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Articles tagged “investors”

Coronavirus

Will Airbnb Flip the Initial Public Offering Playbook Yet Again?

In this tragic and topsy-turvy year, market conditions can change before the end of this sentence. As of this writing, Airbnb seemingly has a path to go public at a valuation that it can likely live with.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Will Airbnb Flip the Initial Public Offering Playbook Yet Again?

Coronavirus

8 Travel Recovery Zingers From Y Combinator’s Adam Goldstein: The Long View This Week

Regardless of the shape of the travel recovery, it's clear that travel startups will be behind the curve. Many investors were already wary of funding new travel companies, but now they'll have to worry whether the next pandemic will shut them down anew.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

8 Travel Recovery Zingers From Y Combinator’s Adam Goldstein: The Long View This Week

Online Travel

Video: Naspers Group Investment Exec Sees Consumer Focus Shifting From Price to Convenience

Are consumers discarding price-consciousness for convenience? Uber is convenient, but it's also cheap. These dueling preferences aren't clear-cut, and the trends will remain complex.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Video: Naspers Group Investment Exec Sees Consumer Focus Shifting From Price to Convenience

Online Travel

Video: Travel Investors on Why Booking Sites Still Have Plenty of Room for Growth

Is this only the beginning of the beginning of online travel? With a recent downbeat set of results from online travel agencies, it's a question that's hotly debated these days.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 6 years ago

Video: Travel Investors on Why Booking Sites Still Have Plenty of Room for Growth

Online Travel

Online Travel Plunge Spurs Investor Wariness

When Priceline sneezes, the online travel industry catches a cold.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Online Travel Plunge Spurs Investor Wariness

Online Travel

The State of Early-Stage Travel Startups: Where Investments Went in 2015

Some entrepreneurs are subject to so much tunnel vision that they can't see when it's time to either pivot or give up. The themes of pivoting to B2B and targeting the vacation and short-term rental space are commonplace and it's realities like these that investors impress upon startups every day. Everyone trying to do the same thing without differentiating creates a lack of ambition, a sentiment shared by some investors we recently spoke to.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

The State of Early-Stage Travel Startups: Where Investments Went in 2015

Hotels

Starwood Founder Barry Sternlicht Invests in HotelTonight

Does HotelTonight really provide incremental bookings without detracting from the hotels' own websites and apps? Several big hotel chains and Barry Sternlicht are now on board and apparently believe so. But, what happens down the road when the humble startup gets too powerful? That's something to consider, as well.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Starwood Founder Barry Sternlicht Invests in HotelTonight

Online Travel

Startup Raises $500,000 to Add Smart Hotel Bookings to Productivity Apps

Both unmanaged and managed business travelers are turning to their own mobile apps for bookings presenting an opportunity for previously non-travel apps to increase their own value by adding travel-related tools.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Startup Raises $500,000 to Add Smart Hotel Bookings to Productivity Apps

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Breaking Down the Forbes 400 to Find the Richest People in Travel

Investing in travel isn't such a gamble after all, except if you're referring to gaming -- which appears to be a sure bet when it comes to wealth creation.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Breaking Down the Forbes 400 to Find the Richest People in Travel

Hotels

Vacation Ownership Site Gets $5 Million in Funding From Hotel Veterans

Venture capitalists are increasingly making bets that vacation homes and timeshares are a tremendous growth opportunity as an alternative to hotels.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Vacation Ownership Site Gets $5 Million in Funding From Hotel Veterans