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The lowdown on Frequency, the Dublin-based startup that's on a mission to innovate internet based communication systems for the aviation industry... Delays cost airlines around $25 billion every year - just over $1 million per aircraft. This is the problem that 3 Aer Lingus pilots founded Dublin-based Frequency to combine their 40 years of flight experience in order to solve. They say ...
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Experience 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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The lowdown on Upgrade Pack, the FinTech startup that is aiming to provide the ultimate way to upgrade flights and hotels. Today, we got our lunch for free. That’s because we usually go to the same place, and we have a loyalty card. So today, our points covered our food and we walked out feeling like maybe the world isn’t a dark and terrible place after all. That’s an exaggerati...
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Holiday planning made easy thanks to new travel startup BRB, which is in essence the world’s first travel subscription company. No matter how much we may all love our holidays, sometimes the actual process of planning and booking a trip can be a chore in itself. From identifying the flight options, the seemingly endless search for the right accommodation, checking out reviews, comparin...
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Host management service Airsorted has closed a £1.26m equity crowdfunding campaign from over 1,000 investors on leading investment platform Seedrs.  The Company’s 4,246 strong host base, alongside their existing 1,200 crowd investors, scrambled to invest in the round during its short campaign of just four weeks, in total attracting 1,078 investors. Airsorted has committed to usin...
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Holiday home owner? TravelNest is a startup that has created a unique software solution specifically for holiday home owners... We all know how challenging it can be to find holiday accommodation – there are so many places to look for a start! However if you’re a holiday home owner, it’s not that easy either – for a similar reason. Deciding which platforms are best fo...
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Paying for travel just became a whole lot easier thanks to London based travtech startup Awaymo. Whilst the rise in budget airlines may have helped us all nab a bargain flight or two, there are plenty of occasions when the flight we need to book is a lot more costly than we’d like. Whether it’s a last minute thing, a long haul destination or simply because it’s a stretch on...
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A look at Panzly, the innovative InsurTech startup that's created the 1st flight insurance for delays or cancellations with automatic and immediate payouts. Most of us have experienced delayed flights or even cancelled ones. It is annoying, inconvenient, and costly. Not only does it often mean paying out more for hotels, taxis, or just another drink while we wait, but airlines do their best to ge...
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11 disruptive European tech startups have been selected to showcase their innovations to 6000+ attendees as part of Travel Technology Europe’s Disrupt Launchpad. Providing show attendees with a glimpse into the future, the ambitious startups were chosen for their potential to help buyers source the latest travel industry innovations as well as help make travellers’ lives easier. ...
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A few weeks ago, IGO Adventures announced the launch of a crowdfunding round on leading equity investment platform Seedrs. The company, which launched in 2016, takes groups of people into the wilderness to disconnect from the digital world and reconnect with nature. The global adventure tourism market was valued at $445 billion in 2016, and is projected to reach $1,336 bi...
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