KuaiBangXing Links Chinese Travelers With Activities: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: The Columbia Icefield is the largest ice field in the Canadian Rocky along the border of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. It's one of the places you can visit on a tour bookable through the agency KuaiBangXing. KuaiBangXing
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KuaiBangXing, an activities booking startup, focuses on making it easier for Chinese visitors to North America to sample tours and attractions. It sets up guided transportation between outings, and it lets customers pay with China's popular WeChat Pay system.
Travel Startup Funding This Week
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The total funding publicized this week was more than $1 million.
>>KuaiBangXing, an activities booking startup based in the Seattle area, has raised an undisclosed angel round of funding. The company has raised more than $1 million to date. Daocin Capital led the round.
KuaiBangXing pieces together itineraries based on tours offered via TripAdvisor-owned online agency Viator and through direct relationships with operators. It then charters Mandarin-speaking drivers who can pick up visitors from the airport and escort them to activities.
KuaiBangXing customizes itineraries filled with
