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Europe’s Hospitality Tech Companies See Strong Funding Week
Europe’s Hospitality Tech Companies See Strong Funding Week
December 15, 2022  |  Investments

A string of funding rounds has highlighted a boom for European hospitality tech companies. As restaurants and hotels increasingly digitize their operations, investors are backing...

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Planet and NomuPay Team to Help Asia’s Hotel Industry
Planet and NomuPay Team to Help Asia’s Hotel Industry
December 01, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Planet and NomuPay have teamed to help Southeast Asia’s hospitality industry expand its services. Planet, an Irish payments software provider, announced the collaboration Thursday (Dec....

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Fortis, Visual Matrix Partner to Give Hotels More Payment Choices
Fortis, Visual Matrix Partner to Give Hotels More Payment Choices
September 21, 2022  |  Partnerships

Payment and commerce technology company Fortis and hotel tech provider Visual Matrix have partnered to enable hotel operators to offer their guests more payment choices. ...

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SiteMinder Buys GuestJoy to Boost Hotel Commerce Offerings
SiteMinder Buys GuestJoy to Boost Hotel Commerce Offerings
August 23, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Hotel commerce platform SiteMinder is set to acquire GuestJoy, an app that lets hoteliers communicate with their guests. As the company said in a news...

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Citi Launching New Travel Portal with Booking.com
Citi Launching New Travel Portal with Booking.com
August 18, 2022  |  Travel Payments

Citi will be debuting a new portal, Citi Travel, with Booking.com to help customers plan and book their trips, a press release from the bank...

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India’s Oyo Hotels Pausing IPO 
India’s Oyo Hotels Pausing IPO 
May 24, 2022  |  International

Hospitality startup Oyo Hotels is putting plans for an initial public offering (IPO) on hold until after September to clean up its financial house and...

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Rural US Airbnb Hosts Made Over $3.5B in 2021
Rural US Airbnb Hosts Made Over $3.5B in 2021
May 17, 2022  |  Travel Payments

As peoples’ travel habits shift, Airbnb said in a company blog post Tuesday (May 17) that it has seen more bookings in rural areas. One...

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Stayntouch Property Management Integrates With Tabit Point-of-Sale Systems for Mobile In-Stay Dining
Stayntouch Property Management Integrates With Tabit Point-of-Sale Systems for Mobile In-Stay Dining
May 17, 2022  |  Partnerships

Cloud-based hotel property management and contactless tech platform Stayntouch on Tuesday (May 17) integrated with mobile-first hospitality platform Tabit, which specializes in hotel restaurants, according...

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How COVID Made Hotels Rethink Business Travel
How COVID Made Hotels Rethink Business Travel
April 15, 2022  |  Travel Payments

COVID has disrupted business travel, and with it one of the mainstays of hotels: corporate negotiated rates. And as Hotel News Now reported Thursday (April...

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