Travel and Hospitality Tech Landscape of the United States
8,391 Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in the United States, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Travel and Hospitality Tech in the United States
Shows the top‑ranked companies by hiring activity, funding and overall coverage among 8,391 tracked firms, highlighting which firms are actively recruiting and which have disclosed financing.
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Vontier13last posted Aug 2026
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Panasonic Avionics12last posted Jul 2026
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Arrivia12last posted Jul 2026
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Emburse12last posted Jul 2026
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Virgin Voyages11last posted Jun 2026
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First Student11last posted Jun 2026
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sp plus11last posted Jun 2026
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LAZ Parking11last posted Jun 2026
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Waymo$27.1BSeries D · Feb 2026
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Uber$18.7BPost IPO · Dec 2020
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Cruise$7.7BSeries E · Feb 2022
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Lyft$5BSeries I · Aug 2018
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Ramp$3.1BSeries E · Nov 2025
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Airbnb$3.1BConventional Debt · Apr 2020
- 07Gogo$2.3BPost IPO · Sep 2020
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Navan$2.1BSeries G · Oct 2025
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Pelicargo$21.2BFY2023 filing
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Expedia$3.4BFY2021 filing
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Airbnb$2.7BFY2025 filing
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MarineMax$527.4MFY2018 filing
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Blackbaud$281.1MFY2026 filing
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national express22,000tracked employees
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Jet2.com7,496tracked employees
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Allegiant Travel5,436tracked employees
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Edelman8.8%414 tracked events
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Booking3.2%152 tracked events
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Grab2.8%131 tracked events
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Sabre2.7%128 tracked events
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TripAdvisor2,424articles in the window
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Carey1,795articles in the window
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Lola1,061articles in the window
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ETC994articles in the window
See all 8,391 Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in the United States
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How the Travel and Hospitality Tech ecosystem in the United States grew, 2016–2025
Displays the annual count of new companies founded, with the highest number of 489 startups in 2017 and 46 in 2025.
Where Travel and Hospitality Tech companies in the United States are based
Lists the cities with the most companies, led by New York City with 619 firms, followed by San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago.
The Travel and Hospitality Tech market map of the United States: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the main product categories and revenue models, noting that consumer digital products number 4,130 and subscription models appear in 5,347 companies.
The biggest kinds of Travel and Hospitality Tech company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital4,130 companies · $79.3B raised · 176 hiring
- Enterprise Tech3,420 companies · $65B raised · 221 hiring
- Enterprise Software2,132 companies · $21.7B raised · 120 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce1,834 companies · $70.9B raised · 84 hiring
- SaaS1,652 companies · $26.1B raised · 101 hiring
- Marketplaces1,405 companies · $35.4B raised · 62 hiring
- Travel and Hospitality SaaS1,260 companies · $6.9B raised · 75 hiring
- Shared Mobility1,119 companies · $66.9B raised · 39 hiring
- Gig Employers826 companies · $29.5B raised · 33 hiring
- Cab Ride-Hailing696 companies · $60.8B raised · 27 hiring
- Online Travel Agencies605 companies · $4.8B raised · 36 hiring
- Sharing Economy583 companies · $26.9B raised · 23 hiring
Monetization
How Travel and Hospitality Tech companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Travel and Hospitality Tech in the United States
Counts 2,830 corporate events over the past two years, including 702 key‑people announcements and 567 earnings releases.
- M&ALong Lake has agreed to acquire American Express Global Business Travel for USD 6.3 billion...2026-05-05
- M&Atoday announced the acquisition of Moove Connected Mobility2026-05-05
- M&AThe CWT acquisition in September 2025 diluted it further to 14.3 percent.2026-05-04
- FundingNeology – which won the Sustainable Cities Challenge organised by the Toyota Mobility Foundation and secured USD 500,000 to develop a hydrogen refuelling solution in Detroit.2026-05-01
- FundingVenture 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.2026-04-30
- M&Aacquired TBR Global Chauffeuring, a luxury rides company based in Glasgow.2026-04-24
- M&ABetween 2024 and 2025, the Italian app developer purchased California’s MileIQ Inc.2026-04-22
- M&AThere is also a possible deal involving private equity firm Donerail Group, which has submitted an unsolicited proposal to acquire recreational watercrafts manufacturer and retailer MarineMax in a deal valued at $1.1 billion.2026-04-20
- FundingSince its 2015 founding, student logistics platform Zum has now raised about $500 million, including a fresh $100 million led by TPG to optimize K-12 transportation efficiency.2026-04-17
- M&AProsus has sold a 4.5% stake in its German delivery platform, Delivery Hero, to Uber for R5.2 billion.2026-04-17
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Travel and Hospitality Tech company in the United States was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| $6.3B | Announced | 2026-05-05 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-05 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-04 | ||
| Amex GBT | undisclosed | — | 2026-05-04 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-01 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-25 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins.
EvolveCSE · EVR · 1 reportDec 2025
ViaIPO · NYSE · VIA · 12 reportsSep 2025
LimeIPO · 1 reportJun 2025
Scoot NetworksVinod Kannan · Appointment → Chief Commercial OfficerMay 2026
Key DataDustin Downing · Appointment → PresidentMay 2026
HotwireGrant Toups · Appointment → Global Chief ExecutiveApr 2026
MagmaSamyakEco (Digital platform)Apr 2026
MarqetaReal-Time Decisioning (RTD) offering (risk services)Mar 2026
Teletrac NavmanTN360 ACM (Platform)Mar 2026
Skipscale undisclosed · cost reductionApr 2026
Zipcarscale undisclosed · cost reductionMar 2026
ForeFlightscale undisclosedJan 2026
- stopclub v uberabuse of dominant position investigation in transport market · FiledApr 2026
- US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) v uberdeceptive subscription practices · OngoingApr 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +10.0%, half slower.
Who is building Travel and Hospitality Tech in the United States
Profiles 3,063 founders and CEOs across 2,386 firms, showing common alma maters like Stanford (51 alumni) and prior employers such as Google (21 founders).
Ex-Founder Paribus, Oliver Wyman. Harvard University BA 2011 & MS 2011
Gogo Business Aviation, ex-Gogo, ex-Ncr
Lyft, ex-Shamaym, ex-Jive Software, Holon Institute of Technology, 1970
Ex-Global Airtech, Transamerica Investment Management, HDFC Securities · Boston College BA 2003
Brex, Ivy · Ex-Forma, Revolut, Fluidly, FTV Capital, Silicon Valley Bank · California State University-Sacramento BA 1991
Ex-Kinzon Capital, Tencent, NORICT Beijing, IBM. University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business MBA 2005
Ex-McKinsey, IDF. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem BSc 1998, Tel Aviv University MSc 2005, Weizmann Institute of Science PhD 2012
Expedia, ex-The Adecco, ex-Trivago, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, 2000
Ex-The World & Disney Cruise Line. Florida State University BSc 1981, University of Miami Business School MBA 1990
- flagged as repeat founders30
- no repeat-founder flag2,540
- women387
- men2,414
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Who funds Travel and Hospitality Tech in the United States
Summarizes 2,182 funding rounds since 2016 from 2,139 investors, with an average round size of $3.5 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Y Combinator | 62 | 23 | Jan 2026 |
| U.S. Department of Transportation | 45 | — | Dec 2025 |
| Techstars | 43 | 26 | Dec 2025 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 32 | 15 | Feb 2026 |
| General Catalyst | 22 | 8 | Jul 2025 |
| Thayer Ventures | 21 | 6 | Jun 2025 |
| Plug and Play Tech Center | 18 | 5 | Jul 2025 |
| Insight Partners | 17 | 12 | Jun 2025 |
| 500 Global | 17 | 9 | Feb 2022 |
| Sequoia Capital | 17 | 8 | Feb 2026 |
The typical round is $3.5M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Travel and Hospitality Tech funding rounds in the United States
Highlights the largest disclosed round, Waymo’s $16 billion Series D, and lists ten other large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Dmega-round | $16B | Feb 2026 | Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, Sequoia Capital +13 more | |
| Series Cmega-round | $5.6B | Oct 2024 | Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity Investments, Perry Creek Capital +3 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $3.5B | Jun 2016 | Public Investment Fund | |
| Series Emega-round | $2.8B | Dec 2014 | Fidelity Investments, Wellington, Menlo Ventures +7 more | |
| Series Cmega-round | $2.5B | Jun 2021 | Andreessen Horowitz, AutoNation, CPP Investments +7 more | |
| Series Bmega-round | $2.2B | May 2018 | SoftBank Vision Fund | |
| Series Bmega-round | $2.2B | Mar 2020 | Magna, AutoNation, CPP Investments +3 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $2.2B | Jan 2021 | Microsoft, Honda | |
| Series Emega-round | $1.7B | May 2015 | Goldman Sachs Investment Partners | |
| Series Emega-round | $1.5B | Dec 2015 | Tiger Global Management, General Atlantic, Hillhouse +1 more |
290 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Conventional DebtundisclosedMay 2026
Series F$100MApr 2026
Series A$7.2MApr 2026
Post IPO$5MApr 2026
SeedundisclosedApr 2026
Series D$350MMar 2026
Series C$90MMar 2026
Series C$30MMar 2026
What the news says about Travel and Hospitality Tech in the United States
Reports 4,192,464 news articles in the last year, covering topics such as administrative divisions, geopolitical disputes and international relations.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Travel and Hospitality Tech news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Administrative and political subdivisions4,354,687▲+20%
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas316,652▲+35%
- International and transnational geographic entities316,457▲+35%
- International political relations238,229▲+33%
- Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets236,758▲+41%
- Security and defense policies176,980▲+55%
- College athletics news174,784▼-27%
- Professional league updates120,658→-6%
- International sports competitions111,887→-10%
- International relations and diplomacy105,846▲+21%
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358 Travel and Hospitality Tech companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Travel and Hospitality Tech coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Travel and Hospitality Tech jobs in the United States: who is hiring and what they ask for
Shows 16,370 job postings from 666 employers in 12 months, with median pay of $75 k and top skills including Python, SQL and React.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Travel and Hospitality Tech employers in the United States put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- python332▲
- sql283▲
- excel279▲
- salesforce223▲
- react193▲
- typescript136▲
- ai133▲
- aws116▲
- android105▲
- javascript104▲
- Manager$118k/yr (n=397)
- Senior$139k/yr (n=208)
- Lead$132k/yr (n=72)
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