Articles tagged “startups”

Expensya, the corporate expense management startup, has been acquired. 

This deal is a nice landing for the startup Tripbam, which helps travel managers track prices. The giant in corporate travel software, SAP Concur, needs to watch its back as upstarts like Emburse become assertive.

Hopper critics see blood in the water. But the company has a loyal following among younger people that rivals would die for. Hopper has altered course many times before, and can make changes to shift the momentum.

The story of Culture Trip is sordid, and in the scheme of things, an inconsequential blip on the face of heavily funded travel startups.

Dozens of airlines have been creating alternatives to traditional interline agreements, selling fares on other airlines or railways. A few factors appear to be driving more of these deals.

The startup Techsembly performs a neat trick in letting luxury hotel brands like The Peninsula sell gift cards to boost upsells without creating a downmarket vibe. No wonder it caught Sabre's eye.

Maybe hotels should focus first on the basics, like getting on the cloud and ditching cable TV. But having fun products like robots is, at the very least, good for marketing.

Squake has a mission to spread the word about travel carbon emissions, while HiJiffy is using tech from ChatGPT to power a chatbot for hotels.

Smiler wants to make it easier for photographers and tourists to connect at travel destinations, while more startups are venturing into developing sustainable aviation fuel.

A lot of generative AI-based travel planning and booking tools are coming out. Which ones will last?