5 New Asian Travel Startups Incubated by Amadeus
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Making things predictable — such as train ticket confirmations, airport security lines, mobile phone data fees, how to get from point to point, and the effect of events on hotel demand — is a theme of this batch of startups.
Last week we reported that Hong Kong travel technology startup Klook, which runs a website and mobile application offering up to 50 percent discounts on about 10,000 travel attractions, tours, and activities in Asia, will speed up its global roll out after raising $30 million in a Series B round, led by Sequoia Capital China.
One of the company's early supporters was Amadeus Next, the Asia-focused arm of the travel technology giant that has incubated travel startups since 2015. Amadeus Next doesn't invest in the startups. The Bangkok-based effort instead creates a "community" of mentors, investors, and customers, and it provides startups access to technology and solutions.
Earlier this year it brought MindYourFleet, an Indian software-as-a-service platform for car rental and ground transportation companies, into its community.
Here are five of the startups Amadeus Next has been
