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How Africa's online travel ecosystem is developing despite huge hurdles
By Marisa Garcia | October 30, 2024
Amid the growing and increasingly young population in Africa, the online travel sector is developing,... Read More
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Cruisebound brings travel industry veterans on board with $13M investment
By Mileva Sapic | October 29, 2024
Cruisebound said it has been hitting growth milestones over the past two years, including securing... Read More
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STARTUP STAGE: Travly connects brands through targeted engagement
By Mileva Sapic | October 28, 2024
Travly offers brands the opportunity for custom content creation, made by real travelers, and enhanced... Read More
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Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023
By Mileva Sapic | October 28, 2024
Fetcherr, Grapevine and Holibob update PhocusWire on what they've been up to since they were named... Read More
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Radical Storage packs away $7M for luggage storage service
By Linda Fox | October 25, 2024
Radical Storage currently has a network of more than 9,000 businesses distributed across more than... Read More
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Hotel Treats, Nowadays named People's Choice winners at the 2024 Global Startup Pitch
By PhocusWire | October 21, 2024
The competition began in the spring with more than 200 startups, and the attendees at WiT Singapore... Read More
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Should travel startups have co-founders or go it alone?
By Linda Fox | October 21, 2024
Travel founders from Meili, Wego and Qunar discuss the importance of having a co-founder during a... Read More
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Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2022
By Mileva Sapic | October 21, 2024
Flyzy, KIDO Dynamics, MyStay, RoomPriceGenie and Travala update PhocusWire on what they've been up to... Read More
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Beacon AI raises $15M to improve flight deck efficiency
By Linda Fox | October 16, 2024
Beacon AI offers artificial intelligence assistance to flight decks to improve flight safety and... Read More
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Assessing travel tech investment trends in Asia
By Morgan Hines | October 15, 2024
Read what Tim Hughes at Agoda, Jeff Kim at Yanolja and Nicholas Cocks from Velocity Ventures have to... Read More
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