Articles tagged “funding”

Duetto’s team has a critical mix of industry insider expertise and tech experience, but adoption from hotel brands that are hesitant to learn a new system will be the company’s biggest hurdle to success.

Users are drawn to visually appealing yet functional services like Hipmunk, but if it doesn’t gain traction with consumers on its own, the startup can power airline’s web apps like it’s done for Air Asia.

Couchsurfing offers travelers somethingnone of its competitors can match: free housing abroad. The organization will have to be careful not to ostracize loyal users on its journey for a fresh look.

Better pet sitting isn't disrupting any existing services. Instead it's massively improving the existing ways people find trusted places to leave their animals.

This little chunk of change should help Airbnb spread its wings a bit and get into a few new households.

In a crowded and contested market, SideCar convinced investors that it could play within city regulations and plans to use the funding for legal and operational hires for its city-by-city expansion.

The site is a likely inspiration for all aspiring travel startups with a steady growth rate and profitable business model, but the upcoming challenge of international expansion and continued regulatory hurdles in the U.S. could determine the startup’s fate on its path to IPO.

Plans for US railways are speeding along the fastest on the coasts as California continues to plan an LA to SF route and the east coast moves ahead with planning that will connect Boston to Atlanta.

The lunatic fringe's obsession with killing national rail program has again made its way into a national political platform. Why this group isn't equally obsessed with hundreds of billions more the federal government spends on highways is something for their therapists.

Obama's opponents don't like being reminded of the earmarks they requested but, still, the money - if used correctly - can provide new jobs and improve some of the country's older roads, trains, and ports.