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Cruises

TripAdvisor acquires cruise online-booking site CruiseWise

TripAdvisor's acquisition of CruiseWise is great news for TripAdvisor subsidiary Cruise Critic, which is a leading cruise news and cruise-information site, but is hampered by an outdated user interface and bulletin-like forum technology. This acqui-hire will enable TripAdvisor to finally modernize Cruise Critic, a project that's probably been on the agenda for years.

Dennis Schaal | 13 years ago

Ground Transport

Uber CEO calls Reuters funding scoop “completely false”

Uber is undoubtedly growing quickly and won a small victory with approval to operate in NYC, which appears to be enough work without raising a new round of funding, for now.

Samantha Shankman | 13 years ago

Online Travel

Rocketmiles raises $2 million to turn hotel stays into airline miles

Frequent travelers have plenty of incentive to earn miles through Rocketmiles, but the startup will have to expand its hotel options and offer a cleaner experience than its competitor for sustainable growth.

Samantha Shankman | 13 years ago

Online Travel

Google brings in investor heavyweights to fund Glass startups ecosystem

Travel information is a big part of Google Glass' use case, and would be fascinating to see the travel-related startups that will come out of the ecosystem. We'll be tracking all of them here, stay tuned.

Douglas Macmillan | 13 years ago

Online Travel

The five angel investors who rule the world of travel startups

Ask anyone who the most successful investor in travel is, and they'll talk about Joel Cutler of General Catalyst Partners. But, when it comes to individual investors, this gang of five has a lot of experience and is pretty good. None are infallible, of course, but this is where a lot of the smart money is.

Dennis Schaal | 13 years ago

Online Travel

Updated: City of Paris launches a tourism startup incubator

Hopefully the startups will focus on making Paris more useful and easy for travelers and locals -- similar to what NYC does with its NYC BigApps competition -- rather than fluffy social startups that come and go in this industry.

13 years ago

Online Travel

Foursquare finally closing on Series D funding, amidst general skepticism

The company has proven to be adept at moving at a fast pace on product, don't count CEO Dennis Crowley out just yet.

13 years ago

Hotels

American Express takes stake in luxury vacation club Inspirato

Inspirato's rebranding and partnership with American Express puts it on the map. The companies still have to prove; however, that there is a large enough market for Inspirato's luxury services.

Dennis Schaal | 13 years ago

Hotels

Roomer secures $2 million in funding for hotel reservations marketplace

We'd love to be wrong, but Roomer will face stiff challenges scaling this business and convincing buyers that they have nothing to fear in purchasing hotel reservations from other travelers.

Dennis Schaal | 13 years ago

Airlines

GoEuro attracts $4 million in funding for transportation search engine

This could be a very valuable service for any company that can really accomplish its goals. With ground transportation, in particular, being so fragmented, $4 million can lay the groundwork, but GoEuro will have to be in it for the long haul.

13 years ago