Hot 25 Startups 2026

A snapshot of AI developments in travel in 2025
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A snapshot of AI developments in travel in 2025
By Linda Fox | November 17, 2025
AI-focused launches and partnerships have been a weekly, sometimes daily, feature of travel tech news in 2025—and the pace is unlikely to let up. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Bonafide
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Bonafide
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
Bonafide is an alignment platform that helps travel brands make their content understandable, discoverable and actionable for generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT, Gemini and... Read More
Presenting the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026
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Presenting the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
PhocusWire presents the Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026—our annual list of new companies in travel, hospitality and tourism. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Buzz
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Buzz
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
Buzz is a travel payments and AI platform empowering Asian travelers to discover, book and pay seamlessly across borders. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Dazhboards
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Dazhboards
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
Dazhboards is an AI-powered business intelligence and automation platform built for tour and activity operators. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Indicio
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Indicio
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
Indicio offers decentralized identity technology to help make digital identity verification seamless, secure and compliant for airlines, airports and border agencies. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Kaiban
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Kaiban
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
Kaiban is an AI agent management system enabling airlines to launch and manage AI-powered solutions to address needs across all departments.  Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: SkyLink
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: SkyLink
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
SkyLink is an AI-powered corporate travel booking solution that sits within a company’s enterprise chat system. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups 2026: DirectBooker
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Hot 25 Travel Startups 2026: DirectBooker
By PhocusWire | 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. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Arcube
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Arcube
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
Arcube is a travel technology company that helps airlines unlock new revenue by aggregating ancillary suppliers, from lounges and eSIMs to car hire and insurance, into a single integration. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Becoming rentABLE
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Becoming rentABLE
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
Becoming rentABLE is a listing platform of accessible short-term rental properties. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: BizTrip AI
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: BizTrip AI
By PhocusWire | 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. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Cruisebound
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: Cruisebound
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
Cruisebound is modernizing cruise bookings by offering a mobile-first, personalized experience for travelers. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: E23
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: E23
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
E23 is a platform for profiling traveler behavior patterns and real-time location flow data on airport and railway stations worldwide. Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: GuestOS
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2026: GuestOS
By PhocusWire | November 10, 2025
GuestOS provides AI teammates for hospitality, tourism and events, creating simpler, more reliable ways for people to connect. Read More
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