Startups

PhocusWire's in-depth coverage of the startups in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry, featuring news, analysis, interviews, research and more.

Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Tripstax
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Tripstax
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
TripStax is a fully connected modular stack of proprietary business travel applications, powered... Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Trustd.ai
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Trustd.ai
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
Trustd.ai has developed a customizable AI platform designed to tackle the trust and safety... Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Turpal
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Turpal
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
Turpal is a Dubai-based startup enabling travel companies to offer tours, activities and attractions,... Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Zatlas
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: Zatlas
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
Zatlas is a Vertical SaaS platform for hotels, trusted by the largest hotel chains across the... Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: ZentrumHub
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025: ZentrumHub
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
ZentrumHub is a travel technology platform that helps OTAs connect with suppliers globally through a... Read More
Presenting the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025
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Presenting the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2024
PhocusWire presents the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025 - our annual list of new companies in travel,... Read More
Acai Travel secures $4M for AI efficiency tools for agents
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Acai Travel secures $4M for AI efficiency tools for agents
By Linda Fox | November 7, 2024
The funding will further the startups’ ambition to build an operating system to drive efficiency in... Read More
How startups, entrepreneurs and investors can avoid a genAI car crash
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How startups, entrepreneurs and investors can avoid a genAI car crash
By Chris Hemmeter, Thayer Investment Partners | November 7, 2024
In the first of a series of posts, Chris Hemmeter from Thayer Investment Partners outlines his... Read More
STARTUP STAGE: Around Us wants to transform exploration through its travel companion app
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STARTUP STAGE: Around Us wants to transform exploration through its travel companion app
By Mileva Sapic | November 4, 2024
The Around Us app is built on a proprietary geographic information system that allows users to... Read More
Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024
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Where are they now? Catching up with the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024
By Mileva Sapic | November 4, 2024
Sixteen of our Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024 let us know how they’re doing nearly a year after... Read More
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