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Ctrip's latest partnership and investment: China Eastern Airlines

By Martin Cowen | April 21, 2016

China's biggest-by-far OTA Ctrip has announced an RMB 3 billion ($460 million) investment in China Eastern Airlines, one of the world's biggest airlines in terms of passenger numbers. The deal, whi Read More

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Relux, a Japanese booking site, nabs $4.5 million in funding

By Sean O'Neil | April 18, 2016

Loco Partners, a Tokyo-based startup that runs Relux, a membership-based accommodation booking site, has secured 500 million yen (or about US$4.5 million) in funding, led by KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Read More

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Djubo nets funding from Ibibo, the rising Indian travco

By Sean O'Neil | August 28, 2015

Launched in February, Djubo, which sells a hotel central reservations system (CRS), has sold a minority equity stake to ibibo, the online travel company that owns Goibibo.com, redBus.in, and Yourbus. Read More

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Joel Cutler of General Catalyst talks travel startup investing

By Sean O'Neil | November 14, 2014

Joel Cutler is widely considered a master of venture-capital investing, with a particular gift at identifying star travel technology businesses. Most famously, Cutler was a founding investor in met Read More

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A key Canaan VC talks travel startup investing

By Sean O'Neil | November 11, 2014

At this year’s PhoCusWright Conference in Los Angeles, the investment firm Canaan Partners is out in force, meeting and greeting. One of its VCs is Brendan Dickinson, who earlier this year became a Read More

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Concur DevCon: Corporate dining and lounge startups impress and lock in investment

By Nick Vivion | November 3, 2014

Eight companies pitched at the second annual Concur DevCon, a gathering of developers interested in learning about building and growing products on Concur’s platform. The company, which recently an Read More

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Inspirato inspires investors to action, raises additional $20 million

By Nick Vivion | September 24, 2014

Inspirato, the vacation destination club, has logged another $20 million in growth capital. This latest financing was led primarily by new-to-Inspirato investors W Capital Partners, with participat Read More

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Q&A with Battery Ventures about HotelTonight, Gogobot, and other travel start-ups

By Sean O'Neil | August 26, 2014

Roger Lee is a venture capital investor and a partner at Battery Ventures, a US fund. Battery has invested in several travel start-ups that have had profitable exits, such as ITA Software, a techno Read More

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Now you can see investor ties between travel tech startups

By Sean O'Neil | August 5, 2014

CrunchBase, a database of startups, has released an update that makes it easier to explore the investor ecosystem. The tool now helps to cast more light on intriguing family ties among the major st Read More

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Utrip, an itinerary-building service, nets $750,000 in funding

By Sean O'Neil | April 22, 2014

Some people don't like to plan vacations in too much detail. For them, plotting an itinerary hour-by-hour feels like homework. Yet others like to plan carefully, to avoid otherwise not allowing eno Read More

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Brazilian travel start-up Hotel Urbano draws $50 million investment round

By Sean O'Neil | March 7, 2014

Finding venture capital funding has not been easy for Brazilian start-ups because of recent economic turbulence. Yet Hotel Urbano, one of Brazil's fastest-growing marketplaces for online travel, ha Read More

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GoEuro, the multimodal site, receives millions more in investment

By Sean O'Neil | January 22, 2014

Today GoEuro, a Berlin-based metasearch site, said it has received several million dollars in funding from Lakestar, an investment group, which will take a minority share of equity. GoEuro declined Read More

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HotelTonight more than doubles its capital raised with a $45 million round

By Sean O'Neil | September 5, 2013

The leading US start-up, which makes a mobile hotel booking app, announces its fourth round of financing, led by Coatue Management, a New York hedge fund. Read More

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Busbud nets $1 million in funding for bus ticketing metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | May 29, 2013

Global bus ticketing metasearch company Busbud says today that it has closed a $1 million (Canadian) round of financing. Read More

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Ctrip continues shopping spree, invests in hotel companies

By Dennis Schaal | March 15, 2010

Days after announcing a public offering to beef up its acquisition kitty, Ctrip, the Chinese online travel company, revealed plans to invest in two hotel-management outfits. Read More

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