1) GetYourGuide GetYourGuide is a website that allows you to schedule tours, sights, and activities all around the world.
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Country: Germany State: Berlin City: Berlin Started in: 2009 Founders: Johannes Reck, Martin Sieber, Tao Tao, Tobias Rein Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $886,168,933 Funding rounds: 12 Number of investors: 35 (Citi, SoftBank Vision Fund, Battery Ventures, Temasek Holdings, Spark Capital) You can find their website here .
2) KLOOK Klook is a booking platform for travel and leisure that connects passengers with experiences and attractions.
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Country: Hong Kong State: Hong Kong Island City: Central Started in: 2014 Founders: Bernie Xiaokang Xiong, Eric Gnock Fah, Ethan Lin Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $721,500,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 13 (Goldman Sachs, OurCrowd, SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital China, TCV) You can find their website here .
3) Tourlane Tourlanea is an online planning and booking tool that assists tourists in researching and purchasing multi-day trips.
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Country: Germany State: Berlin City: Berlin Started in: 2016 Founders: Julian Stiefel, Julian Weselek Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $101,000,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 10 (Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, HV Capital, DN Capital, Nathan Blecharczyk) You can find their website here .
4) Sherpa Sherpa is a travel technology startup that helps businesses to include travel requirements into their offerings.
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Country: Canada State: Ontario City: Toronto Started in: 2015 Founders: Ivan Sharko, Max Tremaine Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $11,013,612 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 11 (True Ventures, Relay Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Golden Ventures, Globalive Capital) You can find their website here .
5) KKday KKday is a global e-commerce travel company that links tourists with unique local experiences.
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Country: Taiwan State: T'ai-pei City: Taipei Started in: 2014 Founders: Ming Chen Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $107,000,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 12 (Monk’s Hill Ventures, AppWorks, CDIB Capital, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, MindWorks Capital) You can find their website here .
6) Blacklane Blacklane is a global chauffeur service that provides safe, environmentally friendly, and stress-free transportation.
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Country: Germany State: Berlin City: Berlin Started in: 2011 Founders: Frank Steuer, Jens Wohltorf Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $102,967,714 Funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 11 (Daimler, btov Partners, Mutschler Ventures AG, Recruit Strategic Partners, RI Digital Ventures) You can find their website here .
7) BYHOURS BYHOURS is the first hotel booking site for microstays.
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Country: Spain State: Catalonia City: Barcelona Started in: 2012 Founders: Christian Picard, Christian Rodriguez, Guillermo Gaspart, Hugo Palomar Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $18,473,397 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 18 (Verve Ventures, Desafía, DILA Capital, Angel Ventures, Naviswiss) You can find their website here .
8) TourRadar TourRadar is a website that allows you to compare and book multi-day trips in over 200 countries around the world.
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Country: Austria State: Wien City: Vienna Started in: 2010 Founders: Shawn Pittman, Travis Pittman Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $66,500,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 14 (TCV, Speedinvest, Cherry Ventures, Endeit Capital, Hoxton Ventures) You can find their website here .
9) Limehome Limehome transforms commercial buildings into chic apart-hotels that are managed through their technology platform for business and leisure tourists.
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Country: Germany State: Bayern City: Munich Started in: 2018 Founders: Josef Vollmayr, Lars Stabe Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: € 36,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 4 (HV Capital, Lakestar, Picus Capital, Global Growth Capital) You can find their website here .
10) Lambus The All-In-One travel platform aims to bring all aspects of the travel experience together on a single platform.
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Country: Germany State: Niedersachsen City: Osnabrück Started in: 2018 Founders: Anja Niehoff, Hans Knöchel, Hendrik Scherer, Leon Braun, Niklas Kling, Torben Pretzel Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $690,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (EXIST, Seedhouse) You can find their website here .
11) Comtravo Comtravo is a travel and tourism company that focuses on travel management, business travel, and online reservations.
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Country: Germany State: Berlin City: Berlin Started in: 2015 Founders: Jannik Neumann, Michael Riegel, Simon Schmincke, Slobodan Utvic Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: € 38,500,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 14 (Deutsche Bank, Project A Ventures, Creandum, btov Partners, M12) You can find their website here .
12) Evaneos Evaneos is a web platform that connects travelers with local agents to help them plan, estimate the cost, and book customized vacations.
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Country: France State: Ile-de-France City: Paris Started in: 2009 Founders: Eric La Bonnardiere, Yvan Wibaux Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $109,067,752 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 7 (Bpifrance, Isai, Partech, XAnge, Serena) You can find their website here .
13) Roadsurfer Roadsurfer is a campervan rental company with more than 13 locations around Germany and in Paris.
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Country: Germany State: Bayern City: Munich Started in: 2017 Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: € 24,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 4 (HV Capital, Heartcore Capital, 10x Group, Darian Shirazi) You can find their website here .
14) MyRealTrip In South Korea, MyRealTrip is a prominent tours and activities startup.
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Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Seoul Started in: 2012 Founders: Donggun Lee, Minseo Baek Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $62,045,628 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 12 (Altos Ventures, Tekton Ventures, Primer, Partech, Mirae Asset Venture Investment) You can find their website here .
15) HolidayMe HolidayMe is an online site that provides clients in the Middle East with on-demand tailored vacation solutions.
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Country: United Arab Emirates State: Dubai City: Dubai Started in: 2013 Founders: Digvijay Pratap, Geet Bhalla Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $39,000,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 9 (Accel, InnoVen Capital, Algebra Ventures, Global Ventures, Gobi Partners) You can find their website here .
16) Musement Musement is a travel companion that lets you book tickets for activities and attractions in over 1000 destinations all over the world.
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Country: Italy State: Lombardia City: Milan Started in: 2012 Founders: Alessandro Petazzi, Claudio Bellinzona, Fabio Zecchini, Paolo Giulini Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $16,465,762 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 4 (360 Capital, P101, Italian Angels for Growth, Micheli Associati) You can find their website here .
17) Exoticca Exoticca creates an internet platform to make booking vacation easier.
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Country: Spain State: Catalonia City: Barcelona Started in: 2013 Founders: Jesus Rodriguez Fernandez, Marti Guasch Mercade Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: € 21,500,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 13 (K Fund, Kibo Ventures, Claret Capital Partners, Milano Investment Partners, Sabadell Venture Capital) You can find their website here .
18) Withlocals Withlocals is a peer-to-peer marketplace where locals give travelers their experiences and services.
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Country: The Netherlands State: Noord-Brabant City: Eindhoven Started in: 2013 Founders: Marijn Maas, Willem Maas Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $16,523,026 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 4 (INKEF Capital, Horizon 2020, Keen Venture Partners, Digital Equity) You can find their website here .
19) Aviasales Aviasales.ru is a website that allows you to look for airline tickets online.
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Country: Thailand State: Phuket City: Phuket Started in: 2007 Founders: Konstantin Kalinov Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $10,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (iTech Capital) You can find their website here .
20) ADQ ADQ is a holding corporation that owns a number of large businesses.
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Country: United Arab Emirates State: Abu Dhabi City: Abu Dhabi Started in: 2018 You can find their website here .
21) Bidroom When compared to other booking services, Bidroom is the world's first no-commission hotel booking platform, offering up to 25% reduced room pricing.
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Country: The Netherlands State: Noord-Holland City: Amsterdam Started in: 2014 Founders: Casper Knieriem, Michael Ros Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: € 21,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 You can find their website here .
22) Kiwi.com Kiwi.com is an online travel technology company with a database of over 800 air and ground carriers from around the world.
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Country: Czech Republic State: Jihomoravsky kraj City: Brno Started in: 2012 Founders: Jiri Hlavenka, Jozef Képesi, Oliver Dlouhý Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $2,072,420 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 3 (General Atlantic, Impulse Ventures, Jiri Hlavenka) You can find their website here .
23) TakeMe Co., Ltd. TakeMe provides merchants with a "All-in-One" payment platform for our pre- and post-pay value added services, allowing them to quickly digitally transform.
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Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2015 Founders: Lu Dong Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: ¥1,336,299,002 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 14 (DNX Ventures, Beenos Partners, Kotaro Chiba, The Norinchukin Bank, JTB Corp.) You can find their website here .
24) Skitude For skiers and resorts, we create a digital ecosystem.
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Country: Norway State: Oslo City: Oslo Started in: 2014 Founders: David Huerva, Marc Bigas, Victor Oliva Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $26,780,868 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 8 (Draper B1, Investinor, The Crowd Angel, IESE Business School, Norselab) You can find their website here .
25) Rezdy Rezdy is an online activity reservation system.
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Country: Australia State: New South Wales City: Sydney Started in: 2011 Founders: Hugo Sterin, Simon Lenoir Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: A$9,550,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 7 (Equity Venture Partners, Sydney Angels, Leon Kamenev, Bailador, Grand Prix Capital) You can find their website here .
26) ixigo ixigo.com is an online travel site in India that makes all of your vacations easier.
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Country: India State: Haryana City: Gurgaon Started in: 2006 Founders: Aloke Bajpai, Dharmendra Yashovardhan, Rajnish Kumar Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $35,500,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 6 (Sequoia Capital India, MakeMyTrip.com, SAIF Partners, Fosun RZ Capital, Micromax Informatics) You can find their website here .
27) TravelTriangle TravelTriangle allows travelers to book a customized vacation itinerary with a local travel agency.
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Country: India State: Delhi City: New Delhi Started in: 2011 Founders: Prabhat Gupta, Sanchit Garg, Sankalp Agarwal Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $47,900,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 10 (Bessemer Venture Partners, InnoVen Capital, SAIF Partners, Fundamentum, RB Investments Pte. Ltd.) You can find their website here .
28) RailYatri RailYatri's mission is to provide standardized and high-quality travel experiences in India.
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Country: India State: Uttar Pradesh City: Noida Started in: 2014 Founders: Kapil Raizada, Manish Rathi, Sachin Saxena Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $16,123,940 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 7 (Blume Ventures, Nandan Nilekani, Helion Venture Partners, Google Launchpad Accelerator, Omidyar Network) You can find their website here .
29) Tripoto Travel Private Limited The world's largest travel community and marketplace platform is based in India.
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Country: India State: Delhi City: New Delhi Started in: 2013 Founders: Anirudh Gupta, Michael Pargal Lyngdoh Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $8,000,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 15 (500 Startups, 3one4 Capital, Chiratae Ventures, Neeraj Arora, Chiratae Ventures) You can find their website here .
30) IntrCity In both metro and tier-2 cities, today's tech-savvy Millennial consumers have grown up using Ola and Uber Apps for transportation and have a limited tolerance for substandard digital experiences. Consumers are wanting more convenience, cashless/contactless digital customer services, and a better on-ground experience, which can only be offered by connecting these through technology. Our technology enables smooth intercity travel using the only two true alternative modes of transportation: buses and trains. Our passengers can expect comfort, safety, and punctuality from IntrCity SmartBus. We achieve these objectives through well-defined quality standards, standardized bus configurations, and our own mobility technologies.
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Country: India State: Uttar Pradesh City: Noida Started in: 2014 Founders: Kapil Raizada, Manish Rathi Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $16,123,940 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 7 (Blume Ventures, Nandan Nilekani, Helion Venture Partners, Google Launchpad Accelerator, Omidyar Network) You can find their website here .
31) MeTripping MeTripping is a smart travel search engine that assists travel agents in making trip decisions while also addressing indecision and iteration.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2015 Founders: Varun Gupta Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $850,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 8 (Capital A, Acsys Investments, Shravan Gupta, KPB Family Trust, Arali Ventures) You can find their website here .
32) Happyeasygo Group HappyEasyGo.com is a travel website.
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Country: India State: Haryana City: Haryana Started in: 2017 Founders: Boris Zha Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $49,596,151 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 14 (58.com, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, CITIC Capital Holdings) You can find their website here .
33) Yolobus Yolobus provides intercity bus and mobility services, ensuring that passengers have a pleasant and safe travel.
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Country: India State: Haryana City: Gurgaon Started in: 2019 Founders: Danish Chopra, Mukul Shah, Shailesh Gupta Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $4,100,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (Nexus Venture Partners, India Quotient) You can find their website here .
34) Tujia Tujia is a website that allows people to book vacation rentals.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2011 Founders: Luo Jun, Melissa Yang Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $755,000,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 12 (GGV Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, MSA Capital, CDH Investments, HomeAway) You can find their website here .
35) Vacasa Vacasa is a vacation rental management company that specializes in assisting homeowners with the purchase, management, and sale of their holiday homes.
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Country: United States State: Oregon City: Portland Started in: 2009 Founders: Cliff Johnson, Eric Breon Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $634,500,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 5 (Silver Lake, NewSpring, Riverwood Capital, Level Equity Management, Assurant Growth Investing) You can find their website here .
36) Harvest Hosts Harvest Hosts is a membership organization that invites self-contained RVers to stay for free overnight.
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Country: United States State: Colorado City: Vail Started in: 2010 Founders: Don Greene, Kim Greene Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $37,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Stripes) You can find their website here .
37) AvantStay AvantStay is a technology-driven hospitality firm that specializes on group travel experiences.
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Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Started in: 2017 Founders: Reuben Doetsch, Sean Breuner Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $26,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 11 (Abstract Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Bullpen Capital, Blue Ivy Ventures, 3L Capital) You can find their website here .
38) Medium Medium is a social publishing platform that brings people together to share their thoughts and opinions on important topics.
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Country: United States State: California City: San Francisco Started in: 2011 Founders: Biz Stone, Jason Goldman Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $132,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 20 (Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Spark Capital, Science, Betaworks) You can find their website here .