GeekWire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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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Data Center Knowledge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

One of the last secretive projects in the midwest, "Project Oasis" has come out of stealth as a $200 million data center for global insurance company Travelers Insurance. Site Selection iowa Nebraska project oasis travelers insurance'

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GeekWire

MAY 24, 2023

(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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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2023

For many travelers, technology long ago supplanted travel agents for the basic booking of flights, hotels, and excursions. But how quickly will artificial intelligence replace humans for trusted travel advice? ” In other words, your mileage may vary, perhaps literally.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It’s unclear if business travel will bounce back to pre-pandemic levels. But that isn’t stopping investors from betting on a startup with a new take on business travel software. Steve Singh, co-founder of travel expense giant Concur and a managing director at Madrona, is chairman of the company.

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GeekWire

MAY 4, 2021

The news: Seattle travel giant Expedia announced Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its corporate business arm Egencia to American Express Global Business Travel. Both companies offer tools for business travel management. Matt Hulett, a former Egencia exec, said the deal presents an opening for other B2B travel companies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 8, 2022

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. Travel is back, and the industry needs to make sure they’re keeping pace.

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 3, 2023

Travel industry players are excited about predictions that AI could add around $1 trillion extra to the global tourism industry by 2025. Marketing companies are also babbling excitedly about AI’s ability to create hyper-personalized trips for travelers. But the travel industry is not new to AI. AI is (merely!)

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Online travel website Booking.com is closing its Bellevue, Wash., The company said last month that it will lay off up to 25% of its workforce due to impact on travel caused by the pandemic. It reported a 91% decrease in gross travel bookings for the most recent quarter. The company employs more than 17,000 people total.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The pandemic hit the Seattle travel giant hard last year with travel restrictions placed across the globe. The company posted a loss in each quarter of 2020 after three consecutive profitable quarters in 2019. travel spending dropped 42% in 2020 to $679 billion, according to Tourism Economics. Revenue dropped 57% to $5.2

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2021

Gearing up for a resurgence in travel, Seattle-based Expedia Group is refreshing its flagship Expedia brand with updated features across the company’s mobile app and more than 70 websites. ” Expedia Group includes travel brands such as Vrbo, Orbitz, Hotwire, Trivago, Hotels.com, and Egencia in addition to Expedia.com.

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GeekWire

JUNE 6, 2020

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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SecureWorld News

MAY 1, 2022

Travel can involve significant security risks. Organizations of all kinds have a responsibility to keep their employees safe while they're traveling. The security risks business travelers may face. These risks may threaten the health and security of a traveler. What effective travel policies can look like.

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GeekWire

MAY 10, 2023

Barry Diller, Expedia Group chairman, opens the company’s Explore 23: Connect conference in Seattle on Tuesday. ” The company’s embrace of AI has the potential to impact travelers on a variety of sites due to its own broad footprint in the travel industry.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

APRIL 19, 2022

Corporate travel managers have backed off their expectations for a recovery this year, with fewer than one in five confident travel will return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, according to a new report by consultancy Deloitte LLP. To read this article in full, please click here

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

New York-based insurance provider Travelers, with 30,000 employees and 2021 revenues of about $35 billion, is in the business of risk. s nest perspective of immediate and long-term tasks to equally strengthen the company culture and customer needs. s SVP and chief data & analytics officer, has a crowâ??s s a unique role and itâ??s

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GeekWire

MAY 6, 2021

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern said the travel industry remains a “study in contrasts” — citing a rebounding U.S. travel market and strong vacation rentals in beach and other outdoor destinations. Such is life as the CEO of a publicly-traded online travel company. Hotels are full. People are out everywhere.

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ComputerWorld IT Management

APRIL 19, 2022

Corporate travel managers have backed off their expectations for a recovery this year, with fewer than one in five confident travel will return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, according to a new report by consultancy Deloitte LLP. To read this article in full, please click here

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GeekWire

AUGUST 5, 2021

Expedia Group, the Seattle-based online travel giant, posted improved results for the second quarter , but cautioned that the resurgence of the pandemic is complicating the recovery of the global travel industry, and its business as a result. billion, reflecting ongoing signs of recovery for the global travel industry.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2021

The travel industry took a major blow when the pandemic hit last year, slashing revenue for airlines, hotels, and tech companies such as Expedia or Airbnb. Founded in 2017, TrovaTrip runs a marketplace that matches travel group hosts with travelers. (TrovaTrip Photos). Despite those headwinds, Portland, Ore.-based

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GeekWire

MARCH 16, 2023

A new survey released Thursday from the University of Washington’s Mobility Innovation Center and Commute Seattle reveals travel trends that have taken root three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data, collected last fall, is further evidence of the shift in habits that is impacting Seattle’s downtown core.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Seattle-based online travel giant confirmed Friday morning that it plans to advertise for its Expedia.com and Vrbo brands during the broadcast for Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, Feb. Expedia Group is coming back to the Super Bowl, offering hope to those who yearn to be back on the beach.

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CIO Musings

JANUARY 11, 2014

One thing that has changed about travel in the last decade is the amount of technology we take with us. A friend at work asked me for tips on travelling with technology. I don''t travel that much, perhaps a trip every 2-3 months. For me there isn''t that much difference between personal travel and business travel.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

You know things have been rough for a company when quarterly revenue plummets 58% from the prior year, taking the business from a $409 million profit to a loss of $221 million, and the trend is seen as relatively good news. PREVIOUSLY: Expedia Group’s CEO on the future of travel, and why big cities will someday ‘come roaring back’.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Consumer travel in the age of COVID-19 is moving into a new phase of manageable risk and minor inconvenience as the Omicron variant starts to decline. “There was far less consumer fear over traveling, and really it was an issue of inconvenience,” Kern said on the company’s conference call. Expedia Group Photo).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It plans to buy credits for sustainable aviation fuel to cover travel on the commercial flight routes most frequented by its employees during business trips. It will buy the credits from Dutch company SkyNRG, which will then supply cleaner-burning fuel to Alaska Airlines.

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GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2022

Expedia Group is blocking the ability to book travel into or out of Russia in a response to that country’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. ” The travel industry news website Skift said that the policy affects Expedia-owned vacation rental platform Vrbo as well. .

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

(Unearth Photos) Unearth Technologies , a Seattle startup that develops mapping software for the construction industry, announced Friday it was acquired by Procore Technologies , a publicly traded company based in Southern California. Customers include contractors, utilities, and Fortune 500 companies.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Expedia Group says it will unify its loyalty programs, allowing travelers to accumulate rewards across brands including Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz, Vrbo, Travelocity, Hotwire and others. The company said Tuesday morning that the unified program will launch soon, but did not provide a specific date. ” .

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The company’s IPO prospectus shows $2.5 The company did post net income of $219 million in the third quarter. It’s been a roller coaster year for Airbnb and others including Seattle-based Expedia Group as the pandemic crushes the travel industry amid various restrictions and mandates.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 29, 2021

TravelPerk, a business travel management platform that gives companies data and insights into their spending, has raised $160 million. Read More.

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GeekWire

JULY 19, 2023

(Expedia Group Image) Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group this week debuted its new unified loyalty program that rewards customers for using its flagship Expedia.com platform, as well as its Hotels.com and Vrbo brands. One Key members receive 2% in OneKeyCash for every dollar spent on eligible lodging bookings and 0.2%

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GeekWire

JULY 30, 2020

The pandemic crushed Expedia’s business during the second quarter as the travel giant saw revenue sink 82% year-over-year to $566 million. The Seattle company’s lodging revenue was down 78%; air tickets sold was down 85%; and advertising/media revenue dipped 91%. Shares were down more than 3% in after-hours trading.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Route Line founder Johannes Ariens and one of the specially outfitted Mercedes Sprinter vans that the company will offer to travelers who join the new platform. Ariens is the founder and CEO and he’s got experience figuring out how people want to travel these days. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). Scout Photo).

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The Verge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

American Airlines is about to start offering at-home COVID-19 tests to domestic fliers in order to help them meet various state travel restriction requirements, the company announced Tuesday. Some states still require travelers to quarantine even with a negative test result. Different states also have different restrictions.

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Information Week

MAY 6, 2019

If you are wondering about the role of edge technologies, consider how they help companies and individuals in the travel and transportation sectors.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2022

Starting next month, Yelp says it will cover the costs of travel if an employee or their dependent needs to leave the state to access abortion services, as first reported by The New York Times. The company employs around 200 people in Texas, where legislators passed the strictest abortion law in the country last September.

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