8 NYC Travel Tech Companies to Know

These innovative companies are changing the way we travel — and all of them call New York City home.

Written by Brennan Whitfield
Published on Aug. 26, 2026
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Summary: New York City’s travel tech sector spans corporate travel, trip planning, booking platforms, travel media and hospitality technology. These companies are helping travelers, advisors and businesses plan, book and manage trips more efficiently around the world.

Every year, millions of people visit New York City from all over the world. What many of them probably don’t realize is that some of the most innovative travel tech companies in the world call the Big Apple home. Here are several tech companies that are going places.

Top Travel Companies in New York City

  • Navan
  • Away
  • Skift
  • Fora
  • EPAM Systems

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Top Travel Companies in New York City

EPAM Systems designs, develops and optimizes digital experiences and scalable platforms for airlines, travel agencies, hotel companies and online travel agencies. Its serves the travel and hospitality industry across booking and reservations systems, customer relationship management, loyalty programs, mobile applications and legacy platform modernization.

 

Away thinks that every traveler should have access to affordable, high-end, luggage. The company makes state-of-the-art suitcases and keeps their costs down by selling directly to consumers. In a way, you can think of them like the Casper or Warby Parker of the $32 billion global luggage market. 

 

Navan is innovating in the corporate travel arena, leveraging AI technology to create personalized recommendations and expense prediction to make bookings simpler. Navan' travel and expense platform has been adopted by industry leaders like Lyft, Pinterest, GameStop and Medium, and their technology allows companies to save on travel costs while still providing top-of-the-line experiences to their employees and clients.

 

Fareportal is a travel technology company that operates the consumer travel brands CheapOair and OneTravel, which combine automation with human support teams to handle search, pricing, inventory distribution and customer service. It partners with over 500 airlines and more than 1 million hotels to offer flight, hotel and car rental bookings in North America, Europe and Asia.

 

Skift provides news, research and intelligence on the travel industry through daily reporting, newsletters, podcasts and events. The company publishes coverage across airlines, hotels, online travel, tourism and travel technology topic, as well as operates Skift Research to produce industry reports and data analysis.

 

Regal Wings is a B2B premium airfare booking platform that connects travel advisors with exclusive first and business class fares, including NET and commissionable published fares for international flights with 24/7 support from travel experts. The company also offers private jet charter services, allowing travel agents who use the platform to access premium cabin inventory and maximize client savings without booking fees.

 

Visit.org helps companies organize employee volunteer experiences and corporate social responsibility programs. It manages the full lifecycle of employee engagement programs and connects corporate teams with social impact experiences across more than 100 countries, including hands-on volunteering, skills-based volunteering, team building and learning initiatives.

 

Fora Travel provides planning and booking tools to help travel advisors manage client itineraries and their own travel businesses. The platform gives advisors access to 180,000 hotels, cruises, tours and other travel inventory, along with training, community support and supplier partnerships with 8,000 suppliers.

 

This article was originally published in 2016. Rose Velazquez, Margo Steines, Ana Gore and Sara B.T. Thiel contributed to reporting for this story.

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