Startups

You can make the argument that this acquisition will get more relevant hotel deals to consumers, but HotelTonight's acquisition of PrimaTable really is about maximizing revenue for the hotels and HotelTonight.

Guests have to pay standard room rates with the expectation of little more than free Wi-Fi, although their names appearing on the GM’s VIP list may be helpful if they don’t mind sucking up a little.

More of a tuck-in picking-up-assets acquisition for Tripadvisor as it ramps up its social travel efforts, as a layer on top of its giant behemoth of a machine.

Imagine Hipmunk for airport transporation. The site will be especially helpful when expanded to cities with fewer transportation than San Francisco where tech-savvy fliers can call Uber and Lyft.

Social travel planning sites are officially so last year. In their place we now have taxi-related tech startups that promise to make cab hailing so much better.

JumpJet is positioning itself somewhere between airlines and the costly fractional ownership programs and is best suited for domestic business travelers with its current travel restrictions.

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.

Feature phones are still the dominant communication device in the emerging world and this Tanzanian startup's basic service improves travelers' lives with a basic implementation of an otherwise complicated transaction.

Uber is offering free services in Toronto this week to usurp the launch, but TechCrunch argues that Hailo’s superior driver-side experience and flexible tipping structure that will pay off in the long haul.

HotelMe's authenticated hotel review proposition is one of those things that may you wonder why no one has done it until now. The startup is very late to the hotel-review game, but it has a powerful marketing partner in USA Today.