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This week a half-dozen travel startups collectively announced more than $87 million in funding, including SmarterTravel, a set of travel content brands once owned by Tripadvisor.

H2O Hospitality is a Korean startup that gained traction in Japan and now plans to offer its hotel and vacation rental management services in other markets. If you can make it in Osaka, you can make it anywhere.

Travel startups Angel Host, Thatch, Wanderlog, YouTravel, Margin Fuel, Zo World, and others have raised capital this week. Continued innovation is a bright spot as the travel sector heads into the last quarter of the year.

This week, Nigeria's Plentywaka, India's Oyo, and South Korea's GuideLive announced more than $7 million in funding collectively.

Travel startups raised more than $390 million in funding this week for concepts such as launching a budget airline, enabling influencers to sell trips, and making it easier to book European campsites, Korean hotels, and Saudi short-term rentals.

This week TravelLocal and Trip.me raised funding for using digital tools to make travel agents more efficient, XOKind raised for its travel booking app Una, and MyBeezBox raised to help hospitality companies with online cross-sells.

This week, travel startups announced more than $60 million in funding. Concepts included short-term rental stays in the U.S., travel services in Vietnam, and online travel sales in Russian-speaking markets.

This week, travel startups announced more than $95 million in funding. Concepts included online travel and transit booking in India, the high-tech packaging of multi-day tours, tools to help agents book travel, and a travel brand for motorcycle owners.

This week, travel startups announced more than $710 million in funding. Concepts included Oyo's branded hospitality network, a Chinese hotel group that aims to appeal to its guests across all five senses, and a rewards app for low carbon travel.

This week, travel startup Yanolja said it had raised $1.7 billion in funding. A few smaller businesses also raised funding, including Bookaway, which aims to link up ground and sea transportation booking systems.