Articles tagged “startups”

Investment firm Certares is betting on Getaway, which rents cabins offering an outdoor experience to urban consumers looking for an escape from the digital world. The move reflects a wager on travel trends emerging from the pandemic.

In its top travel stories this week, Skift covered the airline pilot shortage, ghost kitchens, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and the emergence of TUI Musement in tours and activities.

Travel bookings will get worse before they get better. But we found a half dozen French travel startups defying the odds. They appear to be setting themselves up well for the post-crisis rebound. Bonne chance!

The pandemic has paradoxically catalyzed many travel startups. Swiss startup Nomady has seen growth by offering outdoor camping to domestic Swiss travelers. Meanwhile, Tokyo-based Cuicin has helped hotels with contactless check-in.

Recent research backs up what many business experts have been saying for a while, that video conferencing is just as productive as in-person meetings — up to a point.

Imagine there's no distribution. It's easy if you try. Imagine there's no commission. All bookings, peer-to-peer. You may say Fetch.Ai is a dreamer. But it's not the only one. This startup hopes someday you'll join it, and hotels will sell as one.

This week, travel startups announced more than $215 million in investment. The funded concepts include travel management for small businesses, property management software for vacation rental managers in China, and luxury vacation rentals in India.

"There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen," Lenin once said. That seems true for the concept of remote working. Decades of talk about a revolution in remote working suddenly became a global experiment. So how will Remote Year adapt for workers hopscotching destinations?

Klook is winning investor confidence during the pandemic. The online agency is tapping into domestic leisure spending in several Asian markets while aspiring to copy some moves from Chinese superapp Meituan by providing more business-to-business services, too.

This week, travel startups announced more than $176 million in funding. Concepts included corporate travel, hotel robots, and channel management for vacation rentals.