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Expedia Leadership Shakeup Shows Power Of Travel Industry Disruption

Expedia Leadership Shakeup Shows Power Of Travel Industry Disruption
Expedia Leadership Shakeup Shows Power Of Travel Industry Disruption
December 04, 2019  |  Innovation

Excuse the cliché to come, but whether travel is about the journey or the destination, it does pay to at least have some rough idea...

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Paytm Backs Bus Ticketing Firm Infinity With Estimated $1.4M
Paytm Backs Bus Ticketing Firm Infinity With Estimated $1.4M
December 03, 2019  |  Investments

Paytm parent company One97 Communications has made a strategic investment in the travel software provider Infinity Transoft Solutions, Times of India reported Tuesday (Dec. 3)....

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Homeland Security: US Travelers Should Be Included In Facial Scans
Homeland Security: US Travelers Should Be Included In Facial Scans
December 02, 2019  |  Biometrics

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to update a current law requiring non-U.S. citizens to be subject to facial recognition scans while entering and...

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Leavy App Raises $14M To Help Millennials Raise Travel Funds
Leavy App Raises $14M To Help Millennials Raise Travel Funds
November 27, 2019  |  Investments

Paris-based startup Leavy.co, which offers a travel app to help millennials finance their travel plans, has raised $14 million. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Can AI Solve Home Sharing’s Fake Listings Problem?
Can AI Solve Home Sharing’s Fake Listings Problem?
November 21, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Consumers lost some $430 billion to fraudsters via online platforms in the past two years, and that figure shows no sign of declining. Get the...

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Perfecting A Rental Platform For Luxury Travelers
Perfecting A Rental Platform For Luxury Travelers
November 12, 2019  |  Retail

That the sharing economy has indelibly altered the travel vertical is inarguable. According to a study out last year, when Airbnb enters a new city, hotel...

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Commercial Cards, B2B Payments Get A Lift During Earnings Season
Commercial Cards, B2B Payments Get A Lift During Earnings Season
November 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Earnings results showed continued uptake in commercial card issuance and use, here and abroad, as WEX, Mastercard and Visa reported earnings and strong B2B growth....

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UK’s Duffel Lands $30M To Connect Airlines With Travel Agents
UK’s Duffel Lands $30M To Connect Airlines With Travel Agents
October 29, 2019  |  Investments

U.K. startup Duffel announced that it has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round. Index Ventures, as well as existing investors Benchmark and...

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