→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here are the top news stories from around the travel industry—let’s jump right in: Dine like a local, anywhere in the world. Madrid-based startup Velada, founded in 2021, has raised €1 million for its next-gen restaurant guide and booking […]
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The next must-have in hospitality
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Let’s dive right into our insights for the week: Short-haul European flights are being phased out. First, France announced that it would ban short-haul domestic flights. And now Belgium is following: In an effort to reduce noise and air […]
How travel should be: safe, fast and flexible
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Let’s head to this week’s curation of the top travel news about innovation, trends, and startups: Nature all around you? Launched in 2021, Raus provides users with a platform for nature-based stays. The German startup announced a new category focused on families, […]
Smart Destinations, Creators and Hotel-verse
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here is our weekly curation of the top news on travel innovation, trends and startups: No funding, no problem. UK-based Pluto has had a pretty out-of-this-world story. After two big crowdfunding campaigns, raising over £1.3 million and a strong community following along […]
A Fresh Look for Airline Shopping
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here is our weekly curation of the top news on travel innovation, trends and startups: Taxis taking the skies. United has just made another investment into a possible future mode of mobility – airborne taxis. The American firm just put $15 […]
More Inclusive Cities
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Ready for our weekly curation of the top news on travel innovation, trends and startups? Here we go: Branson bets on diversity, sustainability and customer-centricity. From boats to plans to spaceships, Sir Richard Branson is quite the travel guru. He pioneered taking […]
Short-term Rentals on the Spotlight
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here is our curation of the top news on travel innovation, trends and startups: Roam free with Celitech’s expanding e-SIM coverage. One hurdle travellers have to overcome is of course the all-important cell coverage. After all, part of travelling is […]
TravelTech Startups: Latest News Investments
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. This week we head directly to our curation of the top news on travel innovation, trends and startups: Aero’s premium airline secures $50 million. It seems that luxury air travel is picking up pace. Not only have we seen airlines […]
Space Travel, Predictions and Profits
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. This week we head directly to our curation of the top news on travel innovation, trends and startups: The travel space race is firmly on. We all know about billionaire plans from Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson to […]
Travel Luxury, Subscriptions & Innovation
In case you missed the amazing group of people we got together to join the jury of this year’s FutureTravel Pitch Competition, here they are! We’ll be joined by: Christoph Schuh, Michele Luperini, Meryem Aydin and Isabelle Gallo. They are expert investors with extensive experience and expertise in the travel & hospitality sector – let’s say […]
Experiences & Flight subscriptions
Flight subscriptions are taking off. We all want to jet off and get back to exploring all this world has to offer, and it’s getting more financially-friendly to do so. Barcelona-based Caravelo, a startup that’s pioneering flight subscription and revenue optimization models for airlines, has just picked up a €3 million funding boost. The company is flying […]
Attractions, Investment and Talent Hunting
To infinity and beyond? Or to ground? While we hope it’s merely a case of scaremongering, there is growing unease in the space and aviation startup scene right now. Venture capital firms are starting to tell their portfolio companies to save cash ahead of a predicted economic downturn. For startups in space and aviation innovation this […]
Cities are sold out for the Summer
Berlin, NYC and Dublin sold out for the summer. This summer, business travel is booming. Not only are companies enjoying that staff can travel more freely again, but employees are also taking the chance to stay longer and convert business trips into workcations. Recent research by AltoVita shows that some cities are now ‘sold out’ – Dublin, NYC […]
Your next museum guide might be a robot 👾
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here is your weekly curation of the top news around travel innovation, trends and startups: Navigating mazes at the airport. Being in the airport doesn’t need to be a stressful experience for travellers, but too often it can be. […]
Hotels, data and influencers ✨
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Here is your weekly curation of the top news around travel innovation, trends and startups: Short-term rentals just got a facelift. Aiming to help more people join the booming short-term rental space, Showplace has just landed $2 million for its smart […]
Travel loves fintech 💛
→ Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly curation of the top travel news, straight to your inbox. Being at this year’s EU-Startups Summit gave me a rush of motivation and excitement for hosting our very first in-person FutureTravel Summit. Here is a friendly reminder to our community: ticket prices increase in a week, so make sure to […]