TourRadar Receives $50 Million for Multi-Day Tour Sales: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Machu Picchu is a 15th-century citadel in the Andes Mountains in Peru that requires a multi-day trip to see. It is one of the popular multiday activities offered by online travel agency TourRadar, which has just received $50 million in Series C funding. TourRadar
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TourRadar stands apart from other online sellers of activities with its rare, leading focus on multiday tours. Meanwhile, Triptease, the hotel direct booking specialist, and Chowbotics, a maker of food service robots, also announced funding.
Travel Startup Funding This Week
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The total funding publicized this week was more than $70 million.
>>TourRadar, an online agency for multi-day activities, such as river cruises and safaris, has received $50 million in a Series C funding round.
TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures) led the round. Erik Blachford, ex-CEO of Expedia, will join TourRadar’s supervisory board.
More than 600 operators, such as G Adventures, Contiki, Collette, Intrepid Travel, Topdeck Travel, Trafalgar, and Uniworld, sell more than 25,000 tours via TourRadar. The Vienna, Austria-based company intends to hire employees and invest in its technology.
Founded in 2009, TourRadar now believes the addressa
