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YC-backed Deskimo, an on-demand coworking space app, launches in Singapore and Hong Kong

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Its founders are former Rocket Internet executives who say that their main competition aren’t spaces like WeWork or other hot desk booking apps. Deskimo was launched in February by Raphael Cohen, Rocket Internet’s former head of Asia, and Christian Mischler, who co-founded Foodpanda and served as its global chief operating officer.

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Sustainable Travel: Opportunities Digital Technology Provides for a Greener Business

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A 2021 survey by Virtuoso revealed that 70 percent of respondents believe that traveling sustainably enhances their experience. It means that people want to travel responsibly, so hotels, airlines, and tour companies have to keep up and satisfy their customers (and attract new ones). Sustainability in hotels and hospitality industry.

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Travel Startups and Tourism Trends to Invest In

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In March 2022, the statistics portal for market data Statista revealed a survey on travelers opinion on accomodations use of latest tech 2020. And the booking process , in turn, takes a minute on average, allowing users to quickly choose and buy travels from major airlines and hotels across 180 countries. Funded by 1 investor.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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Wiseasy is a brand you might not have heard of, but it’s a popular Android-based payment terminal maker used in restaurants, hotels, retail outlets and schools across the Asia-Pacific region. Through its Wisecloud cloud service, Wiseeasy can remotely manage, configure and update customer terminals over the internet.”

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Despite the venture slowdown, fintech startups are still hiring

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The summaries preceding the open roles were drafted by LinkedIn using survey responses from the honoree companies. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, TripActions was primarily known for merging many aspects of corporate trip booking — flights, hotels and rental cars — with expense tracking. Brex is 100% remote. billion valuation.

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After Programistok 2018

Michal Komorowski

We were accommodated in the superb hotel on the market in Bia?ystok. Though I'm still waiting for surveys ;). In the case of problems with Internet we also prepared a zip file with all required nugget packages. In general I can speak only in superlatives. The first 2 parts went without any obstacles. Well except one minor one.

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RevPAR, Occupancy Rate, ADR, and Other Hotel Metrics: How to Evaluate Your Property’s Performance

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In the hospitality industry, choosing the right metrics and carefully tracking them can help you as the hotelier or hotel manager to understand how your hotel is performing, compare it with your competitors, and possibly find the weak points and opportunities for improvement. Occupancy rate, ADR, and ALOS: basic operational metrics.

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