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Elude raises $2.1M to show spontaneous travelers the best destinations for their budgets

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The Los Angeles-based startup launched its travel discovery mobile app Thursday, a budget-first search engine that shows people how far their money will take them. Not being able to find something on their budget, they came up with the idea for Elude. stars and above. stars and above. The co-founders have now raised $2.1

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Avoiding a Stay at a Haunted Hotel And Why We Need a Travel App for That

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Imagine booking a room at a small, charming, off-the-beaten-path hotel on the Hawaiian island of Kauai using a popular mobile travel app, only to discover that the room is… haunted! Today, it’s a popular place to stay for budget-minded travelers who want to enjoy the neighborhood’s Italian restaurants near Fisherman’s Wharf.

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Metasearch in Hospitality: an Overview of Hotel Search Engines

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In April 2020, the hotel occupancy in the US dropped to its lowest level ever — the bewildering 24.5 The annual average was roughly 44 percent, which means that more than half of hotel rooms were empty during the whole year. This means a hotel is charged every time the ad is clicked and redirection occurs.

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Brex takes a swipe at Concur with an expansion into travel

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Part of the aim of the new offering is to apply to travel expenses the budgeting capabilities that Empower has, Dubugras said. Sometimes companies have the perception that the best way to reduce travel costs is to get people to get cheaper flights or cheaper hotels and make two stops on the way to two places,” he said. “We

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SoftBank-backed Oyo files for $1.16 billion IPO

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The eight-year-old Indian budget hotel giant has filed the paperwork (PDF) with the local market regulator for an initial public offering, in which it is seeking to raise about $1.16 Oyo has also streamlined its relationship with hotels in recent quarters. Oyo is ready to explore the public markets.

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Guide to Digitizing Hotel Upselling and Cross-Selling: Strategies and Tools

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Upselling and cross-selling provide hotel owners and managers with the ability to drive greater profit from the same guest by timely offering valuable services. This post aims at explaining the key hotel upselling and cross-selling strategies, ways to digitize them effectively, and examples of existing software serving that purpose.

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Elude secures additional funding as it aims to improve travel booking experience

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Alex Simon, CEO, and Frankie Scerbo, CMO, got the idea for the Los Angeles-based startup three years ago after bonding over a love of spontaneous travel, but not finding enough options within their budget. Elude, a travel discovery mobile app, is a budget-first search engine that shows people how far their money will take them.

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