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Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce

TechCrunch

The fresh cash will be put toward several efforts, CEO and co-founder Frederic Lalonde said in a press release, including supporting Hopper’s new social commerce initiatives. of the third-party air travel market in the U.S. Image Credits: Hopper. billion this year. Hopper differentiates itself from rival travel services (e.g.

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Metasearch in Hospitality: an Overview of Hotel Search Engines

Altexsoft

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. The hospitality industry was among those that suffered the most because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Alloy, Synctera and Unit discuss the future of embedded finance at TC Disrupt

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Make opening a bank account, storing money, receiving a payment card and lending money as easy as opening a social network account. More hotel raffle details here. Banking-as-a-service (BaaS), embedded finance and open banking are among the hottest topics in fintech today. The promise? billion valuation. Book your room today.

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5 ways AI is showing promise as a decision-maker

CIO

An AI system can gather data from customer relationship management software, social media profiles, email interactions, and purchase histories to identify the candidates most likely to convert. Dynamic pricing Airlines, ride-sharing services, and online retailers have long used dynamic pricing to adjust to changing market conditions.

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

Altexsoft

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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Travel app S?kr scores $2.25 million to bring campsite inventory into the digital age

TechCrunch

“Just like in the ’90s, if you wanted to book a hotel or travel somewhere, you’d have to call hotels individually. After meeting through social media, where they had become micro-influencers in the van life space, the co-founders decided to build a mobile app for people in the same position. Image Credits: S?kr

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Butler shows hundreds of employees the door after raising $50M for room service delivery

TechCrunch

There may be clear gaps in the market for services that appear in theory like easy sailing. Yet they can inevitably be buffeted by economic, social and, in recent times, extreme public health headwinds. In a press release issued last October, Butler said that it wanted to more than double its presence to 12 markets in the U.S.,

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