Executives at Halifax travel scheduling startup Trip Ninja are shuttering the company, citing COVID-19’s protracted effects on the travel industry, as first reported by Huddle.
Founded in 2015 by CEO Andres Collart and Developer Rob Dumont, Trip Ninja was originally conceived as a way for consumers using travel-booking websites like Britain’s Globehunters.com to find the cheapest routes for multi-city trips. In October, the company introduced a revised version of its software, dubbed QuickTrip, that was targeted at brick-and-mortar travel agents.
“When we put our rudimentary program on the
