Category: Travel Tech
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Travelers get conversational: search and discovery habits are changing. Are online travel agencies ready?
AI chat is becoming the front door to travel. As booking windows compress and platform shares shift, the winners will redesign the end‑to‑end journey around dialog—not clicks. Why this matters now Across U.S. short‑term rentals, demand is volatile, and the planning clock is ticking faster. In Q2 2025, forward occupancy slipped, down 6% for August…
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Overcoming Technical Speed Bumps to Reach the Next Stage of Growth
In every entrepreneurial journey, there are familiar stages—ideation, prototype, beta release, product launch, product-market fit, and, if all goes well, scaling toward maturity. Each stage brings its own set of challenges, and each requires a different kind of leadership, decision-making, and adaptability. At Lake, we’ve recently passed a pivotal milestone: product-market fit. We’ve built a…
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The Lounge is Closed—Now What? Seizing the $5.7B Opportunity in Airport Hospitality Tech
Executive Summary When a beloved airport lounge app was acquired and shut down by a Fortune 500 company, a void emerged in the travel tech ecosystem. That closure didn’t just remove a digital utility—it disrupted the way frequent flyers around the world prepared, relaxed, and worked while in transit. As a seasoned entrepreneur and frequent…