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Online Travel

Tours & activities startup SideTour raises $2.5 million new funding

This is a tough sector to raise funding in, so kudos on that, and long term, SideTour's corporate/B2B business will likely be the driver of the company's revenues and future.

12 years ago

Online Travel

Updated: City of Paris launches a tourism startup incubator

Hopefully the startups will focus on making Paris more useful and easy for travelers and locals -- similar to what NYC does with its NYC BigApps competition -- rather than fluffy social startups that come and go in this industry.

12 years ago

Airlines

PointsHound closes seed round as it offers airline miles for hotel stays

We love the idea of earning airline miles and occasionally hotel points for hotel stays. Is it a sustainable business, and can PointsHound attract the eyeballs to see it all through? These questions loom.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Foursquare finally closing on Series D funding, amidst general skepticism

The company has proven to be adept at moving at a fast pace on product, don't count CEO Dennis Crowley out just yet.

12 years ago

Online Travel

Russian travel site Oktogo.ru secures $11 million in funding

The Russia online travel space is hot, and the depth of Oktogo.ru's funding punctuates that trend.

12 years ago

Online Travel

10 "big data" travel startups on Angel List, living large and making big promises

Big Data is drawing mega attention. But, whether the plethora of travel startups tossing around the term are earnestly focusing on the technology in the hope of creating the next big thing, that's another matter.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Media and PR

Travora sold its travel ad network for $4.4 million

Despite challenges as the advertising industry changed, the Travora advertising network had a decent business going on for awhile, but wild spending and awful strategic decisions led to the dismal outcome.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

PassKit fills its mobile wallet with $1.2 million in funding

Apple's Passbook service has seen mixed pickup since June 2012 launch, but long term mobile becoming a omnibus wallet is where it is going. Passkit is heavily dependent on consumer adoption of Passbook and similar services.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

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.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

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.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago