Finance

Not to be undone by its ride-hailing rival, Uber has become the second brand in the space of a few days to declare its intention to list on the public financial markets. Read More

OYO has confirmed that it took $100 million in funding from ride-hailing app Grab during its last capital-raising round. Read More

Ride-hailing service Lyft will be the first of the big U.S. brands to test their model on the public financial markets. Read More

ConnexPay is transforming how travel companies accept cards & pay for travel to save millions of dollars in fees. Read More

Travel payments specialist AirPlus International is hoping to improve the travel process for non-employee business travel following a partnership with Pana. Read More

Japan-based Veltra, a major tours and activities brand serving the Asia Pacific region, is to file for an IPO by the end of 2018. Read More

Online travel brands generally get most of the attention on their financial performance when reporting their latest earnings four times a year. Read More

TripAdvisor’s revenue grew 4% in the third quarter of 2018, to $458 million. Read More

Booking Holdings saw an acceleration in the rate of its room night growth in the third quarter of 2018, exceeding the high end of its guidance, driven by a delayed summer travel peak and improved... Read More

Travelport reports third quarter 2018 results with strong gains for payment service eNett. Read More

Freebird announces $8 million in series A funding. Read More

Compared to other aspects of travel, metasearch has not seen as much activity from startups. For our final piece in this series, we explore the question of why, with insights from a venture... Read More

Expedia Group saw its gross booking increased $2.5 billion, or 11% year-over-year, in the third quarter of 2018, fueled by growth in Brand Expedia, HomeAway, Hotels.com and Expedia Partner Solutions.... Read More

After four quarters that CEO Rolf Schrömgens describes as “quite a challenge,” hotel metasearch platform Trivago posted a dramatic turnaround in the third quarter of 2018.  Read More

The fund led a $17 million round to back Tiqets, now its principal participates in an executive roundtable on tours and activities at The Phocuswright Conference 2018. Read More