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Do you need another app to discover beautiful places when you travel?

TechCrunch

In the summer of 2019, Timilehin Ajiboye became intrigued with the idea of building a travel app after conversations with a circle of friends. And while social media, growing exponentially over the past decade, has changed the way we communicate and connect, it has also changed how we travel. Social media and travel.

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Brex takes a swipe at Concur with an expansion into travel

TechCrunch

In yet another example of how competitive the spend management space has become, Brex announced today that it has expanded into travel. In an interview with TechCrunch, co-CEO and co-founder Henrique Dubugras said that users of Brex Empower will now be able to book travel inside the Brex mobile app.

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General Catalyst, Abstract back Wanderlog’s $1.5M round for collaborative travel

TechCrunch

Twin brothers Harry and Peter Yu grew up traveling all over, an aspect of their lives that continued even into their careers. People travel differently, but the common denominator is that everyone uses some kind of document to plan and share their trip information,” Harry Yu told TechCrunch. “We

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Email Marketing Software in the Travel Industry: Benefits, Challenges, and Success Stories

Altexsoft

This is a guest article by Carla Andre-Brown, content marketer from Mailbird. Last year, the clear path the travel industry once had was swept away. This was largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic uprooting the status quo for both international and domestic travel. The Challenges of Marketing to Travelers.

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

CIO

Cloud is scalable IT infrastructure that enables organizations to respond quickly to market changes, support business growth, and minimize disruptions,” says Swati Shah, SVP and CIO of US markets at TransUnion, the Chicago-based IT services and consulting company. “It Then you wonder why it’s so expensive.”

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Easol raises $25M for its experiences and event marketing, booking and payments platform

TechCrunch

The gradual return of tourism and travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to see a wave of startups raising rounds of funding to meet new opportunities in the market. “We see that as a major opportunity, giving creators the chance to get inventory from elsewhere and push theirs out to other places.”

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Taking consumer subscription software to the great outdoors

TechCrunch

The app sits at the confluence of two trends: An increased interest in outdoor recreation and travel, and an explosion in consumer subscription software (CSS). Dominating camping or surfing might be like capturing the streaming market for comedy or horror.