Regional AI redefines MENA corporate travel business An article by Stan Klyuy, a Chief Commercial Officer at Tumodo, an online business travel platform. In 2024, the digital... Thought Leadership • 24 June, 2024 AI Artificial intelligence Travel
Lebanon Jedo acquires Jump-in App to penetrate Saudi market Lebanon-founded and Netherlands-based travel app Jedo has acquired the Saudi app Jump-in for an unknown amount. Founded in 2022 by... News • 28 December, 2023 Jedo Jump-in App Tourism
U.A.E Travel startup Dharma raises $4.7 million pre-Series A round UAE-based travel management platform Dharma, has raised a $4.7 million pre-Series A funding round led by San Francisco-based... News • 09 October, 2023 Dharma Travel Convivialite Ventures
U.A.E UAE-based travel marketplace Wego acquires Cleartrip UAE-based online travel marketplace Wego is set to acquire Cleartrip’s Middle East business in the second half of 2022 for an... News • 21 February, 2022 Cleartrip Wego Travel
Regional Is there hope for startups in the tourism sector? The accelerating pace of vaccination efforts worldwide has led to encouraging signs of recovery in the tourism industry, but as the virus... Dunya Hassanein • 16 September, 2021 Travel Tourism
Regional What's next for traveltech? The travel sector was the worst-hit during the lockdown and it will likely take years before numbers reach pre-Covid levels. Yet... Wamda • 17 September, 2020 Travel traveltech podcast
Regional Mobile drives online travel bookings Mobile is becoming one of the main ways that users in the Middle East are searching and booking their travel options according to a report... Triska Hamid • 17 September, 2019 Travel sector Travel travel tech
Saudi Arabia Al Tayyar acquires rest of 40 per cent stake in Almosafer Source: Menabytes Al Tayyar Group, one of the largest travel and tourism companies in Saudi Arabia with presence almost all over the... News • 23 January, 2019 news Investment Travel
U.A.E Four startups from the travel and tourism industry won Intelak’s third cohort Four Dubai-based startups aiming at transforming the aviation, travel, and tourism industries graduated on April 30 from the... Staff writer • 01 May, 2018 uae Intelak GE
U.A.E Abu Dhabi's Fikra Labs accelerator selects 12 finalists, embraces hospitality innovation Weeks after announcing Fikra Labs, an acceleration programme for the travel and tourism industries in Abu Dhabi, 32 startups out of 200... Reine Farhat • 05 April, 2018 Fikra Labs bootcamp startups
U.A.E Abu Dhabi is getting ready for an innovation-loaded takeoff This article is a crosspost from Fikra Labs. If it wasn’t for all the great aviation innovations that the world... Reine Farhat • 18 February, 2018 abu dhabi Travel Tourism
U.A.E How is Abu Dhabi getting ready to become a world-class tourist destination This article is a crosspost from Fikra Labs. In 2016, the number of hotel guests in Abu Dhabi reached 4.4 million, signaling... Reine Farhat • 11 February, 2018 Miral Yas Island Tourism
U.A.E Announcing Fikra Labs, entrepreneurs’ ticket for innovation in world-class travel and tourism Innovation is often the ultimate differentiator between leaders and followers. Today’s world is quickly adapting to whatever... Staff writer • 06 February, 2018 Fikra Labs abu dhabi uae
Regional Intelak Aviation & Travel Incubator [Apply before January 6, 2018] Intelak is a hub that aims to inspire and develop teams to become part of the conversation that is happening globally on the future of... Wamda • 19 October, 2017 Travel Intelak Incubator
Regional Great potential, more work in store for the MENA’s travel tech sector At GITEX 2017, Dubai Airport Authority revealed a virtual aquarium tunnel. As you walked through the tunnel, consumed by glimpses of... Archana Menon • 24 October, 2017 uae Travel Tourism
Regional This is why hotels need to start working with startups [Video] Technology is disrupting all sectors and hotels are not an exception to that global trend. According to Deloitte’s 2017 travel and... Staff writer • 05 October, 2017 Travel hospitality Tourism
Global New startups on the block: September Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to watch. Blink Egypt Development... Reine Farhat • 04 September, 2017 Startup List news AI
Regional New startups on the block: June Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Reine Farhat • 04 June, 2017 new startups f&b SAAS
Tunisia Cyberesa improves e-tourism in Tunisia Despite the regional instability and tourism shakiness, Tunisian e-tourism is actually witnessing bright days and is not affected by the... Maya Rahal • 28 May, 2017 Tourism technologies Cloud
Regional New startups on the block: May Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 03 May, 2017 new startups Healthcare Travel
U.A.E Hidden gold mines for MENA’s air tech entrepreneurs If Paul Papadimitriou’s realistic air tech projections can be summed up in one piece of cautionary advice for startups, it is that in... Vanessa Khalil • 22 January, 2017 Travel aviation GE
Regional Holidayme.com secures $7M funding, a boost for regional travel industry UAE online travel agency Holidayme.com has raised $7 million in Series A funding from Silicon Valley-based Accel Partners, Saudi... Dana Ballout • 12 October, 2016 Travel holidayme Geet Bhalla
Regional IATA NDC Hackathon IATA invites talented developers, designers, marketers, idea generators, and futurists to transform the travel experience for... Wamda • 20 September, 2016 hackathon Travel Airlines
U.A.E MENA gets aviation incubator Intelak The UAE launched its first aviation-oriented incubator today for entrepreneurs wanting to disrupt the travel sector. Emirates Group, in... Maya Rahal • 06 September, 2016 Intelak MEMakersGE Incubator