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Kenya’s HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus

TechCrunch

HotelOnline , a Kenya-based Yanolja-backed travel technology scale-up that fashions itself as an e-commerce and digital marketing enabler in the hospitality industry, has acquired HotelPlus, a software provider with clients in 22 countries. million in shares in HotelOnline, which was valued at $24 million before the deal. “We

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The Future of Hospitality is Here

Revolution

There is something inherently exciting about this growth and the opportunities it implies. For example, traditional hospitality, a category which is poised to grow to over $200 billion in the next five years, still remains ripe for disruption and innovation. It is about building and recreating communities.

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HealthLeap raises $1.1M pre-seed to reduce malnutrition in hospitals with clinical AI assistant

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Malnutrition is very common among hospitalized patients in the U.S., Amid this problem lies an opportunity to optimize the overall quality of patient care, improve clinical outcomes and reduce costs. The startup provides a clinical assistant for dietitians working in hospitals. and its coded prevalence is increasing.

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Pandemic brings lasting change to world of hospitality, health care

Innovation 2 Enterprise

One of the industries impacted fastest and most is the hospitality industry. It’s similar in hospitality. “Hospitality has been clinging to the thinking, that they needed a front desk and to interact directly with every guest,” Robinson said. Instead, ATMs elevated the level of customer service.

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8 Emerging Business Opportunities in the Post-Pandemic World 

StartupNation

While the economic effects caused many businesses to fail, it also paved the way for many emerging business opportunities. Offering a platform that can provide all this and support for the in-person event itself is an untapped opportunity for a market that continues to grow. . The pandemic has changed the way business works.

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OTA Insight books $80M for its hospitality business intelligence tools, used by 55K hotel properties globally

TechCrunch

“One of the unique things about the hotel and hospitality industry is that generally tech providers focus a lot of their energy on the larger chains, because that’s where they believe the opportunity is,” he said. Part of the Series B will be used to continue investing in OTA Insight’s technology stack. .

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Landed tackles hospitality employee turnover with end-to-end recruitment matching tool

TechCrunch

Staff turnover in restaurants and hospitality has always been an issue, with people leaving at an average rate of 30%. The company touts itself as the “first end-to-end recruitment engine for the restaurant and hospitality industries,” by automating the process of candidate sourcing, engagement and interviewing. Image Credits: Landed.