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Entrepreneurs

‘I built a travel data start-up because of a selfish desire to keep in touch’

Andres Fabris earned a finance degree from the University of Texas at Austin in the hopes of working in the finance side of the IT industry. Instead, he has spent 23 years growing, then disrupting, the travel industry: leadership roles in Sabre, World Choice Travel and Travelocity prepared him to build a web-based travel proximity alert service that would allow him to stay in touch with his classmates after finishing graduate school. This became Traxo, which is now a rising star in travel data aggregation and itinerary intelligence analysis.

Corporate & Business

Startup that lets multiple travel groups meet halfway hailed in 2018 Business Travel Show

Group trip organisers and business travellers in multinational organisations can now breathe easier thanks to a new platform where they can plan multi-origin group travel for face-to-face meetings.

Europe

New revenue stream dawns for luxury hotels with DayBreakHotels

DayBreakHotels, a Rome-based travel tech start-up launched by Simon Botto, Flavio Del Greco, Lorenzo Stabile and Michele Spadone in 2013, recently caught the attention of Hotel Jumpstart, the accelerator programme organised by Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN) and Hotels.com in collaboration with Traveltech Lab, for helping three- to five-star hotels maximise their accommodation and occupancy levels while reaching out to business, leisure, and "bleisure" travellers.

Consumer

Start-up led by ‘wonder twins’ keeps vacation rental managers in touch with guests

Twins & former vacation rental hosts Amiad & Koby Soto realised the need for an all-in-one technological solution to manage & automate logistics in Guesty.

Asia

Young travel tech rock star seeks to connect traveller and hotelier needs

We sat down with Tink Labs founder and CEO Terence Kwok to learn why this sharp-eyed Hong Kong native and his product have both reached rock-star status in the hospitality and tourism scene.

Face‑to‑Face

“Every musician is born an entrepreneur” – how piano theory helps the founder of a messaging start-up

We got in touch with Unified Inbox CEO and founder Toby Ruckert, to figure out how seemingly disparate interests could create a platform that allows for a harmonious relationship between customers and service providers in the travel, tourism and hospitality industries.

Hotels

Startup adds more spice to Indian travel, tech sectors

Opaque hotel booking platform Travelspice was recently named 2018 Travel Tech Startup of the Year by the ELEVATE100 entrepreneurship programme.

Startups

Future of Travel summit fires up travel tech startup race

Miami brings the heat into the US travel tech scene as LAB Miami Ventures announces its shortlist of startups for its first annual Future of Travel summit.

Global

Unpacking traveller needs made easy with Unified Inbox

IoT and AI come together through Unified Inbox (UIB), which enables people to talk with all of their smart devices through a single integrated API.

Americas

‘Talk less, listen more:’ Harnessing data out of customer sentiment with Twistar

Twistar, a mobile device that harnesses feedback into actionable data, provides engagement that businesses can customise & customers can enjoy.

Asia

Keeping revenue and guest satisfaction handy

Handy has made it possible for hotel operators to engage with guests through all stages of the travel journey, even as they step out of the actual hotel.