Mitra Sorrells

About a year after Rappi partnered with Marriott in Mexico, the integration has extended to the super app’s users in Colombia, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.  

Backed by General Catalyst, Amazon Alexa Fund, Maven Ventures, Samsung Next and individuals from OpenAI, MultiOn is rapidly developing its AI agent technology for travel and other applications.

Yanolja Cloud is the hotel tech arm of Yanolja, a leading travel app in South Korea, and provides hotel management software, booking engines, inventory distribution systems and more, with operations in more than 200 countries.  

The Amsterdam-based hospitality technology company said it will use the fresh capital to become more aggressive with mergers and acquisitions to accelerate growth of its business.

Developers entering the “Hospitality and Travel Challenge” have to demonstrate how decentralized identity technology combined with traditional travel technology can create a more frictionless, personalized and connected travel journey.  

The three data breaches, dating back to 2014, affects hundreds of millions of customers of both Marriott and its subsidiary Starwood.

The certification is based on a 100-point evaluation that considers properties based on five categories: healthy eating, holistic healing, nature, movement and local impact.

Dtravel has also joined the Fetch.ai Foundation, which is focused on research and development of AI, Web3 and multi-agent technologies.  

While still very early days, the development of agents is moving fast and raises questions about the evolution of marketing strategies and search optimization, such as whether site design should change.

 The company finished 2024 strong with double-digit percentage growth in room nights, gross bookings and revenue in the final quarter.