Articles tagged “funding”

Online Travel

This Week in Travel Startup Funding: Meerkat, Rover and More

Pets deserve a vacation too and with Rover their owners can't say there weren't any sitters available as an excuse not to take a vacation. Also, Meerkat's bank account keeps growing but whether users' interests are as well is a different story.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

This Week in Travel Startup Funding: Shuddle, Oktogo and More

It looks like Uber has another competitor but Shuddle won't be on Uber's radar any time soon.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

This Week in Travel Startup Funding: Airseed, Buster and More

Activity-planning startups are a dime a dozen but Musement seems to be getting investors' attention.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

This Week in Travel Startup Funding: CreateTrips, Citymaps and More

We thought social trip planners were a thing of the past.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

This Week in Travel Startup Funding: BookingPal, Triptease and More

Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Vacation Rental Distributor BookingPal Attracts $5 Million in Funding

The global distribution world has long offered vacation rentals to travel agents but the investments by Amadeus Ventures and former Sabre CFO Jeff Jackson in BookingPal symbolize new and more serious interest.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Hotels

Hotel Startup Alice Raises $3 Million to Build Out Hospitality Mobile Tech

Smart travel startups realize that the real money to be made is on the back-end and they’re creating solutions that in-house teams haven’t yet thought out.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

B2B Hospitality Startup Revinate Raises $15.3 Million to Build Out Reputation Software

Fostering a personal relationship with guests, which is critical for hotels looking to build loyalty and drive direct bookings, has never been easier through multiple online channels. However, tools that streamline, automate and consolidate some of that information and interactions is necessary to sustainable success.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Travel App Breadtrip Secures $50 Million in Funding

We've yet to see a content-sharing travel app catch on with consumers, no matter how much money has been poured into it.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Hotel Tech Company RezNext Attracts $5 Million in Funding

Digital marketing and distribution to the highly fractured global hotel industry is a hot category that's attracting lots of funding and attention. Let's see what RezNext CEO Mike Kistner, formerly of Pegasus Solutions, now a competitor, can do with a nimble startup as opposed to a legacy hotel distribution company.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago