Articles tagged “startups”

Roami has a unique approach for acquiring short-term rentals units, and Doroni Aerospace wants to make personal aircraft that can be stored in a two-car garage.

With Indian airlines placing big bets on aircraft orders and deploying higher capacities on international routes, the global travel industry seems to be sitting up and taking note of the India outbound travel market's potential.

Investing in holograms is bold and risky. But who knows? It may appeal to some guests. And, imagine all the social media posts.

Roch Ventures, a €150 million ($160.2 million) fund for travel tech startups in Europe and Israel, has made its first investment. 

PteroDynamics wants to enter the commercial market with a novel vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that has folding wings.

Digital tipping will not solve the hotel labor shortage problem, but it certainly can’t hurt. At the very least, it gives customers options.

Unyoked wants companies to offers its off-grid cabin rentals as an employee benefit, and AeroCloud wants to help small airports modernize operations.

Gen Z travelers are hard to please. With support from Sequoia and defy.vc partners, hotel booking startup Safara is looking to build loyalty in this demographic by focusing on curations, memberships, and environmental consciousness.

The roundup this week: Four travel tech startups based in four different continents, all focused on ground transportation.

Hotelbeds is joining some other travel tech companies in looking outside for innovative ideas. It's not on the level of adding a venture capital arm as some major travel companies have done, but it follows a similar idea.