Online Travel
Flywire Acquires Sertifi for $330 Million to Expand Payment Services for Hotels
This is the latest among a few major acquisitions around travel payments in the past couple of years.
Justin Dawes
Justin is Skift's Travel Tech Reporter, where he covers the way to the future of global travel industry. Prior, he was a tech reporter for American City Business Journals in Albany. A Michigan native, Justin is living as a digital nomad for now. Work aside, Justin has a passion for travel, writing, arts, food, and culture.
Travel Technology
The AI on Your Phone Keeps Getting Better - That's a Risk For Travel Companies
If the AI built directly into mobile phones allows users to book travel in the future, then will there be a need for third-party travel apps?
Startups
Travel Startups Raise $580 Million Over Two Weeks
The ticket experiences sector has been ripe for modernization, and Klook is among those cashing in.
Business Travel
TravelPerk President on What's Next After Raising $200 Million
TravelPerk's biggest project of the year is expanding into an all-in-one corporate travel and expense management platform. It's what today's customers expect.
Startups
Corporate Travel, Flying Taxis: Startups Raise $300 Million Over Three Weeks
Travel startups have raised about $400 million so far this year. By this time in 2024, travel startups had raised more than twice that.
Online Travel
Trivago Pushes AI-Powered Ads, Tries to Reduce Reliance on Google
Trivago's CEO said changes to Google ads are primarily what caused repeated revenue declines over the past couple of years.
Travel Technology
‘Feeding Frenzy’: The Year of M&A in Travel Tech
Tech systems need upgrades to handle unprecedented growth in travel, and private equity firms are deploying billions to take part. In 2025, expect more consolidation as well-funded late-stage startups buy up smaller players, reshaping the industry’s behind-the-scenes infrastructure.
Travel Technology
AI Startup DeepSeek Has Silicon Valley Panicking. What It Could Mean for Travel
More AI companies surely is better for the travel industry, even if Silicon Valley isn't happy about it.
Business Travel
TravelPerk Raises $200 Million for Business Travel Tech
TravelPerk's $200 million deal likely is a preview of what to expect in 2025. There were multiple large raises in 2024 — including hundreds of millions of dollars for business travel platforms — and the signs point to that continuing.
Travel Technology
ChatGPT Can Now Book Restaurants and Events on Its Own
OpenAI’s new autonomous digital assistant is an early glimpse of what travel leaders have been waiting for — and warning against — since ChatGPT was first released.