Travel startups should go big or go home – oh really?

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Despite every startup claiming to be approaching a problem in a different way, you can actually divide them into four categories.

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General Catalyst: Still looking for big ideas in travel

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General Catalyst Partners is reportedly raising a boatload of money to continue its investments in technology companies, and online travel remains a keen focus.

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HotelTonight raises $9M for international and mobile platform expansion

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HotelTonight, the same-day, mobile hotel-booking service, picked up $9 million in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures.

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Social travel: Gogobot gets $15M, new Delta Air Lines app on Facebook

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A lot of people, including investors in Gogobot and Delta Air Lines management, are betting on social travel — or at least playing around with it.

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Masabi raises $4 million in second round of financing from M8 Capital

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Mobile travel services winning more investment this week with UK-based rail ticketing system Masabi securing $4 million from its long term financial backer M8 Capital.

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Funding extravaganza: GramercyOne $14.5M and Liftopia $1.3M

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Two companies intersecting the travel industry — GramercyOne and Liftopia — picked up venture capital funding in separate transactions.

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Room 77 begins move into Asia

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Expansion time at Room 77 with it making the most of its recent fundraising to make a strategic move and start featuring hotels in Asia.

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Room 77 gets $10.5M round from ITA Software funders

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The view from Room 77 just turned brighter with the securing of a $10.5 million series B funding round led by General Catalyst Partners.

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Hotel digital marketer Buuteeq closes $3.5M funding round

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Hotel digital marketing company Buuteeq is all about helping independent hotels reduce distribution costs and boost conversion, and the startup hopes to convert a $3.5 million Series A funding round into international expansion.

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Yatra raises $44M, India becoming hotbed of action for investors

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Indian online travel agency Yatra has attracted a new round of investment worth $44 million from a string of US venture capital firms.

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