatrends report indicates just how much travel will change
Meet the Megatrends, a new report from SITA, has confirmed what we all suspected about the shape of future travel.
The report examines 12 emerging technological, societal, traveller, and economic trends that will significant [...]
Tech In Travel: TikTok rocks in travel searches; Sabre and Mastercard tackle the pay maze, Airbnb and the Great Depression, Australia builds world’s longest EV highway
The influence of TikTok for travel-related information is gathering pace among consumers in South-east Asia. Consumer research company, Milieu Insight, says TikTok is gaining popularity as a search engine when it comes to the discovery of products, services, and places to visit.
Milieu Insight [...]
Tech in Travel: Trees for travellers, Metaverse for airlines, a solution to eliminate margin-eating intermediaries and Uber drives deeper into travel, sort of.
Adventure travel specialist, G Adventures is going deep into the woods with a significant financial investment in restorative travel technology start-up, Reforest. Brisbane-based Reforest is a digital platform connecting travellers with local communities that are actively restoring their ecosystems [...]
Tech in Travel: Fundraising fears, token attractions, clever Kiwis and tech titans on the move
Young tech leaders fear funds are drying up
A poll taken at the Phocuswright Young Leaders Summit, held in Phoenix, Arizona, found only 8% of respondents felt that 2023 was a better year for raising funds than 2022 had been so far, due to the current economic outlook.
One third of th [...]
Tech in Travel: Why OTA travel marketing has gone walkabout; Amadeus and Booking.com get hitched; Asian Trails leaps into the digital age and D-EDGE goes shopping in Paris
Travelport has taken a deep dive into the reasons why travel – “once a digital trailblazer” - has taken the “scenic route“ and is being left behind by other modern retailers. “While other industries fully embraced the possibilities offered by new technology — and used it to reimagine t [...]
Tech in Travel: An app for Australia, a new Vibe in Asia Pacific, Malaysia renews vows with Travelport, Hong Kong hotel for digital natives
The lowdown, Down Under
Planning a trip Down Under? The Australian Visitor Centres App is available for free download from the App Store or Google Play. The app provides the sort of information only the locals know, starting with the location of more than 400 accredited Visitor Information Centres [...]
