Roastery Toastery is a cafe tucked into a wall next to the entrance to the Chalk Farm Tube station in northwestern London. It’s an example of a place that new travel startup Bimble considers worth sharing with other travelers. Roastery Toastery Skift Take: This week, travel startups Bimble and Pruvo announced they had raised more … [Read more…]
Guests relax at Hostal Nacional, a hostel in Guadalajara, Mexico, that uses Cloudbeds software. Cloudbeds Skift Take: Cloudbeds’ ability to raise $82 million validates both its strategy and the broader hospitality tech sector. Other notable fundings this week include Checkfront, which helps tours-and-activities operators handle bookings and payments, and SuitePad, which supplies digital tablets to … [Read more…]
The Cottonwood Creek Cabin is a mountain retreat near Chewelah, Washington. Yonder Skift Take: Yonder, Airside, GogoBus, and TPConnects announced investments this week, showing that startup funding continued despite the recent global coronavirus crisis. — Sean O’Neill Slim Leather Travel Passport Wallet Holder RFID Blocking ID Card Case Cover US $8.99End Date: Monday May-4-2020 1:55:00 … [Read more…]
An image of The Sagamore, a property that belongs to Sagamore Preferred Hotels Group. Loyalty Prime, a startup that creates enterprise software to run loyalty programs, has raised $5.4 million (€5 million) in Series B funding, and the service is used by Preferred Hotels Group. Preferred Hotels Group Skift Take: Several travel companies, such as … [Read more…]
An example of a car available for sharing and rental on the marketplace Turo. This week, travel startups Turo, H20, Gtriip, Beekeeper, Immfly, Wishbox, and NannyBag announced more than $57 million collectively in funding. Turo Skift Take: This week, travel startups Turo, H20, Gtriip, Beekeeper, Immfly, Wishbox, and NannyBag announced more than $57 million collectively … [Read more…]
Frontify Founder and CEO Roger Dudler launched the brand management platform in 2013. The startup, based in St. Gallen, Switzerland, has now raised fresh funding. Frontify Skift Take: Frontify helps companies like Lufthansa keep their brand assets in order, while Upgrade Pack offers a subscription service for access to exclusive discounts on flight and hotel … [Read more…]
A photo of Haibin Chen, co-founder and CEO of Xiezhu, when speaking in September 2019 at a conference sponsored by the Century Forum at Hangzhou Taixu Lake Hotel. Xiezhu Skift Take: This week, travel startups announced more than $100 million in funding. One company to call out is Xiezhu. It provides software and hardware to … [Read more…]
Chinese lucky wish bags cloak a large tree on Jin Li Alley in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, near the headquarters of Daqi Software, which provides services for commerce at tourism destinations like this one. Daqi raised funding this week. David Stanley / Flickr Skift Take: This week, travel startups DAQ Soft, The Guild, Shep, Hellotickets, Bob, … [Read more…]
Shown here is an interior unit at Domio Downtown Miami, a collection of apartments furnished, managed, and rented out by Domio. The hospitality brand disclosed this week that it has raised $50 million in Series B equity funding. Domio Skift Take: This week, travel startups, including TravelFlan, Beachy, HalalBooking, and GuruWalk, announced more than $63 … [Read more…]
From left: Chief Technology Officer Joe Wong, Chief Operating Officer Srini Panguluri, and CEO Kulveer Taggar together co-founded Zeus, a corporate hospitality startup that has raised more than $90 million in funding. Zeus Skift Take: This week, travel startups announced more than $139 million in funding for concepts including extended-stay corporate housing, short-term rental-style pop-up … [Read more…]