Phocuswright has tracked and analyzed the digital travel startup landscape for over 15 years, and as of November 2024 there were nearly 8,000 companies in our Travel Startups Interactive Database. All the data presented in this report, and much more, is accessible in the online database.
Travel startups have weathered a drastic funding downturn over the past two-plus years, but recovery is on the horizon. All signs point to a rebooting of the venture capital cycle. Yet the future may look nothing like the past. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and its progeny, particularly autonomous agents, are primed to revolutionize the entire travel booking funnel as well as transform how startups…






























