Tag: Startups

Hotel tech company ReZme launches $800,000 crowd funding capital raise

Hospitality tech startup ReZme has launched an $800,000 capital raise to build out its website design, management and online marketing platform, which the founders claim will help operators increase direct bookings. reZme was founded by Matt Taylor, former GM of Marketing at Choice Hotels Asia-Pacific, and and digital marketer Luke Young late last year. It’s aiming to […]

Rezdy raises another $3m and there’s more on the way

Sydney company Rezdy has raised a further $3m to fuel growth in North America, opening a second US office in Raleigh, North Carolina.  The company said: “This was an interim round to fund acceleration in the international growth of Rezdy ahead of a larger equity round later next year.” Grand Prix Capital, which first invested […]

Lenoir takes the plunge, passes the CEO baton at Rezdy

Founder Simon Lenoir has made the big decision to step away from his day to day management responsibilities at Rezdy, handing the CEO reins to Chris Atkin, previously Chief Operating Officer. Lenoir, originally a software developer who has been working massive hours since starting the business in 2011, says he first thought of stepping back around […]

TripADeal founders sell majority stake to private equity

TripADeal founders Richard Johnston and Norm Black have ceded control of the business they founded in 2011, selling 55% of the company to BGH Capital, which is in the process of buying theme park operator Village Roadshow. Like so many travel companies, TripADeal, which describes itself as an “online travel agent offering bucket list experiences […]

Not so happy campers as new Youcamp owner Hipcamp levies hefty service fees

Youcamp, which pioneered the concept of camping on private land in Australia,  has been sold to US company Hipcamp, which in rapid succession has closed the site, migrated its content to the parent portal, rebranded it Hipcamp Australia and introduced a controversial customer service fee that can exceed 20 percent. Closing the Youcamp website has met […]

Join the FutureTravel Pitch Competition 🚀

→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. We really want the first edition of the FutureTravel Summit to reflect how the travel industry navigates the pandemic, as well as the possibilities that lay ahead. Very challenging times, which brought business leaders to shift priorities and operations, adopting new tech solutions very fast, while being […]

Should we worry about fake boarding passes? 😨

→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. I’d like to appreciate the positive response to our first premium report – thank you! It’s been amazing to see how interested you are on startups in the travel industry. Now we are now planning new way to keep you up-to-date with the most […]

Report: Top 100 Travel Startups

Premium Report: Top 100 Travel Startups As the travel industry slowly starts recovering from the pandemic hit, we looked into the future and researched the most promising startups shaping the industry. We examined travel startups from all around the world that were founded between 2018 and 2021, and looked into their business model, employee count, […]

🚞 Combine flight and train tickets?

→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Apart from the weekly content curation, during this past weeks we have been also working on our first Premium Report. I’m proud of how far our team went to bring an overview of the hottest travel startups around the world in 2021. The […]

Fintech stepping into travel 👀

→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. As we head for the weekend, we wrapped up the most relevant news about innovation, trends and startups on the travel industry. Here it goes: German startup Acomodeo announced a strategic partnership with Booking.com. Their platform now offers accommodation types specifically curated for […]