Jan 3, 2023

Investors included Ben Davey, former chief executive of Barclays Ventures, Vic Walia, former global vice president brand marketing at Expedia Group, Charles Petruccelli, former president of global travel services at American Express, Andy Mullinger and James Meekings, co-founders of Funding Circle, Will Keith, former VC and head of sales and origination at PrimaryBid and Michel Taride, former group president of Hertz International. Ahead of an official launch in October in August 2020, tripAbrood appointed a head of growth and was the only travel brand named as a TechRound 100 finalist. Daniel Tannenbaum, co-founder of TechRound said at the time: “TripAbrood’s concept demonstrates some real innovation in using AI with family travel to save people money and offer a more engaging user experience through the chatbots. “There is no doubt that both holidaymakers and businesses operating in the space will benefit from using and working with tripAbrood. “The start-up was chosen as a TechRound100 finalist as it ticked a lot of boxes for the judges and we are excited to see the company grow from strength-to-strength.” TripAbrood declined an opportunity to give Travolution a comment on the decision to go into a member’s voluntary liquidation. The B2C start-up launched in one of the most challenging economic environments for travel due to the pandemic and the looming post-COVID downturn in the UK and Europe. Related Topics