TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Twin brothers Harry and Peter Yu grew up traveling all over, an aspect of their lives that continued even into their careers. People travel differently, but the common denominator is that everyone uses some kind of document to plan and share their trip information,” Harry Yu told TechCrunch. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

In yet another example of how competitive the spend management space has become, Brex announced today that it has expanded into travel. In an interview with TechCrunch, co-CEO and co-founder Henrique Dubugras said that users of Brex Empower will now be able to book travel inside the Brex mobile app.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

Bach, an app for planning bachelorette trips and group travel experiences, has announced $9 million in Series A funding led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Launched in 2020, Bach aims to solve the hassle behind coordinating group travel by allowing groups to discover, plan and book trips all in one place.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

As more people dust off their luggage and passports after stowing them away during the global pandemic, Elude aims to show travelers a new way to take spontaneous trips. The Los Angeles-based startup launched its travel discovery mobile app Thursday, a budget-first search engine that shows people how far their money will take them.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The travel industry was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic , and startup Headout was no exception. But business is growing again thanks to rebounds in domestic travel and Headout claims it has grown 800% since January 2021. The first is an unprecedented demand for domestic travel. Then COVID-19 hit.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Travel is back, at least according to experts who say travel bookings for over the Thanksgiving holiday are showing to be even higher than pre-pandemic levels. Anyone who loves travel or is that friend who always plans the best vacations, Fora has a tool for you. Travel agencies are a $100 billion market in the U.S. ,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Travel app Elude is on a roll, announcing an additional $3 million on the heels of a $2.1 Alex Simon, CEO, and Frankie Scerbo, CMO, got the idea for the Los Angeles-based startup three years ago after bonding over a love of spontaneous travel, but not finding enough options within their budget. Elude raises $2.1M

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

This morning TripActions , a software company whose tools help businesses book and manage corporate travel, announced a new $155 million investment. A month later in late March TripActions laid off hundreds of staff as the travel market froze solid.

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Among startup categories, travel has followed one of the more unusual investment trajectories. At the time, investors were also enthusiastically backing businesses targeting business travel, customized online trip planning, and new models for upscale accommodations. Then COVID hit, and travel spending dried up.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Public travel systems provider Amadeus opened for business way back in 1987 when four airlines wanted to offer a centralized booking system. Today, the company facilitates booking and inventory management for 216 airlines, as well as hotels, trains, airports, online travel companies and even corporations.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Bach , a group travel app for planning bachelorette trips, has announced $8 million in seed funding led by Corazon Capital. Mike Petrakis, the founder and CEO of Bach, told TechCrunch that the idea for Bach came from his personal experiences with travel. “We’re making key hires across technology, marketplace and marketing teams.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

With more people working from home than ever, the desire to take advantage of that newfound flexibility to travel has been greater than ever. But just because you have the ability to travel and work from anywhere, doesn’t mean you can afford to. Or you could run your home like a hotel and put it on Airbnb to finance your travel.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The two had been traveling independently with their partners in their camper vans, having embraced the so-called “ van life ” lifestyle. “Just like in the ’90s, if you wanted to book a hotel or travel somewhere, you’d have to call hotels individually. Back in 2017, S?kr’s The rebrand to S?kr

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Now, a promising travel startup that saw its growth arrested by the arrival and persistence of the pandemic is announcing a $97 million financing facility to help it stay the course until it can finally resume normal business. GetYourGuide closes $133M convertible note as travel startups continue to weather the COVID-19 storm.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

Friends Alvaro Silberstein and Camilo Navarro came up with the idea for the Wheel the World travel booking site following a 2016 trip to Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. Tapping into this market of disability travel will be tapping into more than $100 billion globally,” Silberstein added.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Travel and tourism are slowly starting to move again in the wake of COVID-19 crashing over the world and sending us to shelter in place. That’s a big shift from a year ago, when travel-related companies were regrouping and trying to figure out how to continue weathering what had turned out to be a very long storm.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

South Korean travel tech startup Yanolja has acquired a 70% stake in a listed South Korean e-commerce pioneer, Interpark , for about $250 million. . Interpark offers online travel booking services and international shipping to more than 230 countries and targets Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese-speaking customers.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Mobile travel app Hopper has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers canceled their trips and airlines dropped their flights. Hundreds of these are visible when you sort by “Most Recent” reviews on iOS, which is damaging to what had been, before the pandemic, a trusted and respected travel brand. @.sp2020

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Altexsoft

MAY 31, 2022

Dubai, UAE — May 31, 2022 — AltexSoft, one of 1,500 exhibitors from 158 countries, participated in the 2022 Arabian Travel Market. Participating organizations included hotels, airlines, online travel agencies, travel management companies, destination management companies, and others. . About AltexSoft.

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Altexsoft

AUGUST 9, 2023

A well-structured B2B travel platform is no longer just a “nice-to-have.” ” It has become an integral tool, ensuring the travelers’ comfort and the operations’ cost-effectiveness and efficiency. Corporate travel management comes with its unique set of needs and challenges. Legacy GDS limitations.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Better.com finally went public The biggest fintech news of the week centered around Better.com’s no good, very bad public market debut. But I’m not sure anyone expected it to be hovering at a share price that gave Better.com a market cap of just $19.14 To sum it up, digital mortgage lender Better.com made its public debut on August 24.

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Existek

JANUARY 31, 2022

Have you thought of how customer preferences are changing the travel market? The short answer is that technology is revolutionizing the way people travel. Following the market tendencies, travel brands definitely understand the need to provide customers with new solutions. Why build a travel app.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 15, 2021

This is a guest article by Carla Andre-Brown, content marketer from Mailbird. Last year, the clear path the travel industry once had was swept away. This was largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic uprooting the status quo for both international and domestic travel. The Challenges of Marketing to Travelers.

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Altexsoft

JULY 14, 2022

In the last few years (and especially after the pandemic), travel trends have dramatically shifted and multiple studies prove it. TripAdvisor‘s “Travel in 2022: A Look Ahead” Report. Moreover, half of Gen Z respondents said they want to get out of their comfort zone and crave a sense of risk and excitement while traveling.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

” Three travel startups tell us how they’re responding to the coronavirus crisis. ” Three travel startups tell us how they’re responding to the coronavirus crisis. “The pandemic has been the worst crisis in the history of tourism, but it’s also proven that leisure travel is a fundamental human need.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The gradual return of tourism and travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to see a wave of startups raising rounds of funding to meet new opportunities in the market. “We see that as a major opportunity, giving creators the chance to get inventory from elsewhere and push theirs out to other places.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Indian capital market regulator has moved Digit’s IPO application to “abeyance,” it said in what is a disappointing development for the online insurer’s plan to go public. Indian market regulator puts insurer Digit’s $440 million IPO in ‘abeyance’ by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Influencer marketing is one of the fastest-growing and one of the most impactful media channels today. Marketers have now realized that their customers trust the recommendations of people they relate with. AIfluence is a two-year-old startup with an AI-driven influencer marketing approach to measuring these campaigns.

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Altexsoft

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In the continuously changing travel industry, data-driven insights are revolutionizing decision-making processes. Beyond its fundamental role in elevating customer experience, travel analytics has a valuable impact on revenue growth and cultivating a competitive edge. Travel data: external and internal sources.

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Altexsoft

JANUARY 30, 2023

As a travel business, it’s not enough to just offer a variety of travel options to your customers. By creating exclusive travel experiences for a select group of clients, you can increase customer loyalty, repeat purchase rate, and revenue. Travel clubs. Members of corporate travel programs. Group travelers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Sometimes I described it like, ‘Maybe the worst place to be in a pandemic like this was a venture-backed hospitality company focused on corporate travelers with urban exposure,’” he told TechCrunch. COVID ended up causing some really unexpected travel patterns and shifts in how people both stayed and traveled,” Kitchell said. “So

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Travel startups continue to rake in venture capital dollars as more people become comfortable traveling amid the global pandemic. SmarterTravel has 7 million email newsletter subscribers and uses proprietary artificial intelligence fixes to give customers travel information and discounts. Jordan Staab, CEO of SmarterTravel.

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CIO

APRIL 19, 2024

Money generated from prepaid travel cards is set to quadruple between 2022 and 2032, from $120.5 billion, according to Allied Market Research. This sharp upward trajectory is due in large part to an increase in international travel as tourist numbers slowly climb up to pre-pandemic levels. billion to $492.80

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Archer Aviation, the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle startup, has partnered with India’s travel and hospitality conglomerate InterGlobe Enterprises to launch an all-electric air taxi service in the country in 2026. If successful, it would make the South Asian nation its second international market outside the U.S.

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Altexsoft

MAY 29, 2023

As if the world of travel distribution wasn’t complicated by itself, the topic of the travel agency accreditation is another kind of beast. Organizations like IATA, ARC, CLIA, or CCRA issue special codes to travel agencies that come with access to special capabilities and perks. What is Travel Agency Accreditation?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I mean, we have the best food and weather, but we certainly haven’t cornered the market on good ideas. 3 disruptive trends that will shape marketing in 2022. Since the pandemic began, the rules of the game for growth marketing have changed considerably. 3 disruptive trends that will shape marketing in 2022.

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Altexsoft

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

After surviving one of the most traumatic years for air travel, the industry is finally learning to operate with new travel restrictions. Travelers struggle to keep up with constantly updated travel information. Timatic or Travel Information Manual Automatic is a database of travel requirement rules.

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