TravelPerk

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TravelPerk
TypePrivate
IndustryCorporate Travel Management
Founded2015
FounderAvi Meir
Javier Suarez
Ron Levin
Headquarters
Barcelona
Number of employees
500
Websitewww.travelperk.com

TravelPerk is a travel management company that sells its services to businesses.[1][2][3] It provides travel and expense management services for businesses by automating spending limits and travel policies.[4][5][6] It is headquartered in London, Barcelona, Berlin and has raised $134 million in six funding rounds.[7][8][9]

History[]

TravelPerk was founded in 2015 by Avi Meir, Javier Suarez, and Ron Levin.[10][11] Meir previously founded Hotel Ninjas, a web-based Hotel Management Software that was acquired by Booking.com.[12] After the selling of Hotel Ninjas, Meir met Suarez while working at Booking.com.[13] At first they worked on creating a business travel management platform that included a rewards program for business travelers taking business trips and launched it in September 2015.[14] Soon after, TravelPerk received $7 million in series A funding led by Spark Capital.[15] The company dropped the awards element, but further enabled seamless travel booking with the integration of train booking service to their platform. In October 2018, the company raised a $21 million Series B round led by Target Global, Felix Capital, Spark Capital, Sunstone and Amplo.[16] In July 2019, TravelPerk finalized a two part, $104 million series C funding backed by Kinnevik, Partners of DST Global, Target Global, Felix Capital, Sunstone, and LocalGlobe.[17][18][19][20]

The company partnered with Lufthansa airlines in 2019 to provide the customers direct booking facilities.[21][22] In the same year, TravelPerk launched a new product known as FlexiPerk that gives business travelers 90% refunds on cancellations on all bookings.[23][24][25][26]

Awards[]

  • 2019 SaaS 1000 - Fastest Growing SaaS Companies[27][28][29]
  • 2019- NTT Data Open Innovation Contest[30][31]
  • 2017- Startup contest at Noah Berlin[32]
  • 2017- Next web best scale up[33]

References[]

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  15. ^ "TravelPerk continues growth spurt with $44 Million funding round: Travel Weekly". www.travelweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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  21. ^ "TravelPerk Partners With Lufthansa for Direct Booking". Skift. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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  24. ^ "TravelPerk Offers Nearly Full Refunds to Corporate Travelers Who Cancel". Skift. 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  25. ^ "TravelPerk's new booking cancellation tool brings flexible solution to forced or voluntary changes to travel plans – Blue Swan Daily". Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  26. ^ admin. "TravelPerk launches flexible rebates to help companies save on canceled travel - TechCrunch". Akpco Latest News. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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  30. ^ Crisp, Johnny (2019-01-23). "Spaceboost Shines at NTT DATA's Open Innovation Contest". Spaceboost Blog. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  31. ^ "NTT DATA presents Open Innovation Contest｜NTT DATA". Global Open Innovation Business Contest｜NTT DATA. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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