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2 IPOs and 10 Hot Start-ups Highlight the $1.3B Travel Sector
Sector: Travel  (67 companies ranked)
Released: April 27, 2011
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Although initially underwhelmed by the Travel sector, the more we dug, the more we found it interesting. With over $1.3B in reported fundraising this sector is fat with big players but speckled with several cool start-ups.

With this release we add reported total fundraising to the list. A good measure of value is to see a high Momentum Index with low fundraising, like our Stealth Money Maker pick nor1!
Highlights
Coolest Newcomer: bloomspot
Most Likely to be Acquired: GroundLink
Stealth Money Maker: nor1
Ready for IPO: HomeAway, KAYAK

Read this report to find our pick
of the 10 hot travel start-ups.

Top 10 Travel Companies Ranked by Momentum Index

Here are the top 10 with Our Take on each. The remaining 57 companies follow.

Rank Company Momentum Index Total Reported Fundraising Our Take
1 84.5 $478,751,458 READY FOR IPO
While HomeAway has swallowed up most of the vacation rental business, we like that they have basically left VRBO alone. Sometimes less is more. S-1 filed 3/2011.
2 77.4 $239,500,000 Rearden is after big game: the corporate travel supply chain. They have big money and a big partnership/investor in AMEX.
3 75.3 $223,000,000 READY FOR IPO
KAYAK is the best travel search engine for now. S-1 filed 11/2010.
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