Each week we create a roundup of travel startups that have received or announced funding that week. The total amount raised this week was more than $86 million.
Earlier this week we noted that mobile-only hotel booking brand HotelTonight raised $37 million in a funding round. Venture capital firm Accel Partners led the Series E round, which places a $463 million valuation on the San Francisco-based startup.
We also noted that Marriott has made an undisclosed equity investment in a tours-and-activities metasearch platform, PlacePass.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based startup has a database of activities in 800 locations worldwide, and Marriott plans to promote these listings to the 100 million members of its various loyalty programs. In one example, a traveler who’s taken advantage of Marriott Rewards’ sports partnerships could be offered the chance get an inside look at the Los Angeles Lakers locker room with a professional basketball scout through PlacePass.
>>Boom Technology, a company based in suburban Denver, Colo., said it had raised a $33 million Series A round. The investment is enough for the company to create its first supersonic jet test craft, the XB-1. The company’s goal is to build the aircraft for sale made out of carbon…