PhocusWire revisits the progress of the 2026 Hot 25 travel startups

Ahead of announcing the 2027 Hot 25 travel startups list, PhocusWire revisited the Hot 25 travel startups selected in 2026, summarizing the latest progress of some of the companies. The report shows that HeyMax completed an $11 million Series A round in January; BizTrip AI completed a $1.5 million pre-seed round in February and partnered with Sabre to develop an AI corporate travel assistant; the corporate travel booking solution SkyLink was acquired by Amadeus in February, with the acquisition amount undisclosed. Currently, the revisit report only discloses the funding, partnership and M&A developments of the above three companies, and does not cover the specific situations of other selected companies.