Justin Dawes travel tips

Tripla, which provides a booking engine to hotels in Japan and Southeast Asia, has acquired a hotel tech company in Taiwan.

In the world of TikTok and social media influencers, hotels and tourism agencies have had to experiment with new ways of reaching younger audiences. 

Six travel startups have announced fundraises of nearly $104 million this week.

Sojern, the digital marketing platform for travel companies, confirmed that about 20% of its staff were laid off last week. 

ATPCO, the company that powers most airfare pricing, has acquired a company that it says allows travel sellers to update prices in real-time and paves the way for an experience more like regular online shopping. 

Stayntouch, the property management startup owned by hotel company MCR, has raised $48 million in venture capital. 

Google this week released a new version of generative AI technology that it says rivals ChatGPT. The technology, called Gemini Pro, has replaced the previous tech that powers the chatbot Bard. 

Seven travel startups have announced fundraises of more than $305 million over the past week.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, December 8. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Amazon Web Services had a weeklong conference last week, where it shared a slew of updates to services that travel companies are using to build tools powered by generative AI.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, December 7. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Navan, a travel and expense management startup, has laid off 5% of employees at the company, accounting for about 145 people.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, December 5. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Travelport said Monday that it has raised $570 million in new equity from investors. 

RoomRaccoon, a cloud-based hotel tech system, said this week that it is expanding its presence in Ireland via acquisition.

Seven travel tech startups have raised more than $171 million over the past two weeks. 

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, December 1. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Trip.com Group said Thursday that it has selected Amazon Web Services as its “strategic cloud provider” in a multiyear deal meant to drive innovations in travel bookings, personalized recommendations, and customer service. 

Amazon Web Services is having a conference all week in Las Vegas, and there have already been several reveals of next-generation offerings for the travel industry. 

Two travel tech startups announced fundraises over the past week totaling more than $203 million.

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