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More Retailers Are Checking Into Hotels In Search Of Innovation

More Retailers Are Checking Into Hotels In Search Of Innovation
More Retailers Are Checking Into Hotels In Search Of Innovation
June 21, 2019  |  Innovation

Part of the future of retail is playing out inside hotels — and that’s happening as the wider part of the travel-and-tourism industry is undergoing...

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Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu
Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu
June 21, 2019  |  Retail

Airports are providing luxury brands with access to consumers with extra time on their hands who want to buy unique and unusual items they can’t...

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Hopper Now Offering Direct Hotel Booking
Hopper Now Offering Direct Hotel Booking
June 21, 2019  |  Mobile

Hopper has announced that more than 270,000 hotels in over 200 countries and territories across 1,600 major cities are now available to book directly through...

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Duffel Funding Round Adds Fuel To Travel Industry Innovation
Duffel Funding Round Adds Fuel To Travel Industry Innovation
June 19, 2019  |  Innovation

Disruption keeps hitting the travel industry, whether via digital payment or commerce, and the latest example of that comes from a U.K.-based startup called Duffel....

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GuestReady Gets $6M To Boost Sharing Economy Host Efforts
GuestReady Gets $6M To Boost Sharing Economy Host Efforts
June 18, 2019  |  Investments

GuestReady Group, a startup that helps hosts on Airbnb and other similar sites, revealed that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding. Get the Full...

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eCommerce Box Companies Aim To Enhance Hotel Stays
eCommerce Box Companies Aim To Enhance Hotel Stays
June 18, 2019  |  Retail

Some entrepreneurs are inspired to start companies to solve a problem they have experienced in their own lives: GuestBox Founder and CEO Shuchi Vyas, for...

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Guided Tour Startup Stride Notches $2.5M In Funding By JetBlue, NFX
Guided Tour Startup Stride Notches $2.5M In Funding By JetBlue, NFX
June 12, 2019  |  Investments

Stride, a startup that provides group travel packages and describes itself as offering “experiential multi-day and multi-destination packaged trips planned by experts,” has raised $2.5...

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Expedia Sued By Nustay Over Antitrust Claims
Expedia Sued By Nustay Over Antitrust Claims
June 12, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

Online travel booking startup Nustay has filed a complaint with the European Union’s antitrust regulator, the European Commission, accusing Expedia Group and Booking Holdings of...

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