Best Online Travel Companies in Thailand
The 58 best Online Travel companies in Thailand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aviasales.
Sixty-two million dollars. That's the total disclosed funding across 58 Online Travel companies in Thailand tracked in this directory, and it tells you something real about where the capital is concentrated. Aviasales leads at $43M, which is nearly 70% of the entire pool on its own. Hotel Nida follows at $11M, Tourkrub at $6M, and the rest of the field drops off sharply from there. No unicorns yet, but the structural tailwind is hard to ignore: the global online travel market sat at roughly $354.2B in 2020 and is forecast to reach $1,835.6B by 2032 at an 11% CAGR, driven by rising internet penetration and shifting consumer habits across Southeast Asia.
App-level momentum backs the macro story. Across 497 travel-related apps, median install growth is running at roughly +18% YoY, which suggests demand is moving faster than funding rounds imply. I'd also flag that operational complexity is rising: flight disruptions are pushing online travel agencies to invest more in customer support infrastructure, a cost pressure you don't see in headline funding figures. Investors like 500 Global and dtac are the most active backers here, and if the concentration around Aviasales holds, the real question is whether Thailand's next wave of funded players can carve meaningful ground from what's left.
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Ranked: Best Online Travel companies in Thailand
| # | Company | Revenue | Disclosed funding | Last round | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascend Travel SaaS-driven travel & expense management solution for business travelers | $9M FY2022 | — | — | Kreakpong Ngathaweesuk Founder | SentryTypeScriptNode.js+14 | Top 500k | — |
| 2 | Local Alike Village Trips Connects travelers to localites | $929K FY2022 | $5K | 120 mo ago | Somsak Boonkam Founder And Ceo | Cart FunctionalityShopifyPayPal+13 | Top 10M | 1 job opening |
| 3 | 11-Infotech System Software solutions provider for the travel industry | $815K FY2022 | — | — | Chartchai Pothong CEO | PHPBootstrapApache HTTP Server+13 | Top 50M | — |
| 4 | BusX Online ticketing platform for booking buses and vans | $655K FY2022 | — | — | Chaiyot Kotchapan Founder & CEO | BootstrapNginxAmazon Web Services+10 | Top 500k | — |
| 5 | DirectRooms Hotel booking and comparison site | $598K FY2022 | — | — | Alex Lotz CEO | — | — | — |
| 6 | PlanetRooms Online platform for booking hotels | $598K FY2022 | — | — | Alex Lotz Co-Founder & Managing Director | — | — | — |
| 7 | Instant Bookings Cloud based booking management system for hotels | $593K FY2022 | — | — | Chatchai Tavedej CEO | Microsoft ASP.NETBootstrapGoogle Font API+8 | Top 1M | — |
| 8 | Socialgiver Online deals platform for multi-category experiences | $392K FY2021 | $17K | 132 mo ago | Arch Wongchindawest Founder | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+24 | Top 50M | — |
| 9 | Panomaticsvr Online platform that provides VR tour experiences | $301K FY2022 | — | — | Max Tramboo Founder | PHPOpenSSLCodeIgniter+20 | Top 5M | — |
Top 11 Online Travel companies in Thailand
#1
Series C · Thailand · founded 2007 · 333 employees$43Mraised▾
App-based meta-search platform for booking travel services including flight tickets & hotel accommodations. Travelers can find, compare & book travel services from multiple travel booking websites. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.
#2
Series B · Bangkok, Bangkok · founded 2013 · 37 employees$5.5Mraised▾
Tourkrub is an online multi-national tour booking platform offering tours across Southeast Asia, Japan, China, Russia, Europe, Dubai. Customers can search tour packages based on location and travel dates and book online. They offer 24-hour booking services and charge Baht 5000 per person for booking and the rest of the amount has to be transferred before 21 days of travel.
- Feb 2020Series B$5M
- Seed$500K
#3
Deadpooled · Bangkok, Bangkok · founded 2015$11.1Mraised▾
Chain of standardized budget hotels
#4
Series A · Bangkok, Bangkok · founded 2016 · 6 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Drivemate offers an online P2P rental platforms for cars. Customers can discover listed cars based on location and brands. Once selected, customers can book the car for the required duration based on availability. Customers have to pick up the car from the location defined by the car lender. Car owners can use the platform to list their cars.
- Oct 2019Series A$2.2M
- Oct 2017Seed—
#5
Funding Raised · Bangkok, Bangkok · founded 2014$17.3Kraised▾
Socialgiver provides an online deals platform for multi-category experiences. The catalog includes restaurants, travel, beauty salons, hotels, and more. Users can also send purchased experiences as gift cards. The company claims to donate profits to social & environmental projects. Some of the official sponsors include IRPC, PTT Group, and Siam Innovation District.
- 2015Grant (prize money)$17.3K
#6
Seed · Phuket, Phuket · founded 2013 · 21 employees—raised▾
Cloud driven channel manager and booking engine for hotels. It offers reporting tools, an extranet, and a mobile app for hoteliers to monitor and accept bookings. Also offers a content management system, website design, and hosting services.
- Apr 2023Seed—
#7
Funding Raised · Bangkok, Bangkok · founded 2012 · 15 employees$4.9Kraised▾
Local Alike is a Thailand based booking platform for travelers. It connects travelers to locals so that they are able to book stays, local experiences etc. Users can pay directly via the platform for bookings.
- 2016Grant (prize money)$4.9K
#8
Seed · Pak Kret, Nonthaburi · founded 2012 · 14 employees—raised▾
Penguint provides an app for discovery and booking of flight tickets. A user can provide booking details such as origin-destination, date of journey, class type and the number of passengers to search and book tickets online.
- Jul 2018Seed—
- May 2017Seed—
- Seed—
#9
Seed · Bangkok, Bangkok · founded 2016—raised▾
UpStay is a marketplace platform to discover and book villas for home stay accommodation. Users can search the listed properties, pay online and book. The company claims that the listed properties are curated by its team. As of Dec'16, the platform operates in Bangkok, Phuket, and Bali.
- Nov 2016Seed—
#10
Seed · Bangkok, Bangkok · founded 2016 · 433 employees—raised▾
Tineri is a SaaS-driven travel itinerary app for tour operators. The app enables tour operators to replace/supplement paper itineraries with an interactive mobile app. It offers brand customization, API integration, clients feedback, document storage & more.
- Aug 2016Seed—
#11
Seed · Bangkok, Bangkok · founded 2013 · 15 employees—raised▾
TakeMeTour is an online Platform, they match travelers, who are looking for authentic local experiences from local hosts in Thailand, who listed their own trips on the website. Users can chat, check and confirm the trip immediately on website. Along with 500 TukTuks, the company received funding from Aitthipat Kulapongvanich, the owner of snack company Tao Kae Noi.
- May 2016Seed—
- Nov 2015Seed—
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