Sean O'Neill, Skift
This week, travel startups announced more than $60 million in funding for a business travel management agency, a sightseeing and experiences agency, a white-label travel insurance provider, a short-term rental manager that uses master leases in Asia, and a student travel service.
5 days ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
This week, travel startups announced more than $437 million in funding. Blockchain-based identify management, hospitality worker recruitment, airline distribution, attractions ticketing, and short-term rental property management were some of the hot concepts attracting investors.
2 weeks ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
FareHarbor and Bokun act as if they're unstoppably on the way to becoming giants. But the market for booking systems for sightseeing and experience operators remains very much in flux.
2 weeks ago
Travelstop + Skift
As business travel surges in APAC, the tech tools needed to manage that travel have fallen behind. But new innovations — like those from Travelstop — are beginning to meet the ever-changing needs of this soon-to-be $900 billion market.
3 months ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Venture capitalists are turning their sights on airline distribution. Duffel's backing by VC firms Index and Benchmark brings hope to the sector. New ideas and technologies may help create more efficient and user-friendly ways for travel agencies to access airline data to sell tickets and other products.
2 weeks ago
Melissa Cheok and Dan Murtaugh, Bloomberg
We'll believe it when we see actual passengers in real flying taxis that authorities have approved as safe.
2 weeks ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
This week travel startups announced more than $64 million in funding. Investors backed innovations in extended-stay lodging, food waste management, voice-powered instructions for airline and hotel workers, help for distressed visitors in India, and event planning tools.
3 weeks ago
Seth Borko, Skift Research
Oyo promises a new type of hotel company. It’s an asset-light brand that seeks to connect the global long tail of mom-and-pop hotels through its tech and distribution platform. But can it live up to the hype? Skift Research dives deep into Oyo’s business strategy and financial performance.
3 weeks ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Melbourne, Australia-based luggage maker July was one of several travel startups that announced collectively more than $21 million in funding this week.
4 weeks ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
By investing in bus booking company Buser, SoftBank continues to add travel-related startups to its portfolio of investments, despite reports of trouble due to its investments in WeWork and Uber that have not met its expectations. Plus, we have this week's news of funding for the startups Jiudianbang, Lyte, Situm, and Skyroam.
1 month ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Hotel tech innovation has been partly hampered by high tolls that property management systems charge for accessing critical data. Impala, Hapi, and other companies hope to bring that connectivity cost down, which could be a windfall for vendors.
1 month ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
This week, the startups Aero, TravelBank, Impala, Quicko, and Fyle together announced more than $45 million in funding.
1 month ago
