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Klook CPO Liu Outlines Travel Booking Platform’s Global Expansion

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Having $1 billion in bookings and more than 200 destinations globally – those are big numbers, to be sure, but these are not stats gleaned from an airline. As for Klook itself, the company operates with an effort to streamline the process of booking travel activities that can span visits to attractions, hotels and restaurants.

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Amazon Opens New Book Store, More To Come

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While much has been made in the past few months about Amazon’s grocery store of the future, Amazon Go isn’t the online retailer’s only brick-and-mortar play — and a new move indicates that Amazon looks to continue expanding its physical retail presence outside of the grocery space. That’s not all.

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Bitcoin Daily: Travala.com Combines With TravelbyBit; France Tests Blockchain-Operational Digital Euro

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Travala.com CEO Juan Otero said in the announcement, “We couldn’t be more excited to join forces with TravelbyBit, which is backed by Binance and have constantly been achieving and pushing crypto adoption by providing blockchain-based online travel booking services.”

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Japan’s Oyo Hotel Startup Gets Management Help From Investor SoftBank

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Oyo Japan is a joint venture between the Indian online hotel company and SoftBank’s domestic telecoms unit, and it is among the most hard-hit by the pandemic among SoftBank’s portfolio of sharing economy businesses. The committee was announced in a town hall meeting on Aug. 3, Bloomberg reported.

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Online Payment Processor Stripe Makes Terminal Available In US

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Online-first retailers like Warby Parker are using Terminal to build a fully customized in-person checkout,” the company said. Housecall Pro — a software platform that helps more than 50,000 home service professionals run their businesses — now lets its users manage online bookings and accept in-person payments with Stripe all from one app.”.

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Why AP Management For SMBs Is More Than Making A Payment

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Middle market companies need help navigating the complexities of accounts payable management, especially when it comes to cross-border, cross-currency payments. Tipalti CEO Chen Amit told Karen Webster a holistic approach has helped his firm grow bookings by triple-digit percentages. In business, process is as important as payments.

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Loadsmart Lands $90M From BlackRock, Maersk, For Digital Shipping Platform

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Loadsmart features an online portal designed for those in the shipping business to move freight through ports and across rail lines and highways on land. Loadsmart said it has instead focused on what its online shipping platform can do for companies in the transportation business on a value-added basis, “coupled with API integrations.”.

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