hotels

India Lodging Startup OYO Raises $1.5B Led By Founder, SoftBank
India Lodging Startup OYO Raises $1.5B Led By Founder, SoftBank
October 07, 2019  |  Investments

India-based hotel and booking startup OYO announced a $1.5 billion funding round led by founder Ritesh Agarwal, SoftBank’s Vision Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia...

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Google Beefs Up Vacation Rental Search
Google Beefs Up Vacation Rental Search
October 06, 2019  |  Google

Google is stepping up its vacation rental business with enhanced listings that will include reviews, photos and more, and appearing before competitors on search, Skift...

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Groupon Teams With DerbySoft To Boost Its Travel Business
Groupon Teams With DerbySoft To Boost Its Travel Business
September 25, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Groupon is teaming up with travel supplier and distributor connector DerbySoft to work with more hotels and grow instant booking. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Finding The Balance Between The Hotel And Homeshare Experience
Finding The Balance Between The Hotel And Homeshare Experience
August 21, 2019  |  Retail

Finding a home away from home while traveling is not an area where consumer lack options as of 2019 – but some travelers are still...

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The Hacker Hiding In The Hotel Room 
The Hacker Hiding In The Hotel Room 
August 21, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

In an era when data breaches have become almost a dime a dozen and it seems nearly everyone has been breached — it takes something...

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OYO To Take On Airbnb With Vacation Rental Venture
OYO To Take On Airbnb With Vacation Rental Venture
August 14, 2019  |  Investments

India-based hotel and booking site OYO – which is the fastest-growing hotel chain in the world, according to the company – said it will invest...

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Recreating The Hotel As A Social Hive 
Recreating The Hotel As A Social Hive 
August 01, 2019  |  Retail

Microtels (a portmanteau of micro and hotel) are trendy today, but are not exactly a new concept. In many locations outside the U.S. small hotel...

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Founder’s Shares Purchase Sends India’s OYO’s Valuation To $10B
Founder’s Shares Purchase Sends India’s OYO’s Valuation To $10B
July 21, 2019  |  Investments

Indian hospitality business OYO now has a valuation of $10 billion after its founder, Ritesh Agarwal, purchased $2 billion in shares from Sequoia Capital and...

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Can A Sunblock Spraydown Stimulate Poolside Spend?
Can A Sunblock Spraydown Stimulate Poolside Spend?
July 04, 2019  |  Retail

No one in the history of mankind has ever enjoyed a sunburn — they’re hot and uncomfortable, they make one’s skin feel two or three...

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