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Travel and Mobile Are Driving Decentralized Digital Identity (DDID) Growth

Forrester IT

Last week, SITA, the multinational IT company supporting the air travel industry, announced it would be the lead investor in the Series A funding in Indicio, a decentralized digital identity solution provider.

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Mobile gaming startup BebopBee raises $4M to build puzzle game ‘Travel Crush’

GeekWire

BebopBee Image) The developer behind the match-3 mobile game Travel Crush raised $4 million. BebopBee is entirely focused on Travel Crush , a puzzle adventure and “forever franchise” that stars a girl named Ellie as she explores the world. Former employees at TinyCo, Zynga, and Jam City launched BebopBee in 2014.

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End of the road for Cabana: Seattle travel startup shuts down camper van rental business

GeekWire

(Cabana Photo) Cabana , the Seattle-based startup that rode the pandemic-fueled “vanlife” travel craze to more than $16 million in funding, shut down at the end of 2023 as economic and manufacturing conditions stalled the company’s ability to raise more funding and scale. Cabana founder Scott Kubly. Sacramento, Calif.;

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Katie Buss and Ben Howard take command at KinectAir travel service as co-CEOs

GeekWire

based KinectAir , which provides a digital platform for booking on-demand private air travel. Howard, who co-founded the privately held company in 2019, was chief technology officer before his promotion. “KinectAir is opening a world of air travel to a much larger demographic,” she said in a news release.

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Travel Industry Revitalized by Seamless, Secure Payment Options

CIO Business Intelligence

With a travel resurgence already well under way, it’s essential for industry organizations to ensure they are offering consumers payment options that are not just convenient, but that also reduce risk and instill confidence with every transaction. Global and domestic credit, debit and prepaid cards. Tools for preventing fraud.

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Seattle startup Cabana pitches vanlife vacations as travel alternative during pandemic

GeekWire

Communities across the country are beginning to re-open but air travel remains a risky prospect. Cabana bills itself as a “luxe mobile hotel company” at a time when traditional hotels and travel companies are taking a financial hit due to the pandemic. Consumers are responding positively,” Kubly told GeekWire.

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Hometown hookup: Alaska Air shifts to T-Mobile from AT&T in new link between Seattle companies

GeekWire

Alaska is shifting its behind-the-scenes operations T-Mobile after extensive testing of its 5G network. T-Mobile rival AT&T had been Alaska’s longtime wireless carrier, although T-Mobile and Alaska did not mention that fact in announcing the news Monday morning. T-Mobile’s $26.5

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