Startups
Flying Taxis and Loyalty Tech: 6 Travel Startups Raise $100 Million
It's a slow start to the year, but travel startup funding is sure to pick up.
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 Agents
Booking Platform Mondee Files for Bankruptcy
The bankruptcy comes after Mondee was delisted in December.
Online Travel
Tripadvisor's New Partnership With ChatGPT-Competitor Perplexity
The Tripadvisor brand has been struggling, but there could be value in its huge dataset for AI search engines that want to deliver personalized results.
Online Travel
Altimeter Capital Partner Says AI Will Transform Travel Search: 'It's Already Happening'
Thomas Reiner says the best case scenario for online travel agencies is that they lose commissions. And metasearch engines could become things of the past.
Business Travel
Navan Exec on How AI Chatbot Came Through During CrowdStrike Outage
Navan isn't ready to say more about going public, but some new hires point toward that still being the plan.
Startups
Travel Startups Shattered Funding Records in 2024. We Tracked Billions in Deals
There were several fundraises in 2024 that topped anything the travel industry has seen in years. Travel startups raised billions more than in 2023 despite the number of deals being roughly the same.
Travel Technology
ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Meta AI: A Frenetic Year With More to Come in 2025
AI companies have made considerable progress in 2024 as it relates to travel — glitchy as the tech may be. It's just the starting point for 2025, which is sure to have an explosion of AI advancements.
Travel Technology
Sabre CEO Talks Change: ‘It Was a Business in Need of Transformation’
Sabre has had trouble fully recovering from the pandemic. But with a reorganization in the books and continued investment in new tech, the company's new-ish CEO is focused on what's next.
Short-Term Rentals
Hostaway CEO on What's Next After Raising $365 Million: Europe Expansion, More AI
The CEO of Hostaway says there's no clear market leader for short-term rental management tech, but he wants to change that.
Short-Term Rentals
Hostaway Raises $365 Million for Short-Term Rental Management Platform
It's among the largest fundraises ever for short-term rental management tech.