Travel & Hospitality Startups

Tanzania Specialist is a tour operator that designs custom Tanzania trips, including private safaris, Kilimanjaro climbs, and Zanzibar beach stays, using its own vehicles and local guides. It serves leisure travelers, with a local office and team based in Arusha, and appears to focus on the Dutch-speaking market.

1 investor

Tarntipi Homelands Aboriginal Corporation runs Tiwi-led cultural training programs and bush camps on Bathurst Island, offering immersive experiences of Tiwi Indigenous heritage. The programs are led by Tiwi Elders and educators.

1 investor

An AI travel planner that builds complete personalized itineraries—flights, hotels, transfers, and experiences—in one chat conversation, with human expert review and no markups. Users plan for free and pay only when they book, with live pricing based on dates, travellers, and starting location.

1 investor

TBO operates a B2B travel platform that lets travel agents book flights, hotels, car rentals, transfers, sightseeing, and holiday packages in real time from an aggregated network of travel suppliers. It serves travel agents and suppliers across a global market with booking tools, pricing, inventory, and support.

1 investor

TEP Tours is developing an automated booking platform for airlines that lets pet owners search, book, and self-ticket flights with their pets while meeting airline safety and destination regulations. It targets the pet travel market in the EU, aiming to fill empty airline seats and offer in-flight and leisure options for traveling with pets.

1 investor

Tern builds Tilly, an AI-powered assistant that learns a user's tastes and preferences to recommend and book places, dinners, and experiences for both travel and everyday life. The company originally created an AI travel planner used by people across 120 countries and rebuilt it as a consumer-facing personal recommendation tool.

1 investor

Textify.ai operates an AI tool directory that helps individuals, businesses, and developers find AI applications through tagging and categorization, alongside expert-authored blog content. The company also incubates and launches its own AI applications, such as an AI travel-planning tool.

1 investor

The Belfry is a golf and spa resort offering hotel stays, golf holidays, and spa breaks and packages for leisure guests. It combines on-course golf experiences with spa treatments and wellness stays.

1 investor

A luxury oceanfront resort in Virginia Beach operating three distinctive hotels on 20 acres, offering restaurants, bars, pools, spa, and event spaces. The property dates to 1927 and combines historic heritage with contemporary hospitality.

1 investor

The Cruise Maps creates custom printed and digital maps of cruise ship routes using AIS satellite-tracking data to show the actual path traveled, rather than just the itinerary. The maps are designed for cruise passengers seeking high-quality keepsakes of their voyages.

1 investor

The Digital Hotelier is a unified SaaS platform for hotel operations and guest experience, connecting front office, housekeeping, maintenance, and management on one real-time system while giving guests QR-code-based digital services. It serves hotels and hospitality operators with tools for operations automation, guest engagement, upselling, and analytics.

1 investor

A luxury hotel in New York City offering fine dining, bars, and curated guest accommodations and experiences designed around principles of sensory hospitality and attentive service.

1 investor

The Maker is a lifestyle brand spanning hospitality, fragrance, and retail, centered on an 11-room award-winning boutique hotel in Hudson, NY, along with a bespoke collection of gender-inclusive perfumes and home products. It operates an online store, a NYC shop, and distributes its clean, vegan, cruelty-free fragrances in stores across the US.

1 investor

The Newbury Boston is a restored luxury hotel located at the corner of Newbury and Arlington Streets in Boston's Back Bay, near the Boston Public Garden. It positions itself as a historic landmark offering hospitality and lodging.

1 investor

Nolbal operates an online booking platform for leisure and travel activities in South Korea, offering deals on hotels, resorts, theme parks, water parks, pensions, glamping, cruises, and cultural experiences. The service targets families and consumers looking for weekend and vacation activities.

1 investor

The Points Guy (TPG) is a travel media platform that publishes reviews, guides and tools covering credit cards, points and miles, loyalty programs, flights, hotels and cruises to help consumers travel better and maximize rewards. It reaches a global consumer audience through articles, videos and social media and earns revenue via affiliate referrals and sponsorships.

1 investor

The Rees is a lakeside luxury hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand, offering fine dining and wine experiences alongside accommodation. It operates an award-winning restaurant and a dedicated wine lounge featuring local Central Otago produce and international and New Zealand wines.

1 investor

The Trip Boutique offers an AI platform for travel businesses and agencies, with modules for customer profiling, itinerary building, booking, marketing, and data analytics that integrate with CRMs. It combines client data with travel advisor expertise to deliver personalized recommendations and automate sales and operational workflows.

1 investor

The Venetian Las Vegas is a resort and hotel offering accommodations, entertainment, shopping, and a rewards program for guests visiting Las Vegas. It provides amenities such as event experiences tied to attractions like the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

1 investor

The Well Estate develops wellness-focused hospitality concepts, partnering with hotels and hospitality operators to add wellness-oriented guest experiences and new revenue streams. The company positions itself around extending human healthspan through fitness and lifestyle offerings.

1 investor

Acacia manufactures and sells outdoor camping tents and related gear designed for backcountry adventures, featuring pop-up designs and high-capacity configurations for individuals and families.

1 investor

The Exclusive Collective is a luxury hospitality portfolio uniting private club membership, flexible travel, and boutique villa rentals aimed at high-net-worth travelers. It brings together the brands Exclusive Resorts, Inspirato, and onefinestay under a shared platform while keeping each brand independent.

1 investor

Thermal is a surf travel company that connects surfers with local guides and curated trips to over 20 destinations worldwide, offering access to premium surf experiences and cultural immersion. The company serves as the official travel partner of the World Surf League.

1 investor

The Zien Group operates a hotel booking and collection platform representing over 315 boutique and luxury hotels across more than 137 destinations in Europe. The company serves leisure travelers seeking curated accommodations with a loyalty program offering discounts and member benefits.

1 investor