There hasn't been as much travel startup funding this year. But there are certain areas, particularly hotel tech and business travel, continuing to see investor interest.
Travel in Southeast Asia is steadily growing, but the industry is not technologically prepared to meet digital expectations of the 21st century. There’s a lot of opportunity in changing that.
Despite the emphasis that the Indian Prime Minister places on the tourism sector, the underutilization of funds raises some very pertinent questions about the tourism focus for the government.
This is the second business travel startup in the last three weeks that has raised money to expand in Latin America. There's a big market to modernize.
The companies that got the most funding fall in line with trends we've seen: Hotel tech, business travel tech, and anything focused on the burgeoning Indian travel economy.