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Tour Packages and Digital Tipping: Travel Startups Raise $104 Million The three startups in the list this week represent modern takes on old ways of doing business in three travel sectors: tour packages, timeshares, and hospitality tipping. Each of those areas have been particularly slow at modernizing, and the growth of the businesses highlighted shows that there’s demand to do so. The three startups this week announced fundraises totaling more than $104 million. Exoticca: $65.1 Million Exoticca, a platform that sells multi-day tour packages, has raised $65.1 million (€60 million) in series D funding.  Quadrille Capital led the round, with support from All Iron, ICF, 14W, Mangrove, Bonsai, Sabadell, and Aldea. The company raised its last round of $30 million in 2021. Barcelona-based Exoticca said its tech provides connections to flights, hotels, meals, transfers, transportation, and activities all in one place. That allows the company to sell complex packages based on real-time pricing and availability, which it claims reduces prices by 30% compared to booking different parts of a trip individually. The platform offers more than 70 destinations in the U.S., Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Colombia, and Mexico. #US #UK #Startup #Travel #Digital #News

In November 2020, PhocusWire announced its Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2021 - 25 of the most promising young companies across nearly every #travel sector. While the pandemic had brought most travel to a standstill for a large portion of the year, these #startups had still been hard at work creating solutions and products to better serve the industry. PhocusWire recently caught up with some of the companies from our class of 2021 to hear about how they've grown and the challenges they've encountered in the last few years: https://bit.ly/3zVcSCE #travelnews #travelindustry #traveltech #travelstartups #hot25

With investments in Brazilian traveltechs reaching $29.8M in 2023, it's clear that the region is on the cusp of significant growth. While there’s a long road ahead, the progress being made is a promising sign for the future of business tourism in Latin America. Discover the challenges and opportunities for Latam B2B travel in today’s #BeyondCarnaval, sponsored by Onfly and writen by Leo Torres. Read more: https://lnkd.in/deRuNnQP #Investment #BrazilianMarket #BrazilianInvestment #BrazilianInnovation #Brazil #Startups #Traveltech #Turism

🌍 Don’t Settle for Less. 🌍 1. Visit YatraMaker.com 2. Enter your budget 3. Discover destinations that perfectly fit your budget, with detailed itineraries covering all costs. Turn your travel dreams into reality—without the guesswork! ✈️✨ #TravelSmart #YatraMaker #travel #world #India #startups #traveltech #traveldiaries #travelsrory #budgettravel #traveltips #cheaptravel

#fundingalert 💼Company: Stippl 💰Funding: €575k ⚡Round: New Round 👥Investors: Marbruck Investments, Volve Capital Stippl is created to accommodate all travelers, which means it’s also there for those who travel for a living. Besides using the app to plan their trips, travel content creators can share their itineraries and adventures and engage with their audiences before, during and after their adventures via the newly updated “Discovery” section. Since then, the platform has evolved into a pioneering all-in-one travel app where travelers can plan their journeys, including accommodation, transportation, activities and much more. Luuk Verhoeven Joost Bijlsma Omar Sheshtawy Robin van Rijn Catarina Santos Read more - https://lnkd.in/gATuah42 To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.co.uk #Stippl #travelapp #travelling #transportation #traveltech #funding #travelnews #startupnews #fundingnews #news #eustartup #startup #news #startuprise

Four travel startups raised nearly $240 million this week, but one raise accounted for the vast majority of that. With a series D round of $225 million in venture capital, Flyr’s fundraise this week was the largest for a travel tech company this year or last year. It even outdid two major equity-debt raises last year by tours and activities platforms GetYourGuide and Klook, underlining the level of opportunity for modernizing airline retail. https://hubs.li/Q02KTwRd0

Travel technology Ziptrrip, a SaaS firm, has secured Rs 2 crore in a pre-seed fundraising round from angel investors such as Anil K Jha, Prantik Dasgupta, and others. The funds raised will be used to expand into new markets, strengthen team-building initiatives, and support ongoing product innovation. Ziptrrip provides a complete and seamless solution that combines travel reservations and spending control. The software enables firms to effectively oversee both travel and costs through a single, integrated interface. Founded in 2020 by Shan Prabhakaran and Rishabh Agarwal, Ziptrrip is a corporate travel startup focused on reducing travel costs & time for companies while digitizing the travel booking experience. Ziptrrip helps corporates automate travel bookings, and approval processes & implement a dynamic travel policy through intelligent algorithms. To share your startup information write us on - startup@viestories.com Read more - https://lnkd.in/g74ddR8g #funding #startup #news #latestupdate #ziptrrip #fundingalert #travel

Ever dreamed of launching a travel startup? There are lot of things goes behind the investing and funding of as tart-up. At TravelThru, we didn't wait for a magical funding fairy. We rolled up our sleeves, focused on solving real problems, and built our success one happy traveler at a time. Remember: investors love traction more than talk. So stop waiting and start doing! As the great Steve Jobs said, 'The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.' Ready to turn your travel dreams into reality? Join us at TravelThru, where we're not just planning trips – we're revolutionizing the way the world explores. Your next adventure starts here. Let's make it extraordinary. #TravelThru #StartupGrind #DreamBigTravelFar"

It’s been just about two years since PhocusWire named the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2023, the #startups that launched as the industry was recovering from the pandemic. As we prepare to announce our Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2025, we’re checking in with a few members of the class of 2023, including Fetcherr, Grapevine and Holibob: https://bit.ly/4f2Sj6o #travelnews #traveltech #travelindustry #travelstartups

One of our favourite things to read about is the progression of a startup – their success, how they overcame their challenges, how they’ve innovated, their approaches to #technology and what ambitious plans they still have in their pipeline. In their latest “Where are they now?”, PhocusWire has taken a look at how the last 5 years have gone for a group of 25 travel startups identified in 2019 as having strong growth potential. Considering that they had to contend with the COVID 19 pandemic on top of all the other complexities typically faced by startups, their remarkable progress and achievements are all the more impressive! #hoteltech #hoteltechnology #traveltech #traveltechnology #hospitalitytech #hospitalitytechnology #hotelindustry #travelindustry https://lnkd.in/eVB9bcHM