Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping travel and hospitality tech in New York City. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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28 of 619 tracked companies have open roles.
141 of 619 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 210 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 68.2% of disclosed capital, while 77.2% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $257.33M | 39 | 19 |
| 2017 | $582.27M | 37 | 13 |
| 2018 | $280.59M | 36 | 18 |
| 2019 | $367.38M | 36 | 26 |
| 2020 | $481.21M | 36 | 13 |
| 2021 | $1.52B | 38 | 23 |
| 2022 | $1.22B | 22 | 21 |
| 2023 | $579.82M | 25 | 15 |
| 2024 | $287.78M | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | $1.2B | 1 | 8 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
262 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in travel and hospitality tech company rounds since 2016.
Backed by .
Backed by Nico Rosberg and Brian Kelly and others.
Backed by Iconiq Capital and Founders Fund and others.
Backed by Exor and Shell and others.
Backed by Founders Fund and Redpoint Ventures and others.
Backed by Thrive Capital and Sands Capital and others.
Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Alpha Wave Global and others.
Backed by Mercedes-Benz.
Backed by Founders Fund and Thrive Capital and others.
Backed by Founders Fund and Thrive Capital and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Nelstone Ventures.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 3 reporting entities from 4 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not New York City market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 3 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 3 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheels Up ↗1819516 | $736.5m | $-294.2m | -39.9% | — | — |
| Via ↗1603015 | $434.3m | $-96.4m | -22.2% | — | — |
| Travelzoo ↗1133311 | $91.7m | $4.7m | +5.1% | — | — |
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How the New York City companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
37 of the 619 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (6%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 331,944 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| CheapOaircheapoair.com | 6,032,077 | 65 | 71.4% |
| Travelzootravelzoo.com | 4,632,957 | 60 | 81.4% |
| Rampramp.com | 4,403,691 | 53 | 36.4% |
| Atlas Obscuraatlasobscura.com | 3,359,011 | 69 | 47.7% |
| TravelClicktravelclick.com | 2,249,595 | 39 | 62.6% |
| EconomyBookingseconomybookings.com | 1,215,722 | 45 | 54.1% |
| Skiplaggedskiplagged.com | 1,213,640 | 58 | 31.2% |
| POINT.MEpoint.me | 1,090,852 | 45 | 50.9% |
| Fodor\'s Travelfodors.com | 1,083,949 | 57 | 65.9% |
| OneTravelonetravel.com | 858,997 | 47 | 77.7% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
114 of these companies (18.4%) publish at least one Android app — 374 apps in all, carrying 61.7M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| starryai - AI Art Generatorstarryai | 10M | 4.3 | Art & Design |
| Planes Live - Flight TrackerPlanes Live | 8.9M | 4 | Travel & Local |
| Learn to Draw 3D - AnimatedStudio One | 8.8M | 3.7 | Education |
| CheapOair: Cheap Flight DealsFareportal | 6.4M | 4.7 | Travel & Local |
| Connects: Arts+CultureBloomberg Connects | 3.2M | 4.2 | Education |
| TravelzooTravelzoo | 3.1M | 4.6 | Travel & Local |
| Skiplagged - Exclusive FlightsSkiplagged | 3M | 4.8 | Travel & Local |
| Headout: Travel ExperiencesHeadout | 2.4M | 4.5 | Travel & Local |
| EconomyBookings Car RentalEconomyBookings | 1.5M | 4.5 | Travel & Local |
| Travel dating: YourTravelMatesYour Travel Mates | 1.5M | 3.8 | Dating |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art And Museum Tech | 34 | 23.6M | starryai - AI Art Generator 10M | |
| Online Travel | 124 | 23.5M | CheapOair: Cheap Flight Deals 6.4M | |
| Continued Learning | 4 | 10.3M | Learn to Draw 3D - Animated 8.8M | |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 10M | Tripsst! 54 | |
| Aviation It | 13 | 9.2M | Planes Live - Flight Tracker 8.9M | |
| Road Transport Tech | 209 | 7.8M | EconomyBookings Car Rental 1.5M | |
| Coupons And Deals | 2 | 3.1M | Travelzoo 3.1M | |
| Social Platforms | 6 | 2.1M | Travel dating: YourTravelMates 1.5M |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 371 of 374 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
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Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
15 companies hiring · $2.72B disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Long Lake has agreed to acquire American Express Global Business Travel for USD 6.3 billion...
Venture capital fund Early Game Ventures announced a USD 600,000 pre-seed investment in Tryll, a startup that integrates AI into video games without relying on resources such as third-party cloud services or servers.
Timeshifter, a NYC-based provider of a jet lag app, raised an undisclosed amount in funding.
At about the same time, Plusgrade, a company established in Montreal, received a $1 billion investment, confirming that significant cash was moving north.
PEX Card, a corporate card and spend management platform for businesses, has raised $9.7M in funding according to a recent SEC filing.
In this context, the company announced US$100 million in financing from Community Investment Management (CIM), a move that supports its operational and technological expansion in one of its most important global markets.
$493 million raised at $4.2 billion valuation with an 8% first-day pop.
Lindblad Expeditions, LLC (the "Issuer"), intends to offer $650 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2030 (the "New Notes")
Travel technology company Amadeus has made an unspecified minority investment in New York-based AI specialist Acai Travel.
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ROH, the hospitality industry’s first payments management platform, today announced the successful completion of a $9.2 million financing round, led by Highgate Technology Ventures (“HTV”), a leading venture and growth equity firm focused on the hospitality and travel industries, and Acrew Capital.
Top 10 categories among 393 recorded events in the 24-month window.
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · NYSE12 reports
52 tracked people moves
Departure Previously Chief Operating Officer
Retirement Previously Independent Director
Appointment Board Member
Appointment Executive Director and Head of AI Advisory
Departure Previously Chief Executive of Edelman Data & Intelligence (DXI)
Departure Previously Founder and longtime chief executive
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Promotion Global Chief Quality Officer
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Loyalty
loyalty products
Customer Engagement Model
Travel Management Platform
7 recorded customer wins
Customer: Talon AirAviation
Customer: portside
Customer: lufthansa groupAirline industry
Customer: shellAdvertising/PR
Customer: sasol
2 companies with reported reductions
8 recorded events
clearedUK Competition and Markets Authority
provisional clearanceCompetition and Markets Authority
reversed its initial proposal to block the dealCompetition and Markets Authority
Competition and Markets Authority
12 tracked suits
antitrust lawsuit to block purchase of CWTAntitrust · Filed
block acquisition of CWTAntitrust · Dismissed
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 47 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Lake Management→American Express Global Business Travel ↗ | Announced | 2026-05-05 | $6.3B |
| Otis→wemaintain | Announced | 2026-04-15 | Not stated in snapshot |
| American Express Global Business Travel→cwt | Completed | 2025-09-22 | Not stated in snapshot |
| American Express Global Business Travel→cwt | Completed | 2025-09-22 | Not stated in snapshot |
| American Express Global Business Travel→Carlson Wagonlit Travel | Completed | 2025-09-02 | $540.0M |
| American Express Global Business Travel→cwt | Completed | 2025-09-02 | $540.0M |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
1,663 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 3,180-posting snapshot covers 62 employers.
32 tracked postings mention remote work.
762 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 3,180 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 323 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Fareportal ↗ | 2,360 |
| American Express Global Business Travel ↗ | 1,894 |
| Via ↗ | 1,200 |
| Lindblad Expeditions ↗ | 890 |
| NYC ↗ | 605 |
| Headout ↗ | 449 |
| Travelzoo ↗ | 237 |
| Jeeves ↗ | 237 |
340 founders and chief executives across 242 companies.
Ex-Founder Paribus, Oliver Wyman. Harvard University BA 2011 & MS 2011
Ex-McKinsey, IDF. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem BSc 1998, Tel Aviv University MSc 2005, Weizmann Institute of Science PhD 2012
Ex-Co-Founder & COO Jeeng, PayPal, True Money, Drexel University M.S 2005
Co-Founder Tequila Avion, Marquis Jet.
Ex-Founder & CEO WTMC, Seat 1A, Talenthill, Deloitte. The University of Texas at Austin BA.
Berry Street, Stepwell Care, Pluto Card, Weekend Health. The Johns Hopkins University
Ex-Airbnb, Deloitte, Moody's Investors Service. University of Connecticut BA, Columbia University MPA
Founder Okra Labs, TroopHR, ex-Context Travel, onefinestay, Kennet Partners. University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business BBA 2001
Headout, ex-Ptolemus Consulting, HEC School of Management, 2013
Teampay, ex-Ferocia, Founder's Nest, Urbantag / Black Drumm, Zwaggle.Gustavus Adolphus College BA
CEO micromobility.com, Everli.
Founder NoWo Advisors, Co-Founder TribeWorks, OU Impact Accelerator, ex-Founder & CEO Twillory
78 profiles with education records.
21 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
95,627 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage tagged New York City · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 14,968 |
| 2021Q3 | 20,806 |
| 2021Q4 | 16,586 |
| 2022Q1 | 18,173 |
| 2022Q2 | 18,073 |
| 2022Q3 | 17,623 |
| 2022Q4 | 16,802 |
| 2023Q1 | 17,729 |
| 2023Q2 | 21,635 |
| 2023Q3 | 20,114 |
| 2023Q4 | 21,257 |
| 2024Q1 | 26,556 |
| 2024Q2 | 24,547 |
| 2024Q3 | 22,467 |
| 2024Q4 | 27,713 |
| 2025Q1 | 30,641 |
| 2025Q2 | 22,915 |
| 2025Q3 | 33,455 |
| 2025Q4 | 24,291 |
| 2026Q1 | 27,333 |
| 2026Q2 | 10,548 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
734 recorded company events across 25 companies; percentages use that event total.
Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage tagged New York City · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
United States comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| stablecoin fx impact | 10,334 | 7,305 | 41% |
| investment deal | 7,562 | 2,986 | 153% |
| vaccine candidates | 6,504 | 2,400 | 171% |
| scandal disclosures | 5,686 | 3,845 | 48% |
| vaccination campaigns | 5,636 | 1,806 | 212% |
| vaccine trials | 5,588 | 2,285 | 145% |
| vaccine immunogenicity | 4,614 | 1,862 | 148% |
| private equity | 4,529 | 1,392 | 225% |
| oil price volatility | 4,446 | 2,614 | 70% |
| share price | 4,211 | 2,528 | 67% |
| tariff negotiations | 14,785 | 25,800 | -43% |
| college playoffs | 10,220 | 24,905 | -59% |
| ncaa updates | 6,626 | 13,388 | -51% |
| flood stage forecasting | 1,263 | 13,007 | -90% |
| college football finals | 5,703 | 12,830 | -56% |
United States comparison coverage
disputed islands, territories, vaccine candidates
43.9% critical · 28.3% positiveinvestment deal, inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies
40.0% critical · 45.0% positivenba expansion teams, earnings report, nba team legends
36.4% critical · 44.8% positiveTravel and Hospitality Tech coverage tagged New York City. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Compare demand signals in New York City’s newsflow with the travel and hospitality tech categories mapped to each signal.
Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.
The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourism footfall ↗Demand Driver | 53.3 | 16.7 | +36.6 | +2.1% | |
| Airports & air links ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 25.0 | 16.7 | +8.3 | — | |
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 81.7 | 100.0 | -18.3 | +20.6% | |
| Highways & expressways ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 35.0 | 66.7 | -31.7 | +1.5% | |
| Rail & metro connectivity ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 16.7 | — | No matching category | — | -21.9% |
| Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure | 80.0 | — | No matching category | — | +9.3% |
| E-commerce & quick delivery ↗Channel Shift | 58.3 | — | No matching category | — | +31.7% |
Showing all 7 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.
All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. New York City is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage. Rows cover all of the United States for this page's signal families; New York City is marked.
Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · Tourism footfall
Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall · E-commerce & quick delivery
Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways · Airports & air links
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall
Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall · Inflation & spending pressure
Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall · Highways & expressways
Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall · Inflation & spending pressure
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall
Layoffs & income shocks · Rail & metro connectivity · Inflation & spending pressure
Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways · Tourism footfall
Visitor flows can convert into discretionary spend where they land.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 36 | 4.53 |
| 2024Q4 | 38 | 4.58 |
| 2025Q1 | 27 | 2.69 |
| 2025Q2 | 47 | 5.39 |
| 2025Q3 | 64 | 2.6 |
| 2025Q4 | 66 | 7.92 |
| 2026Q1 | 34 | 3.83 |
If new terminals and routes pull business and tourist inflow, demand tends to follow the passenger.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 2 | 0.25 |
| 2024Q4 | 3 | 0.36 |
| 2025Q1 | 7 | 0.7 |
| 2025Q2 | 23 | 2.64 |
| 2025Q3 | 24 | 0.97 |
| 2025Q4 | 11 | 1.32 |
| 2026Q1 | 6 | 0.68 |
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 123 | 15.47 |
| 2024Q4 | 163 | 19.67 |
| 2025Q1 | 197 | 19.66 |
| 2025Q2 | 126 | 14.45 |
| 2025Q3 | 394 | 16.0 |
| 2025Q4 | 283 | 33.97 |
| 2026Q1 | 179 | 20.14 |
Corridor build-out can collapse travel time, widening every catchment.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 32 | 4.03 |
| 2024Q4 | 30 | 3.62 |
| 2025Q1 | 36 | 3.59 |
| 2025Q2 | 40 | 4.59 |
| 2025Q3 | 52 | 2.11 |
| 2025Q4 | 53 | 6.36 |
| 2026Q1 | 47 | 5.29 |
Where rail and metro build out, station-area demand can follow the footfall.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s travel and hospitality tech market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 29 | 3.65 |
| 2024Q4 | 26 | 3.14 |
| 2025Q1 | 41 | 4.09 |
| 2025Q2 | 20 | 2.29 |
| 2025Q3 | 47 | 1.91 |
| 2025Q4 | 41 | 4.92 |
| 2026Q1 | 18 | 2.03 |
Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s travel and hospitality tech market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 241 | 30.31 |
| 2024Q4 | 213 | 25.7 |
| 2025Q1 | 352 | 35.13 |
| 2025Q2 | 563 | 64.58 |
| 2025Q3 | 766 | 31.1 |
| 2025Q4 | 424 | 50.89 |
| 2026Q1 | 419 | 47.14 |
Online and quick-commerce adoption can migrate spend across channels faster than networks adapt.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s travel and hospitality tech market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 13 | 1.64 |
| 2024Q4 | 10 | 1.21 |
| 2025Q1 | 20 | 2.0 |
| 2025Q2 | 26 | 2.98 |
| 2025Q3 | 42 | 1.71 |
| 2025Q4 | 30 | 3.6 |
| 2026Q1 | 24 | 2.7 |
New York City travel and hospitality tech coverage
The TQM Journal
26 citations in the snapshot
Economies
14 citations in the snapshot
Journal of Posthuman Studies
13 citations in the snapshot
SSRN Electronic Journal
7 citations in the snapshot
the United States coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| landscape trails | 55 | 24 | 182.4% |
| eco-literacy | 84 | 43 | 140.8% |
| online grocery store | 106 | 61 | 114.2% |
| freshwater advocacy | 50 | 31 | 98.8% |
| intraday shipping | 64 | 40 | 97.2% |
| wildlife recovery plans | 59 | 37 | 96.5% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 1 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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