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Travel Technology
A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? $1.3 billion in funding to date.
Sean O'Neill | 2 days ago
This week, travel startups, including rental car service Kyte, collectively announced more than $41 million in funding.
Sean O'Neill | 1 week ago
This week travel startups, including Latin America's Ayenda and Turismocity, have collectively raised more than $30 million in funding.
Sean O'Neill | 2 weeks ago
Skift has recently covered the rise of fintech (financial technology) and insurtech (insurance technology) in travel. We predict you'll also be hearing more about martech, or marketing technology, in the coming year, too.
Sean O'Neill | 3 weeks ago
This week, several travel startups collectively announced they had raised more than $195 million in funding. Concepts included rental apartments for corporate workers in the hybrid era as well as enterprise software for airline business intelligence and corporate travel technology.
Business Travel
Second seasons often disappoint, but Steve Singh's comeback bodes well for blue-chip corporations. Singh is a business travel icon, and his ideas and energy may rev up the metabolism of travel managers, whether or not they buy into his new startup Spotnana.
Airlines
The WestCap Group has led a $150 million round in Flyr, a startup that helps travel companies boost their revenue. "Mogul management" appears to be the new "revenue management."
Sean O'Neill | 4 weeks ago
Online Travel
SiteMinder minimized the pandemic's hit to revenue by selling new tools to help hotels with payments and digital marketing. No wonder Fidelity International wanted to invest ahead of the startup's likely initial public offering in 2022.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 1 month ago
Making the right choices has never been more crucial coming out of this pandemic. Not far from the core of every decision will be technology. Skift is now offering travel executives weekly the critical information needed to build, buy, or partner.
Tom Lowry, Skift | 1 month ago
H2O Hospitality is a Korean startup that gained traction in Japan and now plans to offer its hotel and vacation rental management services in other markets. If you can make it in Osaka, you can make it anywhere.
