Articles tagged “investment”

Startups

Tailbox Raises $1.5 Million for AI-Based Tour Guide: Startup Funding Roundup

Tailbox is the latest generative AI startup in travel to raise venture capital, this time with a future vision to provide travelers with a personal digital tour guide.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Tailbox Raises $1.5 Million for AI-Based Tour Guide: Startup Funding Roundup

Hotels

Blackstone Takes Stake in Hotel Owner Sunstone as Private Equity Eyes More Lodging Deals

In a turbulent financial market, players such as Blackstone are worth tracking because they usually have more wherewithal to invest in hotels than others do.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Blackstone Takes Stake in Hotel Owner Sunstone as Private Equity Eyes More Lodging Deals

Short-Term Rentals

Short-Term Rentals Attract Private Equity Seeking New Asset Class

The smartest money appears to be warming to the emerging asset class of professionally managed short-term rentals and vacation rentals. But it's probably too soon to expect an "STR REIT," or short-term rental real estate investment trust, this year.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Short-Term Rentals Attract Private Equity Seeking New Asset Class

Business Travel

The Immigration Lawyer Charting New Remote Work Pathways for Companies

From abandoned medieval villages to humanitarian crises, David Cantor's Relocate wants to build a community of legal experts to respond to new mass movements of people around the globe.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

The Immigration Lawyer Charting New Remote Work Pathways for Companies

Business Travel

JP Morgan Sweetens Lengthy Hotel Quarantines for Hong Kong Staff with $5,000 Perk

The bank is making this offer available for almost a year, which is a worrying sign that the region may keep strict measures in place for some time yet.

Scott Murdoch, Reuters | 2 years ago

JP Morgan Sweetens Lengthy Hotel Quarantines for Hong Kong Staff with $5,000 Perk

Hotels

Video: The Short-Term Rental Acquisitions and Investments Landscape

Watch a full session from our recent online event devoted to the short-term rental and outdoor industries.

Skift | 3 years ago

Video: The Short-Term Rental Acquisitions and Investments Landscape

Online Travel

New Skift Research Report: European Venture Investment Trends in the Travel Industry 2017

Europe is finally warming up to the American-style, risk big and risk early venture investment culture that has given birth to so many tech megabrands out of Silicon Valley.

Luke Bujarski, Skift | 7 years ago

New Skift Research Report: European Venture Investment Trends in the Travel Industry 2017

Hotels

Australian Hotel Tech Company SiteMinder Raises $30 Million from U.S. Venture Firm

TCV's investment will help SiteMinder scale on a global level as well as signifies diversified venture firms' growing interest in the hospitality sector.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Skift Q&A: Hospitality Investor Lee Pillsbury on 100 Years of Industry Disruption

If anyone could predict what's in the pipeline for the hospitality industry, it'd be Lee Pillsbury. But the pace of innovation today means that his venture fund is also in search mode to find what the next Hilton or Expedia will be.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Skift Q&A: Hospitality Investor Lee Pillsbury on 100 Years of Industry Disruption