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Travel Startup Funding Sinks to Decade Low — What It Means for the Industry’s StackTravelTech News

Travel Startup Funding Sinks to Decade Low — What It Means for the Industry’s Stack

Travel startup funding sank to a decade low with roughly $1bn across 44 rounds in Q1 2026 reshaping which layers of the industry stack survive.

7 April 20264 min
Travel Startup Funding Hits a New Low — and the Survivors All Have One Thing in CommonTravelTech News

Travel Startup Funding Hits a New Low — and the Survivors All Have One Thing in Common

Travel startup funding hit a new low in Q1 2026 and the survivors share one trait: they can prove their technology actually works.

31 March 20264 min
Mews and Turneo’s Native Integration Is a Wake-Up Call for Every PMS VendorTravelTech News

Mews and Turneo’s Native Integration Is a Wake-Up Call for Every PMS Vendor

Mews and Turneo's native integration lets hotels attach tours and experiences to bookings and signals that AI is now the product not a feature.

24 March 20264 min
Travelport’s $50M AI injection signals a distribution reckoningTravelTech News

Travelport’s $50M AI injection signals a distribution reckoning

Travelport's shareholders committed $50m to AI development in a move that signals a distribution reckoning reaching well beyond a single GDS.

17 March 20264 min
Grab Bets on AI to Redefine the Travel Experience in Southeast AsiaTravelTech News

Grab Bets on AI to Redefine the Travel Experience in Southeast Asia

Grab's launch of AI-powered travel tools is one of the most significant product moves in Southeast Asian travel tech this quarter.

10 March 20264 min
Hotelbeds sheds its skin and emerges as HBX GroupTravelTech News

Hotelbeds sheds its skin and emerges as HBX Group

Hotelbeds has relaunched as HBX Group in a rebrand that is far more than cosmetic as the B2B travel giant repositions for its next chapter.

3 March 20264 min
Travel Technology in Focus: The Week’s Defining StoryTravelTech News

Travel Technology in Focus: The Week’s Defining Story

Our editorial desk reflects on travel technology's direction in a rare quiet week when the live news feed returned no retrievable stories.

24 February 20263 min