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Leading French Travel Co. Offers Mentoring to two UK startups on its prestigious two-month programme
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd January 2023
High-potential social impact startups sought for the 9th annual Les Tremplins by Voyage Privé programme.
Voyage Privé is proud to announce the launch of its 9th annual Les Tremplins by Voyage Privé competition for two high-potential social impact start-ups to win bespoke mentoring on its accelerated two-month programme. This is the first time this ...
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Traveltech startup Journee secures £1.75m investment
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd June 2022
Journee, the startup that builds experiential trips to mystery destinations secures investment to support further development of its innovative matchmaking tech.
Great news for Journee, the online tour operator that matches people with experiential trips to mystery destinations, with the announcement that it has secured £1.75 million investment. The seed round is led by Fuel Ve...
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TripShift - automated emissions tracking to help us all move better.
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th May 2022
TripShift is a London-based SaaS startup enabling users to accurately record how much carbon their business or personal journey creates.
The transportation sector produces billions of tonnes of carbon every year, representing 25% of all carbon emissions worldwide. We are told that if these numbers aren’t reduced by 2030, there will be no returning from the climate catastrophe that follow...
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DRCT Ushers In Era Of Digital Airlines With New Tech Development
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th May 2022
DRCT reveals plans to escalate the development of Direct One to identify, redeem and sell unsold or undervalued seats to customers.
Following a US$500,000 pre-seed funding round (December 2021) mobility tech company, DRCT, is announcing plans to escalate the development of Direct One, a virtual ‘neo-airline’ that uses AI technology to identify, redeem and sell unsold or underv...
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Virtually Visiting - the 360 video travel platform
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th May 2022
Virtually Visiting is an online platform enabling users to experience their dream destination from the comfort of their own home via immersive 360 video tours.
How many times have you had cause to look up a location in Google street view, perhaps out of simple curiosity of what another part of the world looks like, and found yourself lost for a while digitally touring that little town in ...
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Data Duopoly - revolutionising the visitor experience
by: Startacus Admin ~ 4th February 2022
Data Duopoly is a Cornwall-based tourism startup that's on a mission to drive growth at venues whilst improving the customer experience for visitors.
Many of us have probably visited tourist attractions in the past and have either been a tad confused about exactly where to go, what to see or have perhaps even missed out on seeing something we’d really wanted to. That, however, need no lon...
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Wildpoint - the startup aiming to make the outdoors appealing once again.
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd February 2022
Want to discover unique and exclusive spaces in the UK for camping, pitching your campervan or going glamping? Wildpoint wants to help you do just that...
Over the past two years, we have all found ourselves locked indoors for long periods of time, allowed outside only once or twice for either our daily exercise or a trip to the shop, Covid19 has restricted and distanced us from nature and the ...
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Why further and faster action is needed from the Travel & Tourism industry on carbon emissions
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th November 2021
Business in the travel and tourism sector? Professor Geoffrey Lipman, President SUN x shares his insights on why the Glasgow Declaration is simply a first step
With all the news coming out of the Glasgow summit everyone is aware that Net Zero 2050 is the COP 26 promoted target in its Race to Zero campaign, and it is a key focus for green tourism.
What does this mean for the Travel & Touris...
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Cuisine to the Rescue: Why Destinations Need to Focus on Food and Beverage to Win Back Travellers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th August 2021
Erik Wolf, founder of the World Food Travel Association on the opportunities for regions to use their unique and memorable food and beverage products and experience to boost tourism
When we return from our holidays, we usually hear two common questions from friends and family: “How was the weather?” and “How was the food?”. One of the most popular television categories d...
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Koala, the travel insurance startup closes €1.6m seed round
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th June 2020€1.6m raised by innovative insurtech startup Koala to help with growth plans, team expansion and new product development
Great news for Koala, the Paris-based insurtech startup with the announcement of an investment of €1.6m, led by London based incubator and fund Insurtech Gateway alongside Playfair Capital, Techstars Ventures, and private investors.Koala is on a mission to reinvent tr...
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