Investments

News / Online

Liberty Tripadvisor secures $325M investment, plans to repay existing margin loan

By Steven Lerner | March 17, 2020

Liberty Tripadvisor has landed a $325 million investment from Certares Management, which is expected to close within 10 business days. Read More

News / Technology

Cloudbeds brings in $82M to “triple down” on hospitality tech

By Steven Lerner | March 11, 2020

Cloudbeds plans to further invest in its hospitality management technology platform after landing an additional $82 million in funding. Read More

News / Startups

Perseverance, prudence - and slight pivots - are key to travel startup success during coronavirus

By Mitra Sorrells | March 9, 2020

Investors from Plug and Play and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and the founder of startup Stride Travel weigh in on the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus on innovation in travel. Read More

News / Technology

President Trump orders sale of StayNTouch to Chinese giant Shiji to be reversed

By Kevin May | March 6, 2020

Trump's intervention is being made on grounds of national security, a statement from the White House says. Read More

News / Online

Ixigo moves deeper into bus travel with investment in GogoBus

By Mitra Sorrells | March 5, 2020

India-based online travel agency Ixigo is investing in the first round of funding for smart bus startup GogoBus. Read More

Opinion / Startups

The key to innovation in APAC's travel startup scene? Empowering female founders

By Stephanie Strunk - Amadeus Ventures | March 5, 2020

For all the achievements of startups in Asia, female leaders remain underrepresented in the region. Read More

News / Technology

Digital identity solution Airside gets strategic investment from Amadeus Ventures

By Steven Lerner | March 5, 2020

For its first investment of 2020, Amadeus Ventures is backing mobile identity solution Airside for an undisclosed amount. Read More

News / Technology

U.K. startup Five raises $41M to build out self-driving technology

By Jill Menze | March 5, 2020

The Series B round brings the self-driving technology company's total funding to $77 million. Read More

News / Technology

Hospitality startup Oaky raises $9.5M to develop upsell technology

By Steven Lerner | March 4, 2020

Hotel upsell platform Oaky is embarking on its next phase of growth and development following its biggest capital raise to date. Read More

News / Technology

Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle unit Waymo rides off with $2.25B investment

By Steven Lerner | March 4, 2020

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of Google’s parent Alphabet Inc., is welcoming its first external investment in its 11-year existence. Read More

News / Startups

Lanes & Planes lands $10M to expand customer base, develop corporate travel tech

By Linda Fox | March 3, 2020

The round was led by Battery Ventures, with DN Capital and Connect Ventures, an existing investor, also participating. Read More

News / Startups

Golden shots and wild cards - how IAG brings startups through Hangar 51

By Linda Fox | February 26, 2020

In the coming weeks, British Airways parent company IAG will enter the fifth year of its Hangar 51 accelerator program. Read More

News / Technology

Grab raises $856M to grow financial services, digital payments in Southeast Asia

By Steven Lerner | February 25, 2020

Super app Grab has secured a pair of investments totaling $856 million, fueling the so-called decacorn’s latest amplification into financial services and digital payments. Read More

News / Online

TripActions launches payment service that connects to travel plans and policies

By Mitra Sorrells | February 25, 2020

TripActions Liquid is the company’s new platform that provides both virtual and physical payment cards and is linked to TripActions’ travel system to streamline compliance, reconciliation and reporting. Read More