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Market moves, funding and hiring signals from across travel and hospitality tech.
TravelTech NewsStartup M&A fills the void as travel funding deal volume hits a new low
Travel startup funding deal volume hit a new low and M&A is filling the gap as the deals struck now decide who controls the stack for the next decade.
TravelTech NewsAmenitiz’s $45M raise is a wake-up call for every PMS vendor ignoring independent hotels
Amenitiz's $45m raise is a wake-up call for PMS vendors as capital and new models pour into the long-overlooked independent hotel segment.
TravelTech NewsTravel Funding Deal Volume Hits New Low in Q1 2026 — Yet the Big Cheques Keep Coming
Travel funding deal volume hit a new low in Q1 2026 yet the big cheques keep coming as capital concentrates and the middle ground disappears.
TravelTech NewsMirai, TPConnects and the quiet revolution in AI-native booking infrastructure
Mirai and TPConnects show travel tech is no longer bolting on AI features but rewiring the booking infrastructure underneath distribution.
TravelTech NewsTravel 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.
TravelTech NewsTravel 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.
TravelTech NewsMews 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.
TravelTech NewsTravelport’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.
TravelTech NewsGrab 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.
TravelTech NewsHotelbeds 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.
TravelTech NewsTravel 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.