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Travel tech this week: Airbnb, Kiwi.com and TrustYou launch new features
This week, tech companies Airbnb, Kiwi.com, TrustYou and Alternative Airlines have launched new features in their respective platforms.
Know your roots: Airbnb, 23andMe to offer heritage travel recommendations
Tech giant Airbnb is teaming up with 23andMe, the biotech firm best known for genomics reports about family history and health, to deliver heritage travel recommendations in user experiences.
Start-up Fairbnb is Airbnb but with a heart
Fairbnb is a new start-up in the quad that allows you to rent your home to guests and will collect 15% commission on bookings. Where that commission will go sets the two start-ups apart. In Fairbnb, half of the money will go into the local community where that unit is based.
Airbnb boosts income and jobs in Thai regional communities
New data released today by Airbnb, highlights how the home share community is helping grow tourism in off-the-beaten-track destinations across
Oyo says konnichiwa
Fresh from receiving a significant investment from Airbnb, Indian unicorn Oyo has struck a joint venture with Softbank Corp. to launch a hotel business in Japan.
A night with Mona Lisa: Airbnb partners with Musée du Louvre
The world-famous Musée du Louvre in Paris has joined forces with Airbnb to give once-in-a-lifetime access to the museum and its masterpieces.
This cabin in the woods is the most popular on Airbnb
The most visited property listed on Airbnb is not a castle or a luxury place, but a small cabin in the woods of California.
US consumers spend more in Airbnb than Hilton
Airbnb has long been a threat to hotel companies as it offers cheaper accommodation. The start-up also enables hosts to earn money by opening their homes to travellers.
Travel tech this week: Amadeus partnerships and payments made easy
This week, we saw Amadeus has renewed some of its partnerships as well as alternative payments in the UK.
Big Game: The hunt for an ‘end-to-end’ booking platform
There has been a long quest for that one name in travel that caters to the need of a traveller from beginning to end. That is the dream!
VisitBritain to boost local experiences with Airbnb
National tourism agency VisitBritain and Airbnb have announced a partnership to promote and broaden local-led tourism experiences.
Airbnb to build an “end-to-end platform” with latest hire
Airbnb is breaking into the travel market as the company just hired the founding head of Virgin America Fred Reid as global head of transportation.
20 trend reports in 1: What travel will look like in 2019
Flooded with trend reports at the end of the year? TD has a special New Year's gift-- the lord of all trends reports to keep you on top of your game in 2019.
Travel tech this week: Google and Airbnb’s new acquisitions and more
This week, we saw travel tech giants acquire smaller companies to fuel their growth and industry leaders drive innovation.
Airbnb: “Creative communities are essential to vibrant, inclusive economies”
Following a recent study by Airbnb, the accommodation-sharing platform has discovered that amongst all of their hosts in Thailand two thousand work in the creative industry.
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