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Articles tagged “vcroundup”

Hotels

5 New Travel Startups Put Niche Spins on Short-Term Rental Booking

Airbnb and HomeAway clones are a dime-a-dozen. But we found a handful carving out niche market segments that seem promising. These startups focus on travelers interested in corporate-friendly lodgings, architecture and design properties, Asia's top destinations, and exclusive luxury residences.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

5 New Travel Startups Put Niche Spins on Short-Term Rental Booking

Hotels

Stay Alfred Raises $15 Million to Bring Hotel Service to Short-Term Rentals: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Stay Alfred's $15 million Series A funding may pale next to the roughly $3 billion that Airbnb has raised. But the company — which services apartment rentals and aims for hotel-quality service — is part of a thriving wave of vendors providing an ecosystem of services around short-term urban rentals.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Stay Alfred Raises $15 Million to Bring Hotel Service to Short-Term Rentals: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Online Travel

Lola Gets $15 Million to Fund App Update: Travel Startup Funding This Week

While some entrepreneurs argue that speech, not messaging, is the future of how consumers will communicate with technology, Lola's CEO and co-founder Paul English told Skift last year that messaging is more popular than talking and Lola's latest investment will help it continue to test whether this is true with travelers.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Lola Gets $15 Million to Fund App Update: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Online Travel

Event Tech Startups Raised $40 Million in 2016: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Hopefully meeting and event tech startups get more VC love in 2017 because it's one of the industries that requires the most innovation to keep up with growing worldwide demand.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Event Tech Startups Raised $40 Million in 2016: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Online Travel

Ride-Hailing Startups Raised Over $460 Million Since June: Travel Startup Funding This Week

December is officially this year's top month for the highest total amount of travel startup funding thanks to two mega rounds for ride-hailing startups but the verdict is still out about the venture capital situation for the full year.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Ride-Hailing Startups Raised Over $460 Million Since June: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Online Travel

Travel Startups Announced Over $218 Million in Funding This Week

From private jets to vacation rentals to mobile flight bookings, this week's funding rounds represent some of the most talked about sectors in the travel industry in 2016 and give some sense of where they're heading in the new year.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Travel Startups Announced Over $218 Million in Funding This Week

Online Travel

Chinese Short-Term Rental Site Zhubaijia Raises $14.5 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Airbnb found that breaking into China wasn't so easy, and it appears that China-based Zhubaijia is also discovering that.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Chinese Short-Term Rental Site Zhubaijia Raises $14.5 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Online Travel

Ride-Sharing App Gett Raises $100 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week

With two big raises totaling $400 million this year, Gett is bent on challenging Uber in some of its most popular markets -- even if Uber has billions of dollars more to play ball with competitors.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Online Travel

Musement Raises $10 Million for Tours and Activities: Travel Startup Funding This Week

As a tours and activities booking site, Musement's latest funding round is underscored this week by the forthcoming announcement of Airbnb's tours product which could be a game changer for the company and how many travelers explore destinations.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Musement Raises $10 Million for Tours and Activities: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Online Travel

Family Travel Planning Site Winnie Raises $2.5 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Families still lack a trusted and useful travel guide for the digital age, and perhaps startups like Winnie that want to make it easier to find activities and places on the go will make family travel more enjoyable for the parents who plan everything.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 7 years ago

Family Travel Planning Site Winnie Raises $2.5 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week