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Travel Startup Funding This Week
Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. Please email Travel Tech Reporter Justin Dawes at [email protected] if you have funding news.
Five travel tech startups have announced fundraises this week totaling more than $144 million.
>>Gother (formerly TraveliGo), an online travel agency based in Thailand, has raised $25 million from Kasikorn Bank Group.
The news about the funding and rebrand was announced at the first K Travel Tech Summit and reported by Singapore-based Web In Travel.
While Gother currently only offers travel products within Thailand, the company plans to expand products internationally, first focusing on Korea, Japan, and Singapore.
Through the partnership with Kasikorn Bank Group, the company’s 20 million app users will have access to the products from Gother.
Gother also said it is partnering with TakeMeTour, an online marketplace for tours and activities in Thailand.
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