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Buying Business Travel | February 10, 2020

The ATPI Group has announced a new technology-focused investment strategy with the launch of a programme to support tech start-ups, including online booking tool Taptrip. The Endeavour programme will offer both financial backing and market knowledge to technology start-ups that are “disrupting and driving the sector”, according to ATPI. It will be built on the group’s existing proprietary capabilities and will be structured as a series of individual investment and development p...

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. ...

Buying Business Travel | February 10, 2020

Capita Travel and Events CEO James Parkhouse has joined the executive board of the Business Travel Association to help define the strategic direction of the industry body. Parkhouse joins 14 voluntary experts and leaders from across the business travel industry on the board, which sets goals and objectives, oversees programmes and activities, and actively manages risks. He has been at the helm of Capita Travel and Events since 2008 and has overseen the company’s strategy of creating ...

DESTINATION AND TOURISM

Town of Pictou. | August 23, 2021

PICTOU, N.S, After two seasons of cancelled cruise ship visits, the local tourism industry is showing signs of a rebound after COVID. Michelle Young, Manager of Recreation Services for Pictou Recreation and Parks, says that while cruise ship visits may have been on pause since 2020, work has continued behind the scenes to prepare for an eventual return of tourists. Now, bookings are beginning to ramp up again with ships scheduled to visit in 2022 and 2023. “We're very opt...