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Travel Venture Capital News

Hotels

American Express takes stake in luxury vacation club Inspirato

Inspirato's rebranding and partnership with American Express puts it on the map. The companies still have to prove; however, that there is a large enough market for Inspirato's luxury services.

American Express takes stake in luxury vacation club Inspirato

Hotels

Roomer secures $2 million in funding for hotel reservations marketplace

We'd love to be wrong, but Roomer will face stiff challenges scaling this business and convincing buyers that they have nothing to fear in purchasing hotel reservations from other travelers.

Roomer secures $2 million in funding for hotel reservations marketplace

Airlines

GoEuro attracts $4 million in funding for transportation search engine

This could be a very valuable service for any company that can really accomplish its goals. With ground transportation, in particular, being so fragmented, $4 million can lay the groundwork, but GoEuro will have to be in it for the long haul.

Online Travel

LivingSocial raises $110 million and it’s a downer for daily deals

From Groupon to Travelzoo and LivingSocial, the bloom is long off the rose in the daily deals space for travel and beyond. Amazon, which is an investor in LivingSocial, reports that LivingSocial recorded a $905 million operating loss in 2012.

LivingSocial raises $110 million and it’s a downer for daily deals

Online Travel

Travelers can keep pinning as Pinterest raises $200 million

Pinterest is now valued at $2.5 billion, but it seems like its buzz factor in travel has toned down over the last year or so.

Travelers can keep pinning as Pinterest raises $200 million

Airlines

Travora Media sells remaining assets: Ad network to live, content biz to close

Travora management ran the company into the ground, and its consumer sites languished and will die.

Travora Media sells remaining assets: Ad network to live, content biz to close

Hotels

French daredevil “Spider-Man” climbs facade of aged Havana hotel

French daredevil “Spider-Man” climbs facade of aged Havana hotel

Hotels

Pet-sitting startup Rover raises $7 million and launches video service

There are several sites taking pet sitting into the sharing economy, but Rover is quickly become the mark which others compare themselves to as it receives its second round of funding.

Pet-sitting startup Rover raises $7 million and launches video service

Online Travel

Airbnb, the coolest lingo for startup descriptions on AngelList

Sharing economy is the new new thing and companies large and small that unlock the value of underutilized assets using digital platforms will help redefine large swathes of industries across the spectrum.

Airbnb, the coolest lingo for startup descriptions on AngelList

Hotels

Hotel discovery site Room 77 searches for a CEO after raising $43 million in funding

The role of quality management in a company's success tends to get downplayed, but Room 77 is looking for a rock star to lead it toward the next stage in its development.

Hotel discovery site Room 77 searches for a CEO after raising $43 million in funding