Top Travel, Leisure and Tourism Startups

Airbnb

Public

What they do:

Book accommodations around the world.

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

AirHelp

What they do:

AirHelp helps air passengers get compensation for delayed, cancelled…

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HQ: Lisbon, Portugal

Let's Do This

What they do:

The online company that gets everyone offline

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HQ: London, United Kingdom

Duffel

Hiring

What they do:

The complete toolkit to sell travel.

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HQ: London, United Kingdom

Rove

Hiring

What they do:

Earn airline miles on hotels and everyday spend.

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HQ: New York, NY, United States

Shuttle Central

Hiring

What they do:

Helping travel companies to sell transportation online

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HQ: Cancún, Mexico

The Ticket Fairy

What they do:

Revenue generation for live events

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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States

Axel Travel

Hiring

What they do:

AI agent that saves you money on travel

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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States

Tab

Hiring

What they do:

Revolutionising the way travellers discover, plan and book a trip

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HQ: London, United Kingdom

Ancana

What they do:

Marketplace for vacation home co-ownership, fully managed

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HQ: Mérida, Mexico

Pointhound

Hiring

What they do:

Earn and redeem credit card points for free flights

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HQ: Remote

Roame

Hiring

What they do:

Flight search engine using credit card points and miles

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

Stardrift

Hiring

What they do:

AI travel planner

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

Suiteness

What they do:

Book guaranteed connecting rooms and suites at hotels

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

Shoobs

What they do:

We help you find and book tickets to great entertainment events that…

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HQ: London, United Kingdom

Roomstorm

What they do:

Real time B2B hotel room marketplace for various industries…

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HQ: Prague, Czechia

Vaya

What they do:

Discover your next vacation for less.

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

Veeza AI

What they do:

AI tourist visa agent for people with weak passports.

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Momence

Acquired

What they do:

Scheduling and payments for experiences

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

VaycayHero

Acquired

What they do:

VaycayHero is a marketplace of professionally managed vacation…

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

Hipmunk

Acquired

What they do:

Hipmunk takes the agony out of searching for flights, accommodations,…

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

Songkick

Acquired

What they do:

Songkick is the great live music startup. Since 2007, we’ve set about making it as easy, fun and fair as possible for you to see your favorite artists live.…

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HQ: United Kingdom

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FlightCaster predicts flight delays. FlightCaster can predict your probability of delay hours before the airline or any other app notifies you. FlightCaster…

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

Vayable

Acquired

What they do:

We're building a marketplace for unique travel experiences (it's…

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

What they do:

We save travelers hours by meeting them at their arrival gate,…

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HQ: Las Vegas, NV, United States

Drivezy

Shut down

What they do:

India's largest vehicle sharing platform, turning people's vehicles…

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HQ: Bengaluru, India

What they do:

FlightCar is the Airbnb of Car Rentals at Airports. We allow people…

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

GetGoing

Shut down

What they do:

We are building a "transparent opaque" airfare and hotel booking site…

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

Flytenow

Shut down

What they do:

Ride sharing for small planes

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

Mage

Shut down

What they do:

The safest way to buy and sell collectibles

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HQ: Kiel, Germany

What they do:

TicketStumbler is a secondary ticket market search engine and comparison website. They search through thousands of ticket listings from hundreds of brokers…

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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

Roomblocker

Shut down

What they do:

Hotel booking for groups and events.

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

What they do:

Create a cryptocurrency for your community.

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HQ: New York, NY, United States

Simmer

Shut down

What they do:

We do reviews for dishes. Our app helps users find the very best…

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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

MoFE

Shut down

What they do:

Next generation Disney.

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HQ: New York, NY, United States

Apollo Health

Shut down

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