Analyst Picks
- AbiliTrek (2017, Bellingham) – Online platform for booking hotels
Market: Online Travel > Accommodation > Hotels > Booking - FINEWAY (2015, Munich, $10.8M) – AI-powered personal travel assistant for holiday bookings
Market: Online Travel > Holiday Packages > Concierge
Funding Rounds
Series C, $105.5M
51tour (1996, Shanghai, $105.5M) – Travel agency for outbound tourism
Investors: CITIC Capital, Haier Capital, Poly Yuan Investment, Legend Holdings, Legend Capital, Yonghua Capital
Series B, $10M
Vntrip.vn (2014, Hanoi, $13M) – Online travel and hotel booking site
Investors: Hendale Capital
Series A, $8.3M
FINEWAY (2015, Munich, $10.8M) – AI-powered personal travel assistant for holiday bookings
Investors: Bayern Kapital, Mairdumont Ventures, Axel Springer SE
Series A, $6.1M
MyVR (2012, San Francisco, $7.5M) – Online vacation rental marketing software
Investors: True Ventures, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Paul Buchheit, Clem Bason, Chris Dixon, Don Hutchinson, Ben Boyer, Alex Rampell, Tod Sacerdoti
Seed, $4.0M
TravelNest (2014, Edinburgh, $4.0M) – Channel manager for vacation rentals
Investors: Pentech, Mangrove Capital Partners, Frontline Ventures
Seed, $1.6M
Zeelo (2016, London, $2.0M) – Coach ride sharing
Investors: InMotion, Kane Pirie
Seed
Itilite (2017, Bangalore) – Rewards based discovery platform for business travel bookings
Investors: Matrix Partners India
Seed
Mistay (2016, Gurgaon) – Online hotel booking platform that allows users to book hotel rooms based on time slots
Investors: Axilor Ventures
Series A
One night (2015, New York City) – Mobile app to book same night stays
Investors: Sansiri
Series B
Muniao Duanzu (2012, Beijing, $9.7M) – P2P Vacation Rental Platform
Investors: Plum Ventures, Inno Angel Fund
M&A
- Airbnb acquires Accomable to offer home rentals for disabled travelers Reuters
- Skyscanner acquires social content platform Twizoo Angel News Newsletter
- Airbnb acquires ad tech startup AdBasis TechCrunch
- Sojern Acquires Adphorus to Accelerate Facebook Adoption for the Travel Industry PR Newswire
- Blibli makes another online travel agent play with Indonesia Flight acquisition Starter Incubator
- Travelstart starts to take ownership of its hotel inventory Tnooz
- ATCORE acquired by Inflexion Private Equity Travel Weekly
- Ctrip relaunches Trip.com as its English-language travel agency brand ChinaTravelNews
- Thales buys Cambridge radar tech pioneer to boost drone surveillance Business Weekly
- lastminute com : announces the acquisition of hotelscan to expand its metasearch business into other verticals 4-Traders
IPO
- British car insurer Sabre seeks 213 million pounds listing in London Reuters
- Expect Airbnb to go public within the next couple of years, investor says CNBC
- Sabre Insurance Prices IPO For GBP575 Million Market Capitalisation (ALLIPO) LSE Spreads
- Hudson files for initial public offering Frontier Magazine
New Fund Launch
- Rented.com Announces $125 Million Rented Capital Fund Providing Guaranteed Income to Rental Property Owners Business Wire
New Product Announcement
- OYO launches Home Management Service to tap second homes, Indiatimes
- Cathay Pacific to introduce Wi-Fi on A330s, 777s ATWOnline
- ixigo unveils voice-based travel assistant at world’s largest travel conference Travel And Tour World
- Hotels.ng launches mobile app to ease the process of finding and booking hotelsInnovation-village
- RateGain brings real-time, big data intelligence to airline pricing Financial News
- JRRNY Launches RangeInfluence.com, Bridging the Gap Between Travel Influencers and Brands PR Newswire
- Kontron meets new challenges in Embedded Computing with NXP Layerscape Arm-based Processors PressReleasePoint
- Kontron presents scalable IoT solutions powered by Microsoft Azure PressReleasePoint
- Kontron presents FusionView Industrial Monitor PressReleasePoint
- Kontron Integrates Pica8 Nos on New 100G Symkloud Platform for Multiple Nfv Core, Edge and Access Solutions Business Wire
- Travelport Worldwide : launches PCI DSS Certification Wizard Tool 4-Traders
- Game On. Crave Games Platform to Entertain Hotel Guests and Create New Revenue Streams Hospitality Net
- Mystifly Releases Next-gen Airfare Consolidation Platform for a Hassle Free Experience for Travel Partners PR Newswire
- KEYPR Now Live at Fairmont Miramar Hospitality Net
- Mobile app startups %2D Hoof, Lookaround, Skyhour Tnooz
- Routier Launches Innovative Guest and Staff Engagement Platform in the U.S. Hospitality Net
- Byond Launching End-to-end 360/AR/VR Publishing Platform Virtual Reality Reporter
- Panasonic Introduces Giant Leap In Inflight Connectivity As EUTELSAT 172B Enters Service PR Newswire
New Geo Entry
- OpenJaw Technologies opens its first office in China ChinaTravelNews
- HRS Plans to Open Two More U.S. Offices in 2018 Business Travel News
Business Partnership
- Ctrip com International : and Big Bus Tours Signs Strategic Agreement 4-Traders
- Expedia and G6 Hospitality Form Strategic Technology and Marketing PartnershipBusiness Wire
- Idea Money partners with redBus to enable bus ticket bookings for users newKerala.com
Company Announcement
- RealPage Receives Antitrust Clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice for the Acquisition of Lease Rent Options, LRO® Business Wire
- Airbnb launches ‘Experiences’ service in Melbourne, Bali and Hong Kong Business Standard
Earnings Release
- Yatra Online, Inc. Announces Results for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 R Newswire Association LLC
- Hertz Global Holdings Reports Third Quarter 2017 Financial Results PR Newswire
New Feature Release
- Airbnb launches payment splitting for group trips TechCrunch
Key People Movement
- Treebo appoints Sonali Ramaiah as Head- People Function People Matters
Lawsuit
- Rosen Law Firm Announces Filing of Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Skechers U.S.A., Inc. GlobeNewswire