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Rami Zeidan, founder and CEO of Life House, has resigned from the hotel startup, according to a letter to shareholders sent Monday and seen by Skift.

Guesty, the property management platform for short-term rental businesses, said Wednesday that it has raised $130 million in series F funding. 

TravelAI has purchased and relaunched Casai.com, the domain of the short-term rental operator startup that closed last July after raising more than $48 million. 

It was another busy week for travel startup funding, and this time it was all early rounds with lower amounts.

Seven-year-old travel tech startup Journera, which aimed to provide data to hotels and airlines to enable seamless customer trips, announced Thursday that it ceased operations.

TravelPerk, a growing business travel agency and software platform, has raised another $104 million. 

Four travel tech startups announced fundraises over the past two weeks totaling more than $15 million.

Wisconsin-based property manager Frontdesk laid off its entire staff of around 200 employees Tuesday, according to a published report, and appeared to have ceased operations.

Cabana, a startup platform for booking camper vans as vacation rentals, is seeking buyers to avoid shutting down.  

John Legend is a founder of a startup building what it says is an “invite-only” social media app for restaurant reviews.

The travel industry could see a disruption from generative AI sooner rather than later.

United Airlines said on Friday it had promoted company insider Michael Leskinen to chief financial officer, nearly four months after Gerry Laderman announced plans to retire in 2024.

Four tech startups involved with the travel industry announced fundraises of more than $31 million in the past week.

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Five travel tech startups announced $62.1 million in funding this week.

>>Ukio, a Barcelona-based short-term rental platform focused on remote workers, has raised $28 million (€27 million) in a Series A round of funding.

Three startups working in travel tech announced nearly $17 million in funding this week.

Opinions vary widely about the state of investment in the travel tech startup world during this uncertain economic time, but one thing is for sure: it’s changing.

Four travel tech startups raised $158.5 million over the last week and a half.

Executives from the venture capital arms of three large travel companies — JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, and Amadeus — each shared details with Skift about what they are focused on in 2023 and going forward. 

Tech startups involved in the travel industry raised nearly $118 million this week.