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Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce

TechCrunch

The fresh cash will be put toward several efforts, CEO and co-founder Frederic Lalonde said in a press release, including supporting Hopper’s new social commerce initiatives. Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch. Image Credits: Hopper.

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Microsoft’s climate fund backs sustainable jet fuel company Dimensional Energy

TechCrunch

The increasing need to reduce carbon emissions drives many industries, including airlines and transportation, to seek sustainable alternatives to meet emission reduction targets and fulfill corporate social responsibility commitments.

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Airline Marketing and Advertising Use Cases from American Airlines, Ryanair, Air France, and Others

Altexsoft

Airline industry made an impact on how we buy things today, and how those things are marketed. Just a couple of examples: electronic tickets were first developed for fare ticketing, while one of the first online booking systems was built by airline distribution company SABRE. Scandinavian airlines first class in 70s and now.

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Multiplayer fintech, and the muddled world of startup data

TechCrunch

It sounds daunting, but we already know that social finance is big, as shown by apps like Venmo and Splitwise, and phenomena like the GameStop saga from just a few weeks ago. Other startups have taken notice too, entering the world of multiplayer fintech, a term that categorizes socially focused and consumer-friendly financial services.

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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

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What success looks like can vary widely and range from reducing a call centers escalation rates, a food distributors sales order processing time, or a professional services companys new employee onboarding time, to an airline that personalizes customer communications or a media company that provides real-time language translation.

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How NTT DATA CIO Barry Shurkey takes a people-first approach to IT success

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It was about being more social. Being part of the airline industry, I got to see probably every country in the world, and that experience in Australia made me more conscious of, you better go listen, and you better go read on the local customs before you start doing business. And he goes, ‘Well, that one was made during morning tea.

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Hopper raises $170M and partners with Capital One on a new cardholder travel booking portal

TechCrunch

Whatever the reason, if you happen to miss a connection on a multiple-leg flight and you have opted for the disruption insurance service, you’ll be presented with every flight leaving that particular airport, regardless of airline, to your destination and you can select an available option at no additional cost.

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