Google has already introduced a number of updates to help people get around during widespread closures and travel disruptions due to COVID-19. Now that more cities and states are beginning to open up, the company is updating searches to make it...
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‘ITILITE’ stands for ‘light itineraries’. The Bengaluru based travel startup’s vision is to make business travel lighter – more convenient and rewarding for both travelers and their employers. ITILITE is a SaaS product which enables companies to manage business travel end-to-end. Before...
Hospitality startup Loge raises $15M to weather ‘uncertain times’ and expand to more locations
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(Loge Photo)Hospitality startup Loge, which promotes a love of the outdoors and adventure sports through its hip, motel-style locations, has raised $15 million in new funding. The company, pronounced “Lodge,” which launched in 2017 and is backed by big names in outdoor recreation, said it...
The U.S. State Department issued a new travel warning for New Zealand this week, warning Americans to exercise “increased caution” because the country poses a “health risk” due to the covid-19 pandemic. In reality, New Zealand hasn’t had community spread of the coronavirus in months and...
How I gained more for less than a fifth of the price of a top MBARead the full...
Everything about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is meant to feel real, as if you’re leaving a Disney park and going to the Black Spire Outpost on the planet Batuu. All the sodas are in special alien packages, nothing inside says “Disney,” and all the cast members are in character. It’s...
Indonesia-based online travel portal, Traveloka, has picked up $250M in fresh funding to beef up its coronavirus-battered balance sheet. The travel aggregator dubs the capital injection a “strong vote of confidence” in its strategy to adjust to what it couches as a ‘new normal’ for travel...
The FBI doesn’t necessarily have to rely on spy databases or phone records to collect vast amounts of information about suspects — it might just have to ask a travel company for help. Forbes understands the FBI is using info from Sabre, the world’s...
GeekWire Awards Preview: Neu’s founders forge ahead after travel fallout hits Airbnb cleaning startup
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Kwame Boler, left, and Claudius Mbemba, co-founders of Neu. (NeuPhotos)Like many businesses entering 2020, Neu was riding a wave of optimism and growth. With its marketplace that connects Airbnb hosts with hotel-grade cleaners, the Seattle-based startup had found its niche. Just as Neu was joining...
In May 2020, Deloitte mapped out 4 potential scenarios for the global travel and hospitality industry to get to the “next normal.” Each scenario evaluated known unknowns such as disease severity, government collaboration, healthcare response, economic consequences, and social cohesion.Read the...
Spring 2020 was gloomy for Klook. As countries closed their borders and went into complete or partial lockdown, the SoftBank-backed travel platform saw its revenue plummet by as much as 90% through March and April. The World Travel and Tourism Council said in April that the coronavirus could put up...
Expedia’s Vrbo vacation rental business sees ‘significant’ growth as travel giant aims to cut costs
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(Vrbo website)A surge in vacation rental bookings is helping boost revenue for Expedia Group as the travel giant continues to weather the ongoing COVID-19 storm. Seattle-based Expedia reported Monday that gross bookings on its vacation rental platform Vrbo “increased significantly” in May and...
If it wasn’t already apparent that the era of ‘big’ flying is ending, it might be soon. Bloomberg sources say Boeing is ending production of its iconic 747 jumbo jet (specifically, the 747-8) in about two years. A spokesperson for the aircraft...
After overbooking flights in a pandemic, American Airlines is now paying passengers to get off
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When she got on an airplane last Monday, Hilary Macatangay wasn’t planning to gamble with her health. Given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the design and marketing consultant showed up at the airport in El Paso wearing swim goggles and two masks layered over one another, ready to board the...
Airbnb could still IPO in 2020, CEO Brian Chesky says: ‘It has exceeded everything we expected’
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Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.As the coronavirus pandemic forced consumers to stay home, Airbnb customers cancelled more than $1 billion in bookings, and the home rental startup laid off 1,900...
Boeing’s troubled 737 Max is reportedly close to a key round of test flights. Reuters and BBC News sources understand Boeing and the FAA are due to start a three-day set of flight safety tests for the airliner on June 29th. The aircraft crew will...
American Airlines will ditch restrictions on booking flights to full capacity from July 1
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American Airlines Group Inc. said it would sell flights to capacity starting July 1, abandoning caps on passenger loads that were designed to promote social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.Customers will still be notified when they’re booked on crowded flights and can move their...
Even amid the pandemic, this newly funded travel startup is tackling the stodgy timeshare market
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The world is rife with me-too startups, which makes it all the more refreshing when a founder comes along that manages to find a broken market that’s hiding in plain sight. That’s what Mike Kennedy appears to be doing with Koala, a young outfit determined to update the stodgy world of property...
“Then the storm broke, and the dragons danced.” ― George R.R. Martin, Fire & BloodAll the data matters now, more than ever! We need to be looking deeply and broadly at this once in a lifetime counterfactual unfolding in front of us on a global scale. Read the full...
In our latest Co-op project, you guys let me have it for daring to think about taking a vacation during a pandemic. And I know, I know—cases are spiking in diverse places, and the thought of getting away from it all seems even more of an impossibility.Read...
Oooof, let me tell you something, Co-opulace: I. 👏🏾Need. 👏🏾 A. 👏🏾 Vacation!👏🏾Read...
Travelers are shifting to private properties instead of crowded hotels and resorts. Many prefer driving to flying and have returned to using travel advisors and trip insurance. As the industry is relentlessly transforming, businesses need to follow emerging trends to stay afloat. I had the...
Antsy city dwellers seeking to escape their COVID-19 refuges are road-tripping to nearby vacation rentals in surprisingly strong numbers, showing the first signs of life for an industry that essentially ground to a halt in March.“People, after having been stuck in their homes for a few...
The interior of a Cabana camper van. (Cabana Photo)With summer around the corner, many Americans are considering what vacation will look like in 2020 with the coronavirus threat looming. Communities across the country are beginning to re-open but air travel remains a risky prospect. A handful of...
Silver Lake makes another travel bet, leads $108M investment in vacation rental platform Vacasa
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(Vacasa Image)Silver Lake is betting big on the travel industry despite the ongoing global pandemic. The top Silicon Valley tech investment firm bought big stakes in Expedia and Airbnb over the past few months, and now it is leading a $108 million Series D round for vacation rental platform...
Worst. Deal. Ever.Noah Kirsch, ForbesIn November, Eric Baker’s online ticket marketplace Viagogo purchased rival StubHub for $4 billion. Baker was actually one of StubHub’s co-founders before he was fired from the company. The deal closed in...
The only country that’s seemingly halted the spread of the novel coronavirus could screw it up—for Avatar. New Zealand’s economic development minister revealed under questioning that he’s been using little known powers around the country’s strict foreign travel ban to issue hundreds of...
It’s likely that no sudden crisis in the annals of American capitalism has unleashed greater devastation on any industry than the coronavirus’s blow to U.S. airlines. Start with the 80% to 90% drop in ticket sales, and social distancing precautions that leave middle seats empty and the few...
Extreme social distancing: Why camping is poised for a ‘huge jump in popularity,’ fueled by technology
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More travelers are expected to hit the road for camping trips as restrictions are eased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser)After months confined in their homes, many people who would normally hop on an airplane or crowd into popular tourist destinations are...
As every significant historical moment has its own powerplays, a shift in business models, and societal adaptation to a new norm, the same applies to the COVID-19 new world order. Much has been said that technology companies are the true winners, but the question is: Who are the winners and losers...