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Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Next-generation lodging firm Sonder has announced that it is laying off 21 per cent of its corporate team and seven per cent of its frontline staff.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Tech-enabled hospitality platform and operator, WhyHotel, has rebranded as Placemakr after raising $90 million in equity investment.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / Spain: Cloud-based hospitality business intelligence platform OTA Insight has acquired Madrid-based vacation rental market intelligence company Transparent.

Reading Time: 3 minutesHong Kong: Hotel group Mandarin Oriental has partnered with luxury vacation rental membership platform StayOne to launch Mandarin Oriental Exclusive Homes.

Reading Time: 3 minutesVancouver: Operto Guest Technologies has completed its $12 million USD Series A financing round.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Inspirato has closed its business combination with special purpose acquisition company [SPAC] Thayer Ventures Acquisition Corporation.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAmsterdam: Online travel agency Booking.com plans to cut up to 3000 jobs worldwide due to a reorganisation of the company.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Marine & Lawn Hotels & Resorts has officially launched in the UK with the debut of two reimagined hotels in Scotland: Rusacks St Andrews

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Jason Pomeranc, founder of the SIXTY Collective, the international hospitality company behind Sixty Hotels, has launched new hotel concept CIVILIAN NYC, which will open
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIndia: SoftBank-backed hospitality chain OYO has received $5 million in investment from global tech corporation Microsoft, according to a regulatory filing, in the lead-up to