TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

“When we compare market prices to what users buy on our platform, we’ve approximately saved them about $480,000 in the last nine months, cutting a lot of unnecessary expenses from their general costs — savings that can go into other things in terms of expansion and growth.”

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CIO

AUGUST 11, 2024

La tecnología está transformando no solo la forma en la que los hoteles operan y se relacionan con sus clientes, sino también cómo interactúan con el entorno sin mermar sus cuentas de resultados. Marta Marcos, vicepresidenta sénior de Tecnologías de la Información y Sistemas de Minor Hotels Europe & Américas.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The hotel sector has been undergoing a digital revolution for years, transforming not only the way hotels operate and interact with their customers, but also with the environment, all without harming their bottom lines. Recognition of a digital future Minor’s growth wouldn’t have been possible without a commitment to digitalization.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Oyo is ready to explore the public markets. The eight-year-old Indian budget hotel giant has filed the paperwork (PDF) with the local market regulator for an initial public offering, in which it is seeking to raise about $1.16 Oyo has also streamlined its relationship with hotels in recent quarters.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

India’s market regulator has tightened disclosure norms for firms looking to file for an initial public offering after lackluster performance of more than half a dozen tech startups in the past year and a half. SoftBank recently internally cut the valuation of budget hotel chain Oyo, once a $10 billion firm, to $2.7 No problem.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, many IT teams are considering whether it’s the right time to explore VMware alternatives, says Steve Carter, Nutanix’s product marketing director. Many are reframing how to manage infrastructure, especially as demand for AI and cloud-native innovation escalates,” Carter said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Have you ever looked longingly at the website of a posh hotel or resort and thought, “Man, I wish I could hang out there.”. The six-year-old company gives people the option to purchase day passes to more than 900 hotels and resorts — think Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, W Hotels, Hyatt Hotels, Fairmont and Westin — around the world.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Indian capital market regulator has moved Digit’s IPO application to “abeyance,” it said in what is a disappointing development for the online insurer’s plan to go public. Indian market regulator puts insurer Digit’s $440 million IPO in ‘abeyance’ by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch.

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The Parallax

MAY 21, 2019

The problem of surreptitious guest surveillance isn’t limited to home rental organizations, of course: A hotel chain was caught spying on more than 1,600 guests across 10 South Korean cities in March. How to securely send your personal information. How to protect yourself when using airplane Wi-Fi.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 26, 2021

In April 2020, the hotel occupancy in the US dropped to its lowest level ever — the bewildering 24.5 The annual average was roughly 44 percent, which means that more than half of hotel rooms were empty during the whole year. The hospitality industry was among those that suffered the most because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Rather than searching by destination, Elude gathers information like budget, time frame and trip preferences (think beach versus mountains), then presents users with flight and hotel results for destinations they may never have thought existed or could be traveled to on their budgets. stars and above. Simon said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

CEO Aahan Bhojani and Ashmin Varma founded Silkhaus last year after identifying a $13 billion market opportunity for asset owners across emerging markets, particularly MENA, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Businesses had traditionally always stayed in hotels. That’s where Silkhaus comes in.

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Battery Ventures

JUNE 25, 2020

We talk to the founder of one of those startups, hotel-software provider Mews*, in this episode of Powered by Battery. Mews’ founder, Czech-born Richard Valtr, comes from a family of hotel operators in Europe and has a far-reaching vision of how hotels can offer better service to customers—through technology.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Bob W , the self-described “tech-driven” hospitality provider that offers an alternative to traditional hotels and short-stay rentals, is disclosing €10 million in seed funding. Revenue is also said to have grown by 80% in 2020, with the company putting a lot of marketing toward claims behind being more hygienic than many hotels.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Some months later they saw a hotel manager openly complain to a vendor about the unsteady supply of produce the hotel was getting. The established processes involved staff or a contract employee going to the market or using third-party vendors. It sparked an idea in the founders’ minds.

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Altexsoft

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In this Christmas post, we’ll look into the idea of smart hotels, find out which cutting edge innovations are behind it, and sneak a glance at some of the hospitality industry tech pioneers. What does a smart hotel mean for a guest? The hotel app can be your virtual concierge and provide all sorts of assistance. Watch the news?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

But the San Francisco company — which was out to help folks who struggled to decide between staying in a hotel or an Airbnb — wasn’t ready to go down without a fight. In addition, Lyric also designed & managed inventory, including the property that it says became the #1 rated hotel in New York City.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Instead, the e-scooter manufacturer is launching a more exclusive version that will see its slick e-scooters available to rent at hotels, luxury apartments and coworking spaces. “It also functions as a marketing vehicle for our scooter rental subscription service. Essentially, it’s not our core business, but complementary.

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Ruby on Rails

MARCH 6, 2025

Whether its running a SaaS, consulting, freelancing, or maintaining an open-source project, what lessons have you learned about profitability, growth, marketing, and longevity in the Rails ecosystem? Accommodation: The Rails Foundation will cover 3 nights hotel accommodation for each speaker in the speaker hotel (Sept 3-6).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The company writes articles on every facet of travel to inform customers, especially now with airlines, hotels and countries placing certain restrictions on travel. HopJump was started in 2018 by Staab as a digital marketing agency helping big brands with user acquisition campaigns.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

SoftBank, the largest investor in Oyo, has cut the Indian hotel chain’s valuation to $2.7 The startup earlier this week updated its initial public offerings application to the local market regulator. billion at a time when the startup is months away from going public, a source familiar with the matter said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

For the most part, location data has traditionally been sold to marketers, and Hoffman said, “In the marketing world, if your data is like 40% or 50% true, that’s actually amazing.” But that doesn’t cut it for the data scientist who needs to use it to build complex models and algorithms.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Hopper’s tech already powers Capital One Travel and Premier Collection, Capital One’s marketplace of hotels and resorts exclusive to Capital One Venture X cardholders. of the third-party air travel market in the U.S. It’s a safe bet that similar experiences along that vein are forthcoming. Image Credits: Hopper.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For IHG Hotels and Resorts, the cloud provides just the right accommodation for business success. Moreover, IHG’s cloud backbone enables it to take advantage of emerging SaaS offerings, such as Speakeasy AI conversational chatbots, and deliver its own IHG Voice Cloud AI service to help guests and reception desk clerks at hundreds of hotels.

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Altexsoft

JULY 20, 2021

Hotels have been experiencing a surge of direct bookings during the pandemic. Yes, while the overall number of bookings dropped due to COVID-19, hotels’ brand.com websites became the third most popular booking channel , in some cases even surpassing Expedia traffic. Direct booking strategies for hotels. Why is that?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Sota Kimura, co-founder and CEO of SmartRyde, founded SmartRyde in 2017 after he experienced trouble getting a taxi from the airport to the hotel when he traveled abroad, Kimura told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Indian insurtech Acko is in late-stage discussions to secure $120 million in a funding round at a time when weak global market conditions have subdued large financing deliberations in the South Asian market. TechCrunch reported earlier that General Atlantic was engaging with Acko to increase its stake in the insurtech firm.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Cabana, another startup, launched by a former Lime executive , is merging the RV rental market with hotels. Former Lime exec launches Cabana, a company that merges #vanlife and hotels. That funding included a $13 million extension to a $50 million Series B round that it quietly closed early this year, as TechCrunch reported.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

“In the public markets, there are many players in hospitality property management,” said co-founder and CEO Amiad Soto. “Definitely for major hotels, there are going to be big changes, but for vacation rentals and boutique-style hotels that offer different experience, this a lot more accessible and a lot more appealing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

Microsoft has invested $5 million in Indian budget hotel chain Oyo, according to a regulatory filing this week. Oyo, which is one of India’s most valuable startups, has aggressively expanded to many markets, including Southeast Asia, Europe and the U.S. The investment confirms a TechCrunch scoop from last month. in recent years.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The gap in the market WeTravel is going after is one that seems to have been created, ironically, with the growth of online travel services. And more involved the trip, the larger the amount of suppliers from restaurants and transport companies to airlines and hotels and more.” It becomes about fund management.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Founded in 2016, Roami sprung from King-Geovanis’s belief that travelers should not be forced to choose between two flawed options: cramped and expensive hotel rooms or inconsistent and unpredictable vacation rentals. ” Bold words for a company backed by $29 million taking on Airbnb and its $81 billion market cap.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

Or you could run your home like a hotel and put it on Airbnb to finance your travel. Palefsky and Amina claim that a 7-day stay in a home – or condo or apartment – using Kindred is “dramatically more affordable than a vacation rental or hotel.”. Kindred can bring to market net new home inventory in the vacation rental market,” he said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

With the remote work revolution continuing apace, Ukio wants to give professionals the comforts of home with the added perks and flexibilities of a hotel, with each apartment including a concierge and reception area, while some properties also include a weekly cleaning service and linen/towel replacement. Target market.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

and several other developed markets. With the global giant Stripe still nowhere in the Indian picture, Razorpay has grown to become the clear market leader and has started to expand to the Southeast Asian market. Microsoft inked a strategic deal with Indian budget hotel chain Oyo, they confirmed this month.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Despite dealing with the pandemic’s impact in all of its markets, including Hong Kong and Malaysia, the company began to see business improve during the second quarter of this year. During the pandemic, FunNow faced different challenges in each of its markets. Some users, tired of WFH, booked hotel rooms to work.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

ILLA services are designed for distributors, food and beverage chains, hotels, hypermarkets, manufacturers and other stakeholders involved in the FMCG industry. The bigger picture is global, where fragmentation in supply chain is a $1 trillion market. .

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