Hugo Pellegrin, auteur/autrice sur Le 10 Minutes Hôtelier - Page 18 sur 32

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MICE : Headbox lève 3,4 millions d’euros pour soutenir sa croissance

📈 Headbox, a platform using AI for organizing professional meetings and events, completed a fundraising round of €3.4 million led by Salica Investments, with Deepbridge Capital and Egora Ventures participating. Founded in 2015 by Andrew Needham and based in London, Headbox aims to expand internationally. Following success in the US market with 10 initial clients and $25 million in revenue generated, the funds will also support the growth of their Australian subsidiary. In January 2024, French MICE company Naboo raised €20 million to fuel its growth.

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Les destinations les plus recherchées pour les vacances de Pâques 2025 selon Booking.com

🏕 During Easter 2025, French travelers from zone B searched for vacation destinations on Booking.com, showing a marked interest in Biarritz, La Rochelle, and Marseille. Internationally, popular searches included European destinations, Dubai, Marrakech, and New York. The data was collected between March 3-10, 2025, for stays planned between April 5-May 5, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.

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SuiteOp lève 2,7 millions d’euros pour automatiser la gestion hôtelière

💾 SuiteOp, a New York-based startup, raised €2.7 million (about $3 million) in a seed funding round led by ScOp Venture Capital with participation from Dream Capital and an unnamed European private fund. Founded in 2022, the company, which provides an AI-powered platform for automating client experiences and hotel operations, experienced a 15% month-over-month growth throughout 2024. The new funds will be invested in enhancing the predictive AI capabilities to foresee operational issues in the hospitality industry.

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Pour Visamundi, l’IA n’automatisera pas les procédures d’obtention de visa

📃 Sébastien Couix, CEO of Visamundi, launched the company in 2017 to simplify travel administrative procedures, now employing about 20 people. Visamundi serves individual travelers and operators, having processed 40,000 to 50,000 travel documents, with a third of clients from outside Europe. The UK introduced ETA on April 2, the EES system is set for 2025 in Europe, and Thailand will require arrival cards from May. Visamundi specializes in up-to-date travel formality advice and has developed a technological solution with an API and integrated AI for tasks like document scans, but emphasizes the necessity of human support. In 2024, the GDPR alliance was launched for data confidentiality and protection, and they offer a SaaS solution for corporate travel managers, including specialized immigration lawyer contacts.

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Inde : la fintech du Voyage Scapia lève 36 millions d’euros

💸 Scapia, an Indian fintech startup in the travel sector, raised over €36 million ($40 million) in a Series B funding round led by Peak XV Partners, with Elevation Capital, Z47, and 3STATE Capital also participating. Founded in 2022 in Bangalore, Scapia offers credit cards with a cashback system, providing 10% rewards in Scapia Coin on transactions, which can be used for booking flights, hotels, or train tickets, plus an additional 20% rewards for booking through their app. The company targets Gen Z, which holds half of the credit cards in India, and plans to use the funds to expand its team, product range, and incorporate artificial intelligence to support growth.

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Wifi à bord : Air Canada est la première compagnie équipée par Eutelsat

📡 Air Canada becomes the first airline to use Eutelsat's satellite connectivity in low Earth orbit (LEO), with services also targeting business aviation. The launch occurs two years after Eutelsat's acquisition of OneWeb. Their multi-orbit GEO/LEO connectivity offering includes a constellation of 600 LEO satellites and 100 approved antennas. Embraer Phenom 300 is the first business jet equipped with LEO service. Textron plans to offer it on various Cessna Citation models and Airbus ACJ versions. Eutelsat's order book exceeds 1,000 aircraft fittings.

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Juno lève 1,8 millions d’euros pour simplifier les voyages d’affaires des invités

💸 Juno, an American startup founded in 2024 by Devon Tivona and Sam Felsenthal, has raised €1.8 million ($2 million) in a pre-seed funding round. The funding round was led by Bungalow Capital and Steve Singh, founder of Concur and director of Madrona Venture Capital. Juno's platform aims to simplify end-to-end business travel management for "guests," which can make up to 20% of a company's travel, including interns, job candidates, contractors, and speakers. The company's first contract is with Altour, integrating Juno's solution to enhance business travel booking and expense management, promising a competitive edge for businesses by allowing travelers to focus on their trip's purpose without logistical complexities.

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Travel d’Or 2025 : les grands gagnants sont…

🏆 Travel d'Or 2025 winners announced on April 3, 2025, at Palais Brongniart, Eventiz organized the 16th edition with 550 tourism decision-makers. 1000 travelers participated in a Discurv survey from February 8 to March 10, 2025. Winners include Club Med (Tour-operator), Air France (Airline), Voyages Leclerc (Travel Agency), Tahiti Tourisme (French Tourism Office), Booking.com (Online Travel Agency), Hertz (Car Rental), MSC Cruises (Cruise Company), Capfun (Outdoor Accommodation), Japan (Foreign Tourism Office), Center Parcs (Vacation Rental), Disneyland Paris (Leisure Park), Relais & Châteaux (Hotels), La Plagne (Ad Campaign), and Air France (Brand of the Year).

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Swifty : « Nous aidons les marques du Travel à perdurer à l’ère conversationnelle »

📱 Swifty, accelerated by the Lufthansa Innovation Hub, created an end-to-end conversational travel booking engine. CEO Stanislav Bondarenko emphasizes its capability to convert oral requests, text, or calendar appointments into bookings. The platform connects users to travel providers through familiar interfaces, like Messenger and WhatsApp, integrating payment via Stripe. Swifty collaborates with airlines, OTAs, and TMCs, and connects to over 90% of airlines globally via NDC and Travelport. It offers a comprehensive inventory, including Expedia's accommodations and rail transport. Swifty promises a booking precision above 95%, aiming for 99% by year-end. The team of six plans to expand to support major travel industry players.

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Limitless Travel lève plus de 7,7 millions d’euros pour rendre les voyages plus accessibles

🏃 Limitless Travel secured €7.7 million in a Series A funding round led by Beringea, with Active Partners, Social Impact, Adjuvo, David Bernstein, Miroma Ventures, and existing investors including Nigel Wray. Founded in 2015 by Angus Drummond, who has muscular dystrophy, the company aims to make travel more accessible for the disabled, addressing a market of 11 million people with mobility issues in the UK alone, part of an industry worth $100 billion. Limitless Travel saw a 350% increase in annual revenue since 2022 and employs 80 staff. The investment will go towards product range expansion, technology development, and international growth.

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