Travelsify Raises $5.8 Million for Hotel and Restaurant Tech: Travel Startup Funding This Week
Photo Credit: Shown here are the leaders of Travelsify, a startup that has raised a round of funding led by Accor. In the center is CEO Bruno Chauvat. To the right is Alexandra Fernández Ramos, chief product and sales officer. To the left is Dr Alexander Weber, the third co-founder. Travelsify
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Accor's backing of Travelsify is eye-opening. It suggests that the hotel giant will take advantage of the startup's artificial intelligence-powered engine, which collects data about hotels, restaurants, and vacation rentals to boost online marketing and discovery.
Travel Startup Funding This Week
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The total funding publicized this week was more than $8.3 million. That doesn't include the commitment that Oyo, the next-generation hotel brand based in India, which said this week it had received $1 billion in commitments for funding.
>>Travelsify, has raised $5.8 million, or €5 million, in seed funding.
AccorHotels led the round. Travelsify has raised $9.3 million, or €8 million, to date.
The company is an artificial intelligence-powered engine that collects and generates information about restaurants, hotels, and vacation rentals that can facilitate more sophisticated marketing and recommendations. Travelsify's database off
