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Corporate guest travel startup Juno raises $2M
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April 2, 2025
Venture capitalist Steve Singh and Bungalow Capital co-led funding for Juno, which was developed by Pana founders Devon Tivona and Sam Felsenthal.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: HotelTonight, Airbnb, WTTC, NextTrip and more...
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March 28, 2025
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Why travel startup founders step away from running their companies
By Mark Frary
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March 14, 2025
As travel startups begin to scale, founder/CEOs often take the decision to move to product or strategy roles and let someone with a different skillset lead the company through the next stage.
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Technology and politics reshape the travel deals landscape
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February 27, 2025
When it comes to the merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape, technology and political issues appear to be playing more of a role in the decisions being made by authorities.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: AirAsia, Mindtrip, Spotnana and more...
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February 14, 2025
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STARTUP STAGE: Mendel wants to be the go-to corporate travel platform for Latin America
By Morgan Hines
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February 13, 2025
Founded in 2021 and based in Mexico City, the company provides a corporate travel platform that includes online booking, expense management and payments.
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The future of the travel management company
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February 4, 2025
In today’s competitive market for business travel services, the traditional travel management company is being challenged.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: IBS Software, Smartvel, Spotnana and more
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January 24, 2025
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Travel industry leaders' predictions for 2025
By Morgan Hines
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January 2, 2025
Executives from Travelport, Klook, Cloudbeds, Spotnana, Mews and more share their predictions for the year ahead, including their takes on artificial intelligence, search, funding and more.
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Travel's movers, shakers and newsmakers in 2024
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December 18, 2024
These are the trends and topics in travel that have made headlines in 2024 and that we expect to hear more about in 2025.
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Steve Singh on evolution from archaic systems to perfect trip
By Linda Fox
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December 10, 2024
Steve Singh, an investor in Center, Otto, Troop and Spotnana, discusses how AI, cloud technology and open architecture will modernize business travel booking and why he feels "energized" by emerging...
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Is the travel industry ready for its technology “leapfrog” moment?
By Matthew Parsons
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November 6, 2024
New players entering travel and tourism are looking to benefit from technology platforms borne out of recent digital acceleration and platforms that have been further enhanced by recent developments in...
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CEO Spotlight: Steve Singh of Spotnana
By Linda Fox
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August 29, 2024
Steve Singh was announced as CEO of Spotnana in June, adding to his existing roles of executive chairman of Direct Travel, Troop, Spotnana and Center as well as other technology companies. He is also...
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Steve Singh's latest business travel startup lands $6M for AI agent
By Linda Fox
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August 22, 2024
Singh will serve as executive chairman of Otto, which is creating an AI-powered travel assistant to plan, book and support business travelers during a trip.
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Spotnana's former CTO on market perception and shiny things
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July 8, 2024
Shikhar Agarwal, co-founder and former CTO of Spotnana, discusses the company being misunderstood in the market, the need to improve data flow and the importance of staying focused in the PhocusWire...
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