TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

When travel platform KKday raised the first part of its Series C in September 2020 , the travel landscape was very different. Now, as KKday announces that it’s added $20 million to the round, bringing its total to $95 million, travel trends are changing, with more people going on domestic or international trips.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Evidently, the downturn hasn’t soured investors on the travel industry. Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing the company’s total raised to $740 million. Hopper differentiates itself from rival travel services (e.g.

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CIO

AUGUST 8, 2022

With a travel resurgence already well under way, it’s essential for industry organizations to ensure they are offering consumers payment options that are not just convenient, but that also reduce risk and instill confidence with every transaction. Travel is back, and the industry needs to make sure they’re keeping pace.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Travel is back on the radar for investment, with consumers and business users both on the move again after a long pandemic period of staying in one place. The startup, fittingly, has done a little traveling of its own. WeTravel had previously raised only $7 million in the eight years since it was founded.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

is the latest startup to grab some venture capital dollars as the travel industry gets back on its feet amid the global pandemic. million to bring spontaneous travel back to a hard-hit industry and Wanderlog bag $1.5 million for its free travel itinerary platform. million for its free travel itinerary platform.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

TrovaTrip , a travel planning and booking platform that lets creators host adventures with their communities, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Madrona. To date, more than 15,000 travelers have used TrovaTrip to book an experience. TrovaTrip offers more than 150 experiences in 48 countries. transaction fee.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Business trip booking platform TravelPerk has bagged another rival — picking up UK-based Click Travel. The UK company handles some £300M in business travel for its client base, which will bolster TravelPerk’s revenues going forward.

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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been traveling a lot this year. In fact, I’ve been back to my 2019 levels of travel, which has been a breath of fresh air after being pandemic-grounded for a couple of years. I like to return to this list every time TechCrunch does a gift guide. It’s […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

New York-based insurance provider Travelers, with 30,000 employees and 2021 revenues of about $35 billion, is in the business of risk. On the role of the Chief Data Officer: Due to the nature of our business, Travelers has always used data analytics to assess and price risk. s SVP and chief data & analytics officer, has a crowâ??s

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Now one of those players, Ramp, is announcing that it is expanding into the travel space, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. The latter, though, started its life focused on travel and pivoted to also offer general expense management when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020. Ramp raises $300M at a $3.9B

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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

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

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 10, 2021

Dear Sophie: Can our employee travel on DACA? Traveling abroad with Advance Parole. To answer your first question, your employee can travel to India to set up your office there only if he gets what’s called an “Advance Parole” document from U.S. She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Though the COVID-19 pandemic almost immediately devasted the business of travel booking startup Headout , the company has been able to return to growth as domestic travel rebounded in recent months. Today, domestic travel accounts for nearly 80% of its business — a flip from its pre-pandemic days.

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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

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

DECEMBER 2, 2021

With the pandemic heading into its second year, people all over the world are traveling more for work again. Further evidence that travel is rebounding lies in the number of people staying in hotels, and the money going into startups that serve the industry as well as travelers. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Pilot, a Vancouver-based startup, wants to become “the hub of global travel experience” and connect people via travel.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Travel tech company Hopper has raised a $175 million Series G , the company said today. This latest round arrives as Hopper is seeing impressive growth as travel starts to surge on the recent downswings in cases in North America following large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.

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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

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

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

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

During the worst throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, very few people could travel. Meanwhile, both 2021 and 2022 were predicted to be the years of “revenge travel” where people would do a great deal more. In the background was a site that allowed people to travel virtually, either out of sheer interest, or to plan their own travel.

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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

MARCH 24, 2021

Canadian travel startup Hopper has raised a $170 million Series F round, led by Capital One. banks and credit card company is also coming on board as a strategic partner, to launch Capital One Travel, which is the first instantiation of Hopper’s new B2B platform, Hopper Cloud. “Price freeze is a good example.

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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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Perficient

AUGUST 26, 2024

Generic travel brochures and one-size-fits-all itineraries are becoming less prevalent in today’s travel and tourism industry. Travelers crave truly unique experiences, and the industry is responding with a powerful tool: data. Travel companies can leverage this powerful duo to elevate the entire travel journey.

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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. ” Image Credits: Bach.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Travel booking app Hopper announced today that it’s launching a number of new flexibility products that are designed to help customers save money on hotel, flight and car bookings. billion of travel and travel fintech services this year. Travel booking app Hopper upgrades its valuation to $5B on secondary sale.

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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. billion IPO.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Amid a rebound in short-distance travel, Getaround , a Silicon Valley car rental startup, has raised some new money to meet demand. As short-distance travel to local joints became a more attainable option for those seeking a way to travel, Getaround found green shoots.

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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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