Cracking the code to European expansion, Virtuo’s way
With 70% of its sales coming from returning clients, Paris-based startup Virtuo is looking to build on customer loyalty to expand into Germany and Italy next.
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The Berlin-based founder trying to reshape the business travel market
A few unanswered emails and stubborn accountants were what sparked Comtravo founder and chief executive Michael Riegel to rethink how business travel bookings for small companies are made.
Don’t underestimate the size of Booking.com, says chairwoman: ‘Airbnb is so much smaller’
Who is the biggest technology company in Europe? Booking.com is bigger than the likes of Spotify and Adyen, according to Gillian Tans, the company's chairwoman.
The Czech startup bringing hotels out of the 1980s
With big hotel chains still using antiquated operating systems, Czech entrepreneur Richard Valtr has set out to bring new tech to the hospitality sector.
London-based Karma Kitchen is small — but smart — in the hot world of dark kitchen startups. Today it launches a new marketplace on Uber Eats and is gearing up to open two new sites. The food delivery sector should pay attention.
Experience: "I launched my startup in the worst possible week"
Hannah Cox was excited to launch her travel startup the other week. But then the implosion of WeWork and the collapse of ThomasCook threw it all off track.
Can travel activities platform GetYourGuide become as central a part of the travel industry as Airbnb or Skyscanner? With new funding from SoftBank, we meet the man behind the machine to find out.
How Europe’s fastest-growing software startup TravelPerk hires, fires and tracks down giant monkeys – all in the aid of preserving the company culture.