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YouTravel.Me packs up $1M to match travelers with curated small group adventures

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Sales and tourism crashed down, and we didn’t know what to do,” she said. “We I was sitting there in the jungle with a bad internet connection, and it sparked my interest,” he said. Since 2018, CEO Bortnikova said that YouTravel.Me It was starting to branch out to international sales in 2020 when the global pandemic hit.

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Sumutasu secures $10M to digitize Japan’s real estate market

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per the 2020 report of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Existing backer World Innovation Lab (WiL) and new investor Mobile Internet Capital co-led the Series B, with participation from other new investors Mercuria Investment, Carta Ventures and Kiraboshi Capital. and the U.K.,

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How Starlink transformed tech operations for Journey Beyond

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The launch of satellite internet provider Starlink has been operationally transformative for Journey Beyond, one of Australia’s premier destination tourism companies, and it’s driving a new era of progress and innovation. From an operational point of view, they needed an overall internet solution. Mazumdar says. “It

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mPharma, a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana, gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa

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Rocket Health, with a presence in Uganda and Kenya, also offers consultation, pharmacy, lab services electronically and through a USSD service, making these services accessible to people without internet connection too.

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Max Q: Astra heads to the Space Coast

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Astranis signed a $90 million agreement with Latin American telecom company Grupo Andesat to deliver broadband internet access to rural Peru. The Federal Aviation Administration will end its Commercial Space Astronaut Wings program at the beginning of 2022, citing the advent of commercial space tourism.

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The Unskippable Impressions Of Mobile App In The Travel & Tourism Industry

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So, to rescue you from this nightmare, the Travel and Tourism industry has stepped ahead by revolutionizing conventional ways with mobile apps. Whether you like it or not, travel and tourism are one of the most burgeoning industries with the dynamic development of mobile apps. The Money Making Strategies Of Travel App. Merchant Model.

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When natural disasters strike Japan, ?ita University’s EDiSON is ready to act

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The data is gathered from paper records and advanced technology such as drones, the Internet of Things (IoT), and AI, live and static. There’s real-time and historical information from private and public sectors, including data from evacuation centers as well as more than 5,400 Ōita prefecture records of disasters from the past 1,300 years.