Articles tagged “hotel tech”

Online Travel

Hostelworld CEO Sees Profit Rebound, Adoption of Traveler Chat Tool

Hostelworld CEO Gary Morrison is ringing in the evolution of the hostel dweller. More solo travelers look for friends with chat tools, and bunking up can bring carbon emissions down.

Elizabeth Casolo | 6 days ago

Hostelworld CEO Sees Profit Rebound, Adoption of Traveler Chat Tool

Travel Technology

Celebrity-Backed Proto Puts Holograms in a Four Seasons Hotel

At the very least, guests will remember the hotel where they talked to a hologram.

Justin Dawes | 6 days ago

Celebrity-Backed Proto Puts Holograms in a Four Seasons Hotel

Startups

This Y Combinator Startup Wants To Be Africa’s ‘Backbone of Travel’

Some investors are hesitant to fund startups in places experiencing currency volatility, but Triply overcame that challenge while consolidating payment tools for smaller travel businesses.

Elizabeth Casolo | 2 weeks ago

This Y Combinator Startup Wants To Be Africa’s ‘Backbone of Travel’

Travel Technology

Accor Tech Subsidiary D-Edge Acquires LoungeUp to Enhance Guest Contact

This is the latest move in a trend by hotel tech companies to create more comprehensive platforms, meant to help clients fulfill more of their needs in fewer places.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Accor Tech Subsidiary D-Edge Acquires LoungeUp to Enhance Guest Contact

Hotels

Life House CEO Resigns as Hotel Startup Faces Complaints

Reports suggest that Life House, the startup that Rami Zeidan founded in 2017, is facing a wave of complaints from the hotel owners who use its software and services. A new CEO could give the company a fresh start.

Sean O'Neill | 2 months ago

Life House CEO Resigns as Hotel Startup Faces Complaints

Startups

Mews’ Latest Funding Values Hotel Tech Startup at $1.2 Billion

Mews, a startup selling hotel management software, earned unicorn status with its latest $110 million funding. The funding round placed a $1.2 billion value on the startup.

Sean O'Neill | 2 months ago

Mews’ Latest Funding Values Hotel Tech Startup at $1.2 Billion

Travel Technology

Mews, Hotel Tech Startup, Makes Its Eighth Acquisition 

More acquisitions are likely coming as certain hotel players seek to have a stronger hold on the fragmented industry.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Mews, Hotel Tech Startup, Makes Its Eighth Acquisition 

Travel Technology

Hotel Tech Company Duve Acquires Competitor to Advance AI Tools

Even startups that began experimenting early with generative AI generally aren’t seeing a payoff yet in terms of revenue. But they are generating interest from buyers that want their workers and intellectual property.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Hotel Tech Company Duve Acquires Competitor to Advance AI Tools

Travel Technology

Oracle Hospitality to Offer ‘Unified’ Hotel Tech System

One of the largest players in hotel tech is selling what it says is a simplified system for hotel tech operations, days after a newer player said it's entering the sector with a similar plan.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Oracle Hospitality to Offer ‘Unified’ Hotel Tech System

Travel Technology

IBS Software Acquires Hotel Tech Company for $90 Million

IBS Software has taken a $90 million step toward its goal of becoming a "player of consequence" in hotel tech. It joins a group of others vying for the same.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

IBS Software Acquires Hotel Tech Company for $90 Million