Travel & Hospitality Startups

Simmer is a slot game review and comparison platform that provides unbiased player reviews, real-time trending data, and detailed game comparisons based on RTP, volatility, and features. The platform helps players discover and compare thousands of slot games from providers like Pragmatic Play, NetEnt, and Play'n GO.

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Sion is travel-agency software focused on commission tracking and payment reconciliation, offering real-time GDS integrations, file-based booking/payment imports, automated advisor statements, invoicing, analytics, and an integrated CRM. It serves independent travel advisors, host agencies, TMCs, OTAs, consortia, and DMCs.

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Sitata offers travel insurance combined with real-time safety alerts, monitoring 220+ countries for threats such as protests, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters, and providing 24/7 chat assistance and travel-medicine telemedicine through its app. It serves individual travelers with destination-specific coverage and app-based claims.

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Blue Mountain Resort is a mountain resort offering skiing, a bike park, and a summit adventure park, along with an on-site pub and grill, wedding and event venues, and seasonal festivals.

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SKIDAY offers "Mt. CAM", a rental service of cordless, mobile outdoor live cameras for ski and snow resorts, streaming views to facility visitors on a monthly subscription with no installation work or upfront cost. It serves snow resorts and skiers/snowboarders in Japan, aiming to support the snow, tourism, and regional economies.

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Skift is a travel industry news and research media company, publishing daily reporting, newsletters, podcasts, and market research on aviation, hotels, online travel, and travel technology. It serves travel industry executives and business leaders, and also offers research, advisory, executive search, and branded content services.

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Skitude offers a mobile app and website for skiers and outdoor enthusiasts, letting users track activities, view downhill analysis and 3D activity maps, and compete for rewards across more than 2,500 ski resorts. It also provides online booking to compare rates and connects users with a global network of ski resorts and mountain destinations.

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SmartGuest (SmartHotel) is an AI-powered guest engagement platform that automates the hospitality guest journey, including online check-in, messaging, entry instructions, and upsells. It serves hotels, apartments, and guesthouses, offering tools like smart locks, task management, multi-language chat, and payment/upselling features.

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SmarterTravel publishes travel tips, destination guides, and itineraries, delivered in part through an email newsletter. Its content covers topics such as travel scams, driving guides, and city itineraries for consumers.

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Sovereign Media Capital is an investment platform that manages long-term capital in intellectual property and real assets, including music royalty catalogues, film/media IP financing, and boutique hospitality developments. It serves investors seeking stable, non-correlated income through offerings such as inheritance tax planning and Enterprise Investment Scheme products, with a pan-European hospitality pipeline across Italy, Greece and Alpine Europe.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[{"full_name": "Andreas Roald", "title": "Founder"}]

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SnapStays operates an online marketplace for booking furnished, move-in-ready apartment rentals on monthly or longer terms. The listings are professionally managed and include furniture, housewares, and utilities.

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SnowSeekers is a media platform focused on winter travel across Western Canada, covering skiing, snowboarding, and active winter adventures in Alberta and British Columbia. It serves winter sports enthusiasts looking for information and inspiration on destinations in the region.

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Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square is a luxury hotel located near Lafayette Square and the White House in downtown Washington, D.C., offering accommodations, dining, and meeting and event spaces. It caters to business travelers, families, and leisure guests seeking a French-inspired hotel experience in the U.S. capital.

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Softinn provides an all-in-one hotel management platform including a PMS, channel manager, booking engine, content management system, and hotel kiosk that automate front desk, back office, housekeeping, and accounting operations. It serves hotel owners across Southeast Asia, with tax compliance support for Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore.

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A hotel located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City that offers guest accommodations with an emphasis on the creative and cultural character of Manhattan. The property caters to visitors and locals seeking a distinctive urban hospitality experience.

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Sojern provides a marketing platform for the travel industry, using data, algorithms, and machine learning to improve online advertising efficiency and deliver marketing products to travel marketers.

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Solve provides a platform for accessing peer-reviewed research papers, clinical studies, and curated educational content in medicine and science. The platform serves researchers, healthcare professionals, and individuals seeking to expand their scientific knowledge.

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Soneva operates luxury resorts and hospitality experiences centered on beachfront and ocean settings, emphasizing wellness, nature, and relaxation for travelers.

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soNomad is a low-cost travel insurance provider that lets travelers buy coverage online, including emergency medical insurance for Canadians traveling abroad, trip cancellation/interruption insurance, and insurance for visitors to Canada. It uses a per-transaction fee model instead of broker commissions, focused on the Canadian market.

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Southern Marinas operates and manages a portfolio of marina properties, handling accounting, marketing, and business development across its locations. The company acquires and grows marina assets in the United States.

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Eventflare is an online marketplace and full-service agency for booking venues and managing corporate events, offering local event experts, logistics, AV, staffing, and post-event support. It serves corporate event planners across 40+ cities worldwide and supports payment in both fiat and cryptocurrency.

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Dencanto Community is a platform that connects international students with Spanish language schools and study programs across cities in Spain, offering personalized advice via student advisors who help select courses, destinations, and accommodation. It works with schools accredited by the Instituto Cervantes and provides pre-trip onboarding, logistics handling, and support during the stay.

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The Specialist Journeys Group is a collection of niche tour operators. It operates in the travel and tour operator sector.

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Spree provides an SDK and settlement layer that lets brands offer instant, spendable rewards redeemable at over 4 million merchants at the point of payment. It targets loyalty programs across verticals such as travel, replacing delayed points systems with real-time settlement.

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