Articles tagged “funding”

This week's travel startup funding, all in one place.

It's an odd experiment from an unconventional brand.

This week's travel startup funding news, all in one place.

Tansler enters a space where the Expedia-HomeAway deal has done astronomically more to shake up the vacation rental sector than the former is currently capable of. But the idea of adding a new level of competition to vacation rentals that already exists with hotels with sites like BackBid is something to get excited about.

If transportation complexity creates opportunity, then GoEuro, flush with another $45 million in funding, has an open road ahead.

This week's crop of travel startup funding, all in one place.

Just in time for the holidays, startups like Freebird and Travo show potential to get travelers out of tough spots and onto their final destinations.

The latest revenue numbers from Airbnb explain why Expedia is acquiring HomeAway, the Priceline Group is touting its 21 million bookable rooms, and Wall Street analysts are questioning hotel-chain CEOs on the prospect of selling hotel rooms through Airbnb.

There's no ignoring Ola anymore--it's now one of the top-funded travel startups and is happy to dominate the Indian ride hailing app space while Uber watches, and strategizes, from the side lanes.

With Expedia acquiring Travelocity, Orbitz Worldwide, Wotif and HomeAway since 2014, it isn't hard to imagine Expedia adding GetYourGuide to its portfolio -- although with this latest funding round the price tag just went up.