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THE THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EDITION 2026

the United Arab Emirates’s
travel and hospitality tech industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping travel and hospitality tech in the United Arab Emirates. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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Snapshot: Funding in USD
Illustrated cover for Travel and Hospitality Tech Industry Landscape of the United Arab Emirates
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Travel and Hospitality Tech illustration
Companies tracked 420Travel and Hospitality Tech ecosystem in the United Arab Emirates Disclosed funding $1.08B31 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 15With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 332 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore the United Arab Emirates’s travel and hospitality tech leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Travel and Hospitality Tech company highlights in the United Arab Emirates, snapshot 3 September 2026
Company
Careemcareem.com$771.7M4 roles1,400—
Fly Beondflybeond.com$55M———
Holidaymeholidayme.com$39M—220—
Tumodotumodo.io$35M6 roles——
Traveazytraveazy.com$33.2M———
Qashioqashio.com$32.3M2 roles28—
Invygoinvygo.com$22.18M—64—
Ekarekar.app$17.5M—160—
Zofeurzofeur.com—5 roles35—
Tek Travels DMCCinshorts.com—3 roles339—
turpalturpal.com—3 roles——
Thrillarkthrillark.com—2 roles——
Deluxe Holiday Homesdeluxehomes.ae—1 roles100—
Aweryawery.aero——47—
Fenixfenix.life——78—
OneClickDriveoneclickdrive.com————
Park\'INparkin.ae————
Parkonicparkonic.com————
Saliksalik.ae————
SerVmeservmeco.com——32—
Silkhaussilkhaus.com——28—
TBO Holidaystboholidays.com——204—
Travelotlehtravelotleh.com————
Yas Islandyasisland.com————
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only
THE KEY SIGNALS

Travel and Hospitality Tech industry KPIs in the United Arab Emirates

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

3 September 2026
Hiring participation3.6%

15 of 420 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation9.5%

40 of 420 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share80.0%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$4M

Midpoint of 54 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 80.0% of disclosed capital, while 90.5% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How the United Arab Emirates travel and hospitality tech has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

the United Arab Emirates travel and hospitality tech
$0$103.8M$207.59M$311.39M$415.19M2016: $364.2M20162017: $163.93M20172018: $233.1M20182019: $41.92M20192020: $6.1M20202021: $12.35M20212022: $37.39M20222023: $55M20232024: $53.6M20242025: $38M2025
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Annual travel and hospitality tech funding and company formation in the United Arab Emirates
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$364.2M343
2017$163.93M225
2018$233.1M347
2019$41.92M277
2020$6.1M203
2021$12.35M416
2022$37.39M347
2023$55M291
2024$53.6M206
2025$38M74
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Careem71.3%
  • Fly Beond5.1%
  • Holidayme3.6%
  • Other companies20.0%

Funding by stage

81 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel46 56.8%
Series A–B22 27.2%
Series C+ / PE6 7.4%
Grants, debt & other7 8.6%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
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Seed04/2026
estaie —

Backed by Plus VC and Orbit Ventures.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series E12/2016
Careemcareem.com$350M

Backed by Saudi Telecom and The Abraaj Group and others.

Series F10/2018
Careemcareem.com$200M

Backed by Kingdom Holding Company and Rakuten and others.

Series E06/2017
Careemcareem.com$150M

Backed by Kingdom Holding Company and DCM Ventures and others.

Series C11/2015
Careemcareem.com$60M

Backed by The Abraaj Group and Al Tayyar Travel Group and others.

Seed01/2024
Tumodotumodo.io$35M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

Series A05/2025
Qashioqashio.com$19.8M

Backed by Rocketship and MoreThan Capital Advisors and others.

Series B11/2019
Ekarekar.app$17.5M

Backed by Polymath Ventures and Al Yemni Group and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for United Arab Emirates; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for United Arab Emirates; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the the United Arab Emirates companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

11 of the 420 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2.6%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 89,188 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Yas Islandyasisland.com406,1335179.5%
Careemcareem.com383,3324959.5%
Park\'INparkin.ae275,4114382%
OneClickDriveoneclickdrive.com222,1305049.5%
Thrillarkthrillark.com104,0663180.7%
Parkonicparkonic.com89,1882782.3%
Musafirmusafir.com62,4624334%
Kidzappkidzapp.com49,4963574.7%
TicketsToDoticketstodo.com48,1852556.1%
Dotwconnectdotwconnect.com46,4142911.2%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

87 of these companies (20.7%) publish at least one Android app — 121 apps in all, carrying 80.4M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Careem: Taxi, Food & DeliveryCareem63.6M4.2Maps & Navigation
Careem CaptainCareem7.4M3.8Business
invygo car rental & subscribeInvygo2.3M2.7Travel & Local
Udrive - Car Sharing & RentalUdrive820.9K3.7Travel & Local
Tasbeeh Counter: Zikr & TasbihAwardSofts784.2K4.8Tools
eZhire Car Rental | No DepositEZhire Technologies721.7K3.8Travel & Local
LIFTI AppLifti581.9K3.6Finance
ParkinPark\'IN544.3K2Productivity
Kidzapp - Family ActivitiesKidzapp369.1K4.2Entertainment
theQapp :Family & Travel GuideQiDZ307.9K3.8Lifestyle

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q4–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Road Transport Tech7077.2MCareem: Taxi, Food & Delivery 63.6M
Food Tech471.1MCareem Captain 7.4M
Online Travel514.6MUdrive - Car Sharing & Rental 820.9K
Electric Vehicles93Minvygo car rental & subscribe 2.3M
Auto E-Commerce & Content42.6MCarasti Car Subscription 186.7K
Hotel It10801KTasbeeh Counter: Zikr & Tasbih 784.2K
Enterprise Resource Planning5785.7KFalcon: Secure Messenger 962
Theme Parks Tech2677KKidzapp - Family Activities 369.1K

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.

Release cadence by quarter

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.

2023Q1: 42023Q1: 32023Q12023Q2: 32023Q2: 12023Q22023Q3: 32023Q3: 02023Q32023Q4: 52023Q4: 02023Q42024Q1: 102024Q1: 22024Q12024Q2: 22024Q2: 32024Q22024Q3: 12024Q3: 72024Q32024Q4: 62024Q4: 42024Q42025Q1: 52025Q1: 52025Q12025Q2: 52025Q2: 52025Q22025Q3: 42025Q3: 112025Q32026Q1: 12026Q1: 192026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 114 of 121 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The the United Arab Emirates travel and hospitality tech market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Consumer digital241
Enterprise tech169
B2c e-commerce120
Marketplaces99
Enterprise software91
Online travel agencies73
Saas57
Shared mobility57
Gig employers41
Travel and hospitality saas40
Online rental37
Sharing economy27

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Consumer digital

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

241companies
3.7%have hiring activity

9 companies hiring · $1.02B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription285
Commission on transaction230
E-commerce - service129
Fee-for-service73
Advertising69
Renting / leasing31
E-commerce - product14
Sponsorship4
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsdtp.ae ↗

DUBAI: Gentrack Group Limited has agreed to acquire Dubai Technology Partners, a provider of airport technology and services, in a deal valued at US$10 million.

Funding roundsfriendym.com ↗

FriendyM, an Egypt-based autotech company, has secured a $2 million investment to further expand its innovative car management and maintenance platform.

Mergers & acquisitionscareem.com ↗

Careem Acquires Minority Stake in Swapp to Expand Rental Offerings

Mergers & acquisitionsqashio.com ↗

Qashio, the UAE’s leading corporate spend management platform, has acquired Sanad Cash, one of Saudi Arabia’s first and most established expense management solutions.

Funding roundsfenix.life ↗

KSA's Emkan Capital and UAE's Panthera Capital Ventures led a $1.2 million second close, which follows a $3.8 million seed investment raised in November, 2020.

Funding roundsfinalrentals.com ↗

Car rental firm’s funding tops £1m after tripling revenue

Mergers & acquisitionslokalee.app ↗

Switzerland-based Beaconsmind Group acquired UAE-based travel tech company Lokalee in a deal valued at USD 12.8 million.

Funding roundssilkhaus.com ↗

Leading proptech startup Silkhaus (www.silkhaus.com), which is transforming the Middle East and Asian short-term rental market, has announced the completion of a seven-figure growth round led by Nuwa Capital and Oraseya Capital.

Funding roundsturpal.com ↗

Turpal Headquarters: Dubai CEO: Farshid Rahimkhani Website: Turpal Founding date: 2021 Investment: $1.1 million

Funding roundsinvygo.com ↗

Saudi Arabian mobility startup Invygo secures $8M Series A extension to pursue profitability

Full recorded event mix

Top 8 categories among 66 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Funding rounds
17
Earnings
11
Mergers & acquisitions
10
New products
9
Leadership moves
8
Contracts
8
Company announcements
2
Asset acquisitions
1
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IPO pipeline

1 companies with recorded IPO activity

Salik ↗

IPO · Dubai Financial Market2 reports

Leadership moves

4 tracked people moves

Piyush Thakur

Resignation Previously Chief Revenue Officer

Nitin Gulati

Departure Previously Managing Editor

Awery ↗
David Kerr

Appointment Consultant

Awery ↗
Christian Gessner

Appointment Business Development Manager

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Qashio ↗
Qashio For You

SME support initiative

Qashio ↗
Qashio for Travel

Travel agency financial platform

Awery ↗
CO2 Connect for Cargo integration

Carbon emissions calculator integration

Careem ↗
Box XL

Service

Careem ↗
Careem for Business

Service

Air Miles ↗
Unified Air Miles currency

Loyalty program

Yelowsoft ↗
First-of-Its-Kind Growth Program

Service

Workforce actions

1 companies with reported reductions

Careem ↗

536 rolespandemic

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

2companies
11period observations
8.7%median reported growth

Median across 10 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
gentrack group→DTP ↗Announced2026-05-01$10.0M
Careem→swappCompleted2025-12-17Not stated in snapshot
Qashio→sanad cashAnnounced2025-10-21Not stated in snapshot
Uber Technologies→Careem ↗Announced2025-07-29$3.1B
Careem→munch:onAnnounced2025-04-17Not stated in snapshot
Beaconsmind Group→Lokalee ↗Announced2025-03-13$12.8M

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

13 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 18-posting snapshot covers 17 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Director Managed Unified Comm. & Collaboration Product1
Chief Design Officer (Real Estate & Hospitality Developments)1
Senior Ff&E Designer (Hospitality)1
Outlet Manager (Mediterranean Cuisine)1
Insights Analyst (Hospitality)1
Sales Executive Field Trips (Children S Entertainment)1
0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

10 postings specify a level.

unspecified
8
manager
7
senior
2
entry
1

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 18 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Hospitality
11
Business Development
3
Customer Service
3
B2B Sales
2
Microsoft Office
2
Negotiation Skills
1
Tablet Registration Tool
1
Key Account Management
1
Restaurant Management
1
Tourism Management
1
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

159 founders and chief executives across 119 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

13 profiles with education records.

INSEAD
4
Harvard Business School
2
Harvard University
1
New York University
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1
BITS Pilani
1
IIM Bangalore
1
Yale University
1

Prior employers

3 profiles with prior-work records.

McKinsey
1
Boston Consulting Group
1
Amazon
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

150,053 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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150,053articles in the measured year
51,573articles in 2026Q1
70.6%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage across United Arab Emirates · articles per complete quarter

014,82729,65444,48259,3092021Q2: 14,0762021Q22021Q3: 17,6162021Q4: 19,6412022Q1: 20,1622022Q2: 16,5312022Q22022Q3: 18,7412022Q4: 22,2712023Q1: 26,4542023Q2: 22,9602023Q22023Q3: 28,4212023Q4: 30,8422024Q1: 23,1052024Q2: 23,0522024Q22024Q3: 23,2842024Q4: 33,8022025Q1: 40,0012025Q2: 30,5762025Q22025Q3: 29,4342025Q4: 31,5922026Q1: 51,5732026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q214,076
2021Q317,616
2021Q419,641
2022Q120,162
2022Q216,531
2022Q318,741
2022Q422,271
2023Q126,454
2023Q222,960
2023Q328,421
2023Q430,842
2024Q123,105
2024Q223,052
2024Q323,284
2024Q433,802
2025Q140,001
2025Q230,576
2025Q329,434
2025Q431,592
2026Q151,573

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
35,590 positive · 1,022 neutral · 17,272 negative
2022
54,018 positive · 1,422 neutral · 22,148 negative
2023
79,260 positive · 1,236 neutral · 28,069 negative
2024
74,668 positive · 1,665 neutral · 26,776 negative
2025
92,721 positive · 2,174 neutral · 36,523 negative

Leading coverage topics

Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage across United Arab Emirates · ranked by full-period article count.

International Political Relations14,731 articles in the full recorded period
7,203 recent · 2,948 prior
Cryptocurrency Impact On Forex Markets13,924 articles in the full recorded period
5,183 recent · 3,225 prior
International Sports Competitions10,519 articles in the full recorded period
2,448 recent · 3,308 prior
Security And Defense Policies10,218 articles in the full recorded period
6,064 recent · 1,595 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations7,685 articles in the full recorded period
2,297 recent · 1,706 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy7,534 articles in the full recorded period
3,528 recent · 1,361 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations6,952 articles in the full recorded period
2,211 recent · 1,544 prior
Technology Adoption And Digital Transformation6,459 articles in the full recorded period
1,971 recent · 1,435 prior
Naval And Aerial Combat Operations5,292 articles in the full recorded period
3,258 recent · 763 prior
Military Technology Advancements5,162 articles in the full recorded period
3,685 recent · 421 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage across United Arab Emirates

KeywordRecentPriorChange
flight disruption payments1,2251011113%
decentralized forex1,09555697%
diplomatic strategies1,04855290%
aerial bombardments1,042274280%
national security strategy962111767%
foreign policy analysis931387141%
oil price volatility870178389%
multilateral diplomacy86845790%
geopolitical alliances86051467%
stablecoin fx impact816279192%
icc champions trophy2412,087-88%
odi cricket4531,406-68%
odi tactics4841,364-65%
limited overs cricket4661,357-66%
odi tournaments4171,330-69%

Event and signal lenses

Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage across United Arab Emirates

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

167,973 classified articles

odi world cup, decentralized forex, icc world cup

55.3% critical · 38.6% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

27,003 classified articles

inflation reports fx, gdp growth forex, trade deficits fx

45.8% critical · 50.6% positive
Rising

Growth

69,109 classified articles

gdp growth forex, inflation reports fx, cpi forex

34.2% critical · 55.1% positive

Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage across United Arab Emirates. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Travel and Hospitality Tech in the United Arab Emirates: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

KEEP EXPLORING

Put the United Arab Emirates in context

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