travel booking
Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce
Evidently, the downturn hasn’t soured investors on the travel industry. Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing
Tripadvisor shares drop following China app ban
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced it has banned 105 mobile apps for violating Chinese internet regulations. While almost all of the apps are made by Chinese developers, American t
Duffel raises $30M led by Index Ventures to disintermediate legacy travel platforms
Huge travel platforms that run airline booking systems like Sabre and Amadeus were invented eons ago and are so large and cumbersome that innovating with them is no easy feat. In the same way that cha
GoEuro plugs its data into Chinese travel booking platform, Qunar
Berlin-based GoEuro, the well-funded European travel planner platform, is looking to the Far East for business growth, announcing today that it's inked a distribution partnership with Chinese travel
Hyper Aims To Be Your New Chat-Based Travel Agent
Hyper is a new travel startup betting that the secret ingredient to a great travel booking experience is interacting with another human being.
In other words, founders Minqi Jiang and Peter Zakin (
Tencent Wants To Buy All Remaining Shares Of Elong, One Of China’s Top Travel Sites
Tencent has made a bid to buy all outstanding shares of eLong, one of China’s biggest online travel agencies (OTA). The maker of WeChat, China’s largest messaging service, already owns shares that
Y Combinator-Backed GetGoing Helps You Find Big Discounts On Airfare — If You Let It Choose The Destination
Sure, socially-powered recommendations or good old-fashioned serendipity can be useful tools for discovery, but, when it comes to deciding where you're going to take the family on vacation, you're pro