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Presenting the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026
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November 10, 2025
PhocusWire presents the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026—our annual list of new companies in travel, hospitality and tourism.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Buzz
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November 10, 2025
Buzz is a travel payments and AI platform empowering Asian travelers to discover, book and pay seamlessly across borders.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Dazhboards
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November 10, 2025
Dazhboards is an AI-powered business intelligence and automation platform built for tour and activity operators.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: SkyLink
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November 10, 2025
SkyLink is an AI-powered corporate travel booking solution that sits within a company’s enterprise chat system.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups 2026: DirectBooker
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November 10, 2025
DirectBooker aims to connect hotels' inventory to AI systems so that travelers can find the best places to stay and book them directly.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Becoming rentABLE
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November 10, 2025
Becoming rentABLE is a listing platform of accessible short-term rental properties.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: BizTrip AI
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November 10, 2025
BizTrip AI is an intelligent, AI/ML-powered personal travel assistant for the business traveler that delivers booking options based on their individual preferences and corporate policy.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Cruisebound
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November 10, 2025
Cruisebound is modernizing cruise bookings by offering a mobile-first, personalized experience for travelers.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: HeyMax
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November 10, 2025
HeyMax turns everyday spend into aspirational travel by rewarding extra miles on everyday transactions.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: HiGem
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November 10, 2025
HiGem AI aims to help tourism organizations at the national, regional and city levels to improve the travel experience for visitors the local economies.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Kismet
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November 10, 2025
Kismet wants to make it easy for hotels to stand out in an AI storefront.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Landng
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November 10, 2025
Landng helps brands create interactive consumer journeys with maps offering an alternative to AR/VR that connects consumers to brand stories in real life.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Nowadays
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November 10, 2025
Nowadays is an AI-native platform that automates venue sourcing, negotiation and reporting.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Roamr
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November 10, 2025
Roamr helps companies save on travel costs by enabling employees to stay with friends on work trips. The savings are split between the company, the traveler and the host.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: VanityPass
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November 10, 2025
VanityPass is taking a new approach to loyalty and travel rewards through its AI loyalty intelligence engine, which is built to deliver personalization at scale.
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