Best Travel and Hospitality Companies in Mexico
The 94 best Travel and Hospitality companies in Mexico in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Viva Aerobus.
Mexico's Travel and Hospitality sector has real money behind it — 94 companies tracked, $358M in total disclosed funding, and one unicorn already in the mix. This directory ranks them by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, so you can see exactly where capital is concentrating. Viva Aerobus leads at $150M, The Dolphin Company follows at $100M, and KidZania, MasAir, and Casai round out the top tier. The global market backdrop is genuinely compelling: forecast to hit $1.73T by 2025 at a 14.2% CAGR, with demand driven hard by shifting consumer expectations. And as evolving guest expectations reshape what travelers actually want, operators who've invested in hotel technology and personalization are pulling ahead fast.
What's the signal in the noise right now? App installs across 614 hospitality and travel apps are up a median 19% year-over-year, which tells you mobile engagement isn't slowing. Coverage in Mexico is relatively flat, but the hot themes, luxury resort development, hotel consulting, franchisee training, and hotel technology, are where I'd watch for the next funding rounds to land. Active investors like Discovery Americas and Utilico Emerging Markets Trust are already positioned. The opportunity here is real, and this list gives you the clearest view of who's funded and moving.
Ranked: Best Travel and Hospitality companies in Mexico
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viva Aerobus Provider of lowest cost passenger airline services | $150M | 61 mo ago | Funding Raised | JuanCarlos C CEO | 2006 | Amazon WebstoreCart FunctionalityContentful+45 | — | — |
| 2 | The Dolphin Company Operator of nature, theme & water parks | $100M | 46 mo ago | Series C | Eduardo Albor CEO | 1994 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — | — |
| 3 | KidZania Chain of educational and entertainment center for children | $33M | 98 mo ago | Late Stage | Javier Ancona Co-Founder & President | 1999 | Cart FunctionalityBootstrapVue.js+21 | — | — |
| 4 | MasAir Owns and operates cargo airlines | $29M | 88 mo ago | Series A | — | 1992 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24 | — | — |
| 5 | Casai 🦄 Operator of luxury hotels & suites | $28M | 68 mo ago | Acquired | Nico Barawid Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | — |
| 6 | Hoteles City Express Chain of hotels in Mexico | $18M | 109 mo ago | Public | Luis Barrios Chairman & Ceo | 2002 | — | — | — |
| 7 | TAR Aerolineas Provider of air transportation services for passengers | — | 35 mo ago | Funding Raised | Ricardo Baston CEO | 2011 | PrismicTypeScriptZoho+21 | — | — |
| 8 | Volaris Operator of passenger airlines | — | 36 mo ago | Public | Enrique Javier Mejicano Founder & CEO | 1993 | TypeScriptVarnishZone.js+29 | 10 signals ▲43% M&A · Announcements · Earnings | 2 expansions |
Top 12 Travel and Hospitality companies in Mexico
#1
Series C · Cancun, Quintana Roo · founded 1994 · 108 employees$100Mraised▾
Operator of nature, theme & water parks
#2
Funding Raised · Ciudad Apodaca, Nuevo Leon · founded 2006 · 1109 employees$150Mraised▾
Provider of lowest cost passenger airline services
- May 2021Conventional Debt$150M
#3
Casai 🦄Acquired · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 2019 · 350 employees$28Mraised▾
Operator of luxury hotels & suites
- Oct 2020Conventional Debt$25M
- Oct 2020Series A$23M
- Seed$5M
#4
Series A · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 1992 · 340 employees$29Mraised▾
Owns and operates cargo airlines
#5
Late Stage · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 1999 · 175 employees$33.3Mraised▾
KidZania is a chain of educational and entertainment center for children. It offers vocational, roleplay, adventure, and educational games. The company has a presence in over 20 countries including India, the UK, Brazil, Japan, Turkey, Thailand, Singapore, and Russia. The company provides packages for corporate events and school trips.
#6
Public · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 2002 · 3763 employees$17.5Mraised▾
Hoteles City Express is a hospitality company that owns and operates four brand of hotel chains namely City Express , City Express Suites , City Express Junior and City Express Plus.Currently has 9,600 rooms in 84 properties in Mexico, San José de Cost Rica and Cali Colombia.
- May 2017Post IPO—
- Jun 2009Conventional Debt$17.5M
#7
Funding Raised · Santiago De Queretaro, Queretaro · founded 2011—raised▾
Provider of air transportation services for passengers
- Jul 2023Conventional Debt—
#8
Public · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 1993—raised▾
Operator of passenger airlines
#9
Late Stage · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 1996 · 76 employees—raised▾
Provider of line maintenance services intended for the commercial airline industry. The company offers a wide range of services that include transit checks, daily and weekly checks, spare parts storage, and maintenance control liaison, thereby helping clients with safe and reliable services at competitive prices.
#10
Seed · Jalisco, Nayarit · founded 2004—raised▾
Operator of luxurious residential properties based in Punta de Mita, Mexico. The company offers fully equipped properties such as villas, condos, hotels and other magazine-looking estates for rentals, providing clients with facilities for leisure time and vacations.
- Jan 2022Seed—
#11
Public · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 1988—raised▾
Operator of passenger airlines
#12
Acquired · Mexico City, Mexico City · founded 2007 · 132 employees—raised▾
Provider of road aid, highway insurance and crane services
- Oct 2019Series A—
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Travel and Hospitality coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.