Daily Travel Startup Watch: Forexbuy, UrbanGuide and More

Dan Peltier

January 5th, 2016 at 2:21 PM EST

Photo Credit: Forexbuy helps travelers exchange and buy currencies for travel. Forexbuy

Skift Take

These are the newest travel startups from AngelList vying for travelers’ interest and investors’ attention.

It’s not always easy to keep track of new travel startups. Three days a week we alert readers to new startups in the travel industry that have set up profiles on AngelList, the platform for e

Cruises

The Alaska Experiment That Could Reshape How Cruise Lines Navigate Wildlife

Alaska’s reputation as a bucket list cruise destination rests largely on its wildlife encounters, especially whale sightings. MSC Cruises is treating its first season in the region as a research opportunity, exploring how marine science can guide operations in high-density wildlife corridors.

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Leisure and Hospitality Leads U.S. Job Growth on World Cup Boost

While it's not clear the World Cup's tourism impact will live up to the hype, federal data shows the hospitality sector is staffing up ahead of the tournament.

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Travel Technology

The Verdict: Travel’s AI Race Has an Operating Problem

We heard from more than two dozen of travel's most important tech leaders — the people actually deploying AI solutions every day. Here's what the industry still needs to get right.

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Hotels

Ixigo Acquires Hotel Booking Platform and Invests in AI Startups

With Brevistay, Ixigo closes the last major gap in its travel stack. Its twin bets on AI infrastructure hint at a larger goal of keeping trip planning inside its ecosystem, rather than letting it migrate to ChatGPT.

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