Marriott’s accelerator will run as a six-week program providing mentoring and workshops from the company as well as hotel for the startup to test their service.
2015 witnessed multiple M&A and financing activities in travel industry and 2016 will see much more difficulties in financing for startups which could also find a way out by finding out the right niche market and customer segment and building in their traction.
It’s been a couple of years since Tnooz profiled Tansler, a New York startup that runs reverse auctions for vacation rentals.
Bus-share startup DadaBus announced it raised RMB200 million (approx: US$31.4 million) in its B Series financing round.
When TripAdvisor announced its $200 million acquisition of Viator last September, the intentions of the world’s biggest travel company were clear.
Inspiration-based businesses continue to dominate the travel startup landscape, far ahead of those serving other parts of the industry.
Misterbnb, founded in April 2013 in Paris, is a short-term rental platform aimed at gay travelers. It says it has raised $2 million in a seed round.
Still some life left it appears in the world of trip planning startups – TripHobo has taken a Series B injection of $3 million this week.
