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Agoda
Coverage of Agoda in the Nexus archive.
- European travel platform Omio raises $10 million and buys Rail Europe as it chases Asia’s tourism market
Omio, a Berlin-based travel platform, acquired Rail Europe and secured $10 million in funding from Granite-Integral to expand into Asia. The company aims to leverage Rail Europe's network of travel agencies to distribute Asian rail content and targets growing tourism markets in Japan and Southeast Asia.
- [MY] Please dont click link to verify hotel
A user received a WhatsApp message to verify a hotel booking on Agoda, clicked the link, and entered credit card details. A fraudulent 222 Euro transaction occurred, prompting the user to block their card and warn others against clicking suspicious links.