As artificial intelligence (AI) marches toward general-purpose capability, travel remains both tantalized and trapped. On one hand, AI promises frictionless journeys, hyper-personalized offers and operational efficiency....
PhocusWire has tracked the top investors in travel for the past couple of years to understand where they see opportunity and are willing to place their...
There are many quotations by Warren Buffett that you can live by as an investor. Perhaps one of the sagest pieces of advice is: “You only...
While 2024 suggested a positive shift in funding for travel startups compared to the prior year, things cooled off in the first quarter of 2025. “[This...
What happens if you are in the role of CEO of a startup you have founded and you wake up one day and things no longer...
It is being billed as artificial intelligence’s “Sputnik moment”, the day when the hype bubble burst and American companies in the sector and their investors recognized...
Despite a slowdown in funding for travel startups over the past couple of years, the brave continue to reimagine travel processes and emerge from stealth with...
A glance across the travel funding landscape in the third quarter of 2024 suggests there were more rounds overall than in Q2, with Series A, B...
Artificial intelligence is seemingly becoming the solution to everything – but I am skeptical, especially in travel. There is a risk of over reliance on the...
Significant funding rounds into travel startups and growth companies were few and far between in the second quarter of 2024. Headline grabbers tended toward later stage...