The FutureTravel Summit 2024 has wrapped up, leaving us inspired and excited about what’s next for travel. Hosted in Barcelona at the iconic Palo Alto (a very chaming repurposed factory surrounded by greenery), the venue reflected very well our commitment to rethinking what’s possible and embracing fresh perspectives in the travel industry. On stage, we […]
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Meet the 10 Pitch Competition Finalists!
This year’s FutureTravel Summit will be held on November 28th in Barcelona at Palo Alto. Once a historic textile industry, this unique and inspiring backdrop will host our premium event bringing together over 450 travel executives, startups, investors, industry leaders, and innovators from around the globe who will gather to share insights, discuss business strategies, […]
Startup Helps Earn Free Vacations
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Let’s catch up on this week’s top innovations, trends, and startup highlights: Flight + Hotel packages… plus tours. Lastminute.com has partnered with TUI Musement to offer tours and activities as add-ons to flight-plus-hotel packages in over 100 countries. While this […]
Major Shake-up for Short-term Rentals ⚡︎
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Let’s go directly to our curation of the top news in innovation, trends, and startups for the week: A hiccup for short term rental. Barcelona plans to ban all short-term rentals for tourists by late 2028 to address the housing […]
Netflix In-Person Interactive Experiences
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Let’s catch up on the top travel news in innovation, trends, and startups for the week: Shaking up business travel. TravelPerk, the fast-growing travel tech unicorn, just acquired Chicago-based AmTrav, making the U.S. its top revenue region. This move adds […]
🌱 Fresh Funds, Partnerships & Mobility Startups
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here’s your weekly roundup of the latest trends, innovations, and startup news in travel: Boosting the things people like to do. Holibob secures new funding to enhance its eCommerce engine for travel experiences. The UK-based company helps destinations and travel brands […]
Eleven. Trillion. Dollars.
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here’s your weekly roundup of the latest trends, innovations, and startup news in travel: Eleven. Trillion. Dollars. In 2024, the travel industry is set to hit a record high with $11 trillion in earnings, and it’s expected to soar to […]
Michelin’s Stars for Hotels? 🔑
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here’s your weekly roundup of the latest trends, innovations, and startup news in travel: Bringing Michelin stars to hotels. Michelin is expanding its expertise from awarding stars to outstanding restaurants to rating hotels globally with a new “key” system. In France, […]
World’s Most-Loved Airports
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. This edition is arriving just in time for your weekly roundup of the travel industry’s top news, trends, and startup stories: The expansion saga. Just weeks after acquiring Portuguese startup Vision-Box, Amadeus is now broadening its horizons with the acquisition of Voxel, an e-invoicing […]
🦄 New Unicorn Alert
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here is this week’s curation of the main news on innovation, trends, and startups from the travel industry. Let’s go: Snackbotting around the terminal. Munich Airport introduces the world’s first “snackbot” robot, offering drinks and snacks for purchase via cashless […]