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TailHail wants their membership-based private aircraft platform to take flight
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th May 2020The lowdown on TailHail, the Newcastle-based startup that's innovating in the private flying sector
Have you ever watched a film where the characters are in a private plane, being flown in peace and quiet to their destination and thought, just for a moment, that you would like to experience the luxury and sense of importance that comes from having a plane to yourself?
Right before the environmen...
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Taptrip - business travel made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 27th October 2019The lowdown on Taptrip, the traveltech startup that's making it easier to manage business travel...
Travel is expensive, and if your business is the type that has employees on the road a lot, the cost adds up. And so does the workload for the person who has to sit and sift through the receipts and bookings and keep everything running smoothly. Any SME knows that the smallest amount of money that ...
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Like Locals offer self-guided tours with a difference
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th October 2019Experience cities like a local, thanks to London-based Like Locals, the startup aiming to provide self-guided trails crafted by a community of local insiders...
When you go abroad and you want to tour a city, locals are obviously the best people to show you around and tell you the interesting tidbits about the place. But you don’t necessarily want to share your holiday with a stranger, you ...
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CityMaaS aims for spontaneous and inclusive travel for disabled people
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th June 2019CityMaaS 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 - upgraded travel made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th August 2018Seatfrog 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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CityRadar aims to track and increase tourism consumer spend
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th August 2018Early-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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KOMPAS COO Maps Out a Future for AI and Us
by: Startacus Admin ~ 28th April 2018Last 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 - travel planning made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd April 2018My 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 - luggage check-in made easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th April 2018AirPortr - 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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Eightydays.me wants to make multi-city travel a simple click away
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st July 2017We 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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