Articles tagged “funding”

December is officially this year's top month for the highest total amount of travel startup funding thanks to two mega rounds for ride-hailing startups but the verdict is still out about the venture capital situation for the full year.

From private jets to vacation rentals to mobile flight bookings, this week's funding rounds represent some of the most talked about sectors in the travel industry in 2016 and give some sense of where they're heading in the new year.

Is there a big enough market for travelers to track flights through push notifications and wait weeks or months to buy instead of going to a website and entering their itinerary details? Hopper, Hitlist, and others think Millennials and others will shop this way but there is skepticism about how large these businesses can become.

As TripAdvisor evolves into more of a booking site than it is today, it makes total sense over the long term for it to get increasingly interested in corporate travel. Business travelers yearn for that elusive perfect trip, too.

Airbnb found that breaking into China wasn't so easy, and it appears that China-based Zhubaijia is also discovering that.

With two big raises totaling $400 million this year, Gett is bent on challenging Uber in some of its most popular markets -- even if Uber has billions of dollars more to play ball with competitors.

While travel funding saw a decline compared to last year, investments are still flowing into the industry.

As a tours and activities booking site, Musement's latest funding round is underscored this week by the forthcoming announcement of Airbnb's tours product which could be a game changer for the company and how many travelers explore destinations.

Families still lack a trusted and useful travel guide for the digital age, and perhaps startups like Winnie that want to make it easier to find activities and places on the go will make family travel more enjoyable for the parents who plan everything.

It's been a quieter year for mobile check-in and room key news as many hotels are on board and offer this technology to guests. But data show many guests aren't actually using mobile room keys and aren't satisfied with them, and it's important that new innovation from startups like OpenKey continue to help hotels get this right.