Hotel payment software startup Selfbook announced on Tuesday (Oct. 26) that it raised $25 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Tiger Global Management, putting its valuation at $125 million. Valia Ventures, Fin Venture Capital, investor Lachy Groom and angel investors also contributed...
United Airlines is partnering with PayPal to make in-flight purchases touch-free even if no Wi-Fi is available, World Airline News reported Wednesday (Oct. 6). Starting in November, United customers on some flights can show a flight attendant a PayPal QR code and use it to buy...
SSP Group, which operates foodservice sites in airports and railway stations in 35 countries, on Wednesday (Sept. 29) announced that its revenues in the last week were roughly 53% of 2019 levels, according to a pre-close trading announcement on the company’s website. Third-quarter revenues increased...
Global corporate travel management company Corporate Traveler is introducing a proprietary solution ahead of the forecast increase in business travel demand, according to a press release on Wednesday (Sept. 22). Corporate Traveler’s Melon is the only global TMC that solely caters to start-ups and mid-market businesses in the U.S....
Hospitality-focused B2B payments and business intelligence service Onyx CenterSource on Tuesday (Sept. 21) unveiled a partnership with online travel marketplace Booking.com for a payment platform for the travel agencies that work with the reservation service. The platform, which was developed using Booking.com’s Amadeus integration, allows...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is still reviewing 30,100 outstanding complaints involving 18 airlines as part of an investigation into delayed refunds for flights canceled over the pandemic. “The department has devoted considerable time, energy, and effort to securing relief for consumers and holding...
If apps make life easier — and they do — it’s no wonder how popular travel apps are, pandemic be damned. They’re big, and getting bigger, as people reacclimate to breathing airplane air and checking into rooms that are not their own. Like anything important,...
Airlines expect the latest slowdown in travel due to the ongoing spread of the delta variant to be only a temporary setback, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. While business and leisure travel picked up more quickly this summer than some airlines...
A new surge in cases of COVID-19 is leading businesses to rethink employee travel this fall. As Bloomberg News reported on Monday (Sept. 6), airlines and hotels were counting on the typically dependable revenue source of business travel to bounce back in the next few...
