Travel

Velocity Ventures launches $20M fund for SEA startups in travel and hospitality industry

Acknowledging the expansive impact COVID-19 has brought upon Southeast Asia’s tourism sector, Velocity Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Singapore that specializes in the…

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Fighting for survival, Southeast Asia’s Traveloka gets a funding lifeline

Traveloka, battered by the pandemic, has secured a much-needed investment worth $250 million, it said today. The eight-year-old pan-Southeast Asian travel-booking startup isn’t…

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Oyo, RedDoorz put staff on unpaid leave as tourism grinds to a halt

Oyo and RedDoorz, two major startups that gather together independent hotels into an app, are putting significant numbers of their staff on unpaid leaves of absence as the…