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CityMaaS Assist is an app aiming to achieve spontaneous and inclusive travel for disabled people using innovative dynamic UX/UI and machine learning. Even in 2019, the options for those with disabilities to travel from place to place are limited. Many buses still do not have the ability to simply allow someone with a wheelchair to board, meaning that person has to sit at the bus stop and wait for...
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Seatfrog are aiming to make upgraded travel a painless, even pleasurable process, with their app that allows users to bid in an auction for an upgraded seat. Sometimes, we like a bit of luxury when we travel. Sometimes, we only decide this after we’ve booked our seat in economy class next to the livestock. Unfortunately, not everyone we travel with is as accommodating to our whims as we wou...
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Early-stage startup CityRadar is a SaaS traveltech platform that aims to track, analyse and increase consumer spend in the hospitality, tourism & travel business sectors. We found out more... Currently in closed beta, CityRadar is a free app that aims to match tourists and locals with activities around different cities, with exclusive upgrades and hidden gems - and at the same time, acting as...
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Last month, Olivia Higgs, COO of KOMPAS, gave a TEDx talk on Artificial Intelligence after being named as one of the UK’s most inspirational young individuals. At the end of 2017, JCI UK recognised Olivia Higgs as one of the UK’s most inspirational young individuals for her accomplishments in business and economics, and in March 2018 Olivia was invited to Virginia, United States, ...
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My Swft - The startup that's using instant messaging to become your free travel concierge where technology and the human touch are combined.Travel agents used to be all over the place, tempting you with pictures of tropical beaches and sun-washed villas. Now, they are fading into obscurity as people become more frugal with their time and money, and so more determined to do everything themselves. W...
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AirPortr - the London based startup that's fast tracking airline passengers and their luggage between the world's cities The worst part of any trip is the airport. Crying children, garbled announcements that leave you wondering ‘was that my flight?’, overpriced food and drink, and queues. The queue for the plane is unavoidable unless you borrow a small child to get you boarding first;...
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We are liking the look of Eightydays.me - an online travel tech platform that plans your multi-city travel in literally a few clicks. Instead of spending a few hours working out how you can do multi-city / country travel, Eightdays.me offers users the combination of flights, trains and ferries to create exciting multi-city travel adventure option. Their mission as they state on their website: U...
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We’ve had the pleasure of getting to know the fab KOMPAS team over the last couple of years and we are therefore delighted to share word that their travel tech startup, which uses Artificial Intelligence to personalise the travel experience, was this week announced the overall winner of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative at Money 20/20, taking home a total of €50k in prize money. ...
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