Vacation rental startup Stay Alfred has raised its first round of capital – a sizeable USD 15 million – in a bid to expand the company outside of the US.
A survey of 150 leading travel buyers for the Travel Technology Europe trade show found that mobile is the technology that “excites” them the most, ahead of the gimmicky virtual reality and areas such as payments and artificial intelligence.
Accommodation service BudgetPlaces has ended almost 14 years as an independent company and sold to travel group eDreams Odigeo.
Facebook has recently launched a new tool to help users discover new experiences, things to do, events, and services based on suggestions from their friends.
Air distribution and business travel company Meiya received RMB 120 million in its series A round. The funding was supported by Fortune Capital and a fund inaugurated by China’ Ministry of Finance.
Huge investment sum to the tune of USD 50 million going into Upside – on the day Jay Walker officially unveils the site.
Wanda's real estate revenues fell 25% in 2016 while tourism income was up 37.1% to RMB 17.43 billion during the time.
Shiji, a Chinese hotel information company partially owned by Alibaba, acquired a 79.47% stake in Spain-based hotel review company ReviewPro for EUR 26.36 million.