BookingKit Gets Millions More for Experiences Software: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week, travel startups announced more than $7 million in funding. >>BookingKit, which provides software to tours-and-activity operators, raised an undisclosed round of funding. The Deutsche Startups podcast said the investment was about $6 million (€5 million). Past backers Intermedia Vermögensverwaltung, Müller Medien, and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) participated, along with other investors. Bookingkit, which helps "experiences" operators manage, sell, distribute, and market their services, is believed to have raised more than $15 million since its founding in 2014. The Berlin-based startup has focused on the German, Austrian, and Swiss markets, distributing thousands of listings for experiences, activities, and attractions in Europe to online aggregators and travel agencies like GetYourGuide and Ctrip. >>Rotamundos, a social hotel chain based in Mexico, has raised $1.4 million in seed financing, with the possibility of