Travel & Hospitality Startups

Hornblower offers guided sightseeing and cruise experiences by land and sea, led by local crews and tour guides. It provides bookable tours with flexible payment and rescheduling options for travelers.

1 investor

HostGPO is a members-only group purchasing organization for vacation rental hosts, owners, and managers, using collective buying power to negotiate discounts on furniture, hospitality linens, amenities, and other products to set up and restock short-term rental properties. Members also receive consultation calls with experienced property managers and access to a knowledge base of hosting advice.

1 investor

Hosty is a Japan-based venture/entrepreneurial group that builds new services and products by challenging everyday inconveniences and inefficiencies. The company describes itself as a collective of entrepreneurs aiming to create new standards across various fields.

1 investor

A business travel management platform that enables companies to plan, organize, and manage employee business trips. The platform aggregates over 2.2 million accommodations and 900+ airlines, offering automation for bookings, expense tracking, policy compliance, and CO₂ emissions monitoring.

1 investor

A 4-star hotel located in central Cannes near the beaches, the Croisette and the Palais des Festivals, offering 68 rooms and 4 suites in an Art Déco style. It provides amenities including a fitness room, dry sauna, bar-lounge and a shaded terrace with a view of the bay of Cannes, catering to both leisure and business stays.

1 investor

Hotel con Corazón is a social impact hotel that reinvests its profits into education programs for communities in Latin America. Guests contribute to local educational initiatives through their stays.

1 investor

Louvre Hôtel & Spa is a hotel in Madagascar offering guest rooms, a spa, a bistronomic restaurant (St. Germain), a coffee shop, and event hosting. The hotel emphasizes wellness, personalized guest service, and environmental commitments including local reforestation and use of local craftsmanship.

1 investor

Hotel Manager is a guest operating system for luxury hotels that integrates with Oracle OPERA Cloud and Simphony to capture pre-arrival and in-stay revenue and manage service delivery. It offers a branded no-download guest experience, a staff dashboard, and a Smart Terminal for real-time order routing and fulfilment.

1 investor

Consulting and interim-management practice led by Michael Gehring that advises hotel owners, investors, and board members on crisis turnaround, succession, and operational stabilization, and runs a health/longevity program giving hospitality teams tools for wellbeing and resilience. It serves the hospitality industry in the German-speaking DACH region.

1 investor

Hotel Viking is a hotel in Newport, Rhode Island offering accommodations and curated local experiences such as sailing excursions, fishing charters, mansion tours, and Cliff Walk visits. It serves travelers seeking to explore Newport's history, culture, and coastal attractions.

1 investor

Hotela operates six private residences in Hirafu, Niseko, each featuring a private onsen and staffed by a 24/7 team, available to book as a guest or purchase outright. It offers luxury accommodation and residence ownership in Japan's Niseko ski region.

1 investor

HotelOnline provides a cloud-based hospitality technology suite for hotels, including a property management system, booking engine, channel manager, POS, and revenue management and digital marketing services. It serves hotels across Africa, connecting them to OTAs, bedbanks, and metasearch platforms.

1 investor

HotelPlanner is a platform that negotiates and books discounted group hotel rates for events, conferences, and travel programs. The service serves group coordinators, universities, government agencies, sports organizations, and corporate clients seeking bulk room reservations.

1 investor

HotelSync is an all-in-one hotel management platform combining property management (PMS), a channel manager with 2-way OTA sync, a direct booking engine, and payment processing. It serves independent hotels and hotel groups, reporting use across more than 41,000 units in 25 markets.

1 investor

HotelWay provides digital communication tools for hospitality businesses such as hotels, restaurants, spas, and golf resorts, including AI chatbots, live chat, food & beverage ordering, and housekeeping ordering. Its products aim to automate customer communication and staff workflows in the travel and leisure sector.

1 investor

House of Gods Hotels operates boutique hotels with a maximalist design philosophy, offering experience-focused stays with curated dining and entertainment venues. The company serves luxury travelers seeking distinctive, celebratory hospitality experiences.

1 investor

Hoxell provides a digital hospitality operations platform that centralizes and coordinates the daily activities of a hotel's departments in real time, integrating with property management systems (PMS). It also offers guest communication tools for the pre-stay, in-stay, and post-stay phases, serving hotels and hospitality facilities.

1 investor

Hubli is an AI-powered strategic meetings management platform that lets organizations source venues, manage budgets, automate payments, and track spend across meetings and events. It offers direct API integrations with major hotel groups and covers everything from self-serve bookings to complex event sourcing across 400,000+ spaces in 124 countries.

1 investor

Hulyo is an Israeli travel company and app offering discounted deals on flights, vacation packages, domestic and international getaways, and concert tickets. It serves Israeli consumers looking for last-minute and bargain travel and entertainment opportunities.

1 investor

Hungry Hub is a restaurant booking and dining deals platform where diners reserve tables at hotels and restaurants, largely in Bangkok, Thailand, often through package or set-price offers. It focuses on the Thai dining market, featuring venues such as hotel restaurants and rooftop dining.

1 investor

I amsterdam is a city guide for Amsterdam offering an events calendar, tips for activities, restaurant and neighborhood recommendations, and a cultural newsletter. It serves visitors and residents of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

1 investor

ICM Hub develops conversational AI solutions for airlines and airports to handle customer inquiries, reduce contact center costs, and increase ancillary revenues through automated, first-class customer interactions.

1 investor

Ikura provides an AI agent for Japanese tourism and inbound businesses that automatically handles inquiries, bookings, payments, and customer management via WhatsApp and Instagram, operating 24/7 in 50 languages. It targets tour operators and inbound-focused businesses in Japan serving foreign visitors, enabling multilingual support and direct sales without additional multilingual staff.

1 investor

International Language Programs (ILP) organizes 3-4 month volunteer and travel trips abroad for college-age adults, pairing service work in local communities with travel experiences. The Utah-based program provides group support and requires no prior experience.

1 investor