Booking Holdings Eyes Even More Tech Investment After Mobile App Successes
CEO Glenn Fogel is focused on making Booking Holdings apps easier for consumers to use. Apparently he's doing something right.
Justin is Skift’s Travel Tech Reporter, where he covers the way to the future of global travel industry. Prior, he was a tech reporter for American City Business Journals in Albany. A Michigan native, Justin is living as a digital nomad for now. Work aside, Justin has a passion for travel, writing, arts, food, and culture.
Sabre’s Slow Recovery Gets Lift From Pandemic Booking Milestone
Business is still not close to where it was in 2019, but it's getting there — slowly.
Canary Technologies Raises $30 Million to Boost Hotel Software Biz: Travel Startup Funding This Week
It’s always notable when either Insight Partners or Y-Combinator is backing something. Canary Technologies reported investment by not one, but both. Oh, and it’s got backing from Fidelity-affiliated F-Prime Capital, too.
Booking.com to Add Emissions Info to Bookings Through New Partnership
Booking.com said last week that it is working to help travelers choose more environmentally sustainable travel options through a new partnership with climate tech company CHOOOSE.
Spanish Hotel Software Startup Amenitiz Acquires French Business Training Tool
Six months after raising $30 million, a startup offering operations management software to small hotels has made its first acquisition.
Holidu Raises $102 Million for Vacation Rental Software: Travel Startup Funding This Week
There’s a theme here: short-term rentals. All the startups funded this week aim to make bookings and operations easier in some way for vacation rental owners and operators – another sign of a strong and growing industry.
MCR CEO Tyler Morse Bets on This Software Solution for Hotel Hiring Hurdles
Tyler Morse saw an opportunity to improve his favorite hotel management products, an effort that could help push the industry further into the 21st century. It’s too early to know if his bets on software acquisitions will pay off, but if early numbers and a full pipeline are indicators, so far so good.
UK Hotel Software Operator Guestline Acquires Newbridge to Expand Into Restaurants
A UK-based hotel operations software platform is expanding offerings for restaurants through an acquisition.
Ad Software Company Clinch Expands Into Travel Industry Via Sojern Tie-Up
A company that helps advertisers streamline modern ad campaigns is moving further into the travel industry through a new partnership.