Tripvip announced that it has received millions of yuan in its series A round. The outbound destination startup offers select and personalized itineraries.
Netherlands-based hotel booking service Bidroom has secured a Euro 1 million funding round in a bid to “chip away” share from the giants of the industry.
Without citing its sources, the Bild am Sonntag weekly said Wirecard was in confidential talks with Alipay about it taking a stake of up to 25%, and possibly more later.
MisterFly, a new online travel agency based in France, has managed to secure a Euro 20 million funding round after just nine months of operations.
Data specialist Boxever carried out research on 500 consumers revealing that almost three-quarters think Google knows their habits, preferences and interests well.
Fareportal is targeting the European metasearch market with a deal to buy TripCombi which was with a metasearch-type interface with a twist: by booking so-called “hidden flights” by looking for split tickets where each leg has to be bought separately on the airline or online travel agency website.
In the midst of its privatization for a domestic listing, eLong recently got its hotel reservation service listed on WeChat Wallet.
Chinese OTA Qunar has received a “going private” offer from a unit of Chinese travel investment specialists Ocean Imagination.