Logitravel Group

PhocusWire | March 06, 2020

Online travel giants Expedia Group and Booking Holdings disbursed a record $11 billion on marketing in 2019, up from $10.6 billion the year before. The difference is that one company grew its marketing spend in 2019 and the other company essentially remained flat. Under its “selling and marketing” line item, Expedia Group reported a 6% increase from $5.567 billion in 2018 to $6.03 billion in 2019. The Seattle-based online travel agency spent $5.22 billion under that category in 2017....

Travel Technology

Zendure | February 23, 2022

At nine o'clock Tuesday morning, Palo Alto-based Zendure launched their new travel adapter and "everything charger", Passport III, on Kickstarter. They achieved their fundraising goal of $5,000 USD within the first sixty seconds. By 1:30, over 1,500 backers had pre-ordered the 65W GaN charger, to the tune of $100,000. Currently the campaign is edging toward doubling those figures in the next 24 hours.COVID-19 and the travel industry have not been getting along these past two years....

Business Travel

Eola, Pentech Ventures | April 07, 2021

Eola, the operating system for experience providers, has raised $2.8 million in a fundraising round led by Pentech Ventures, with support from Techstars and other travel and technology business leaders. Eola delivers cutting-edge operations technology to experience providers in the UK and around the world. Eola provides them with the tools they need to run their entire business, from hiking tours in Scotland to watersports centers in Cornwall to hot air ballooning in New Zealand. ...

Travel Daily Media | January 17, 2020

Chinese provider of travel services, Trip.com Group, has strengthened its partnership with British Airways and Iberia by connecting to the New Distribution Capability (NDC). The NDC partnership facilitates priority access to a richer and a more complete inventory from the airline as well as transparency of the shopping experience on its online travel agency, Trip.com. It offers the travellers better content on both carriers’ flights with additional fare options on long haul and short haul ...