Hosteltur

What Hosteltur does

Hosteltur (legally Ideas y publicidad de Baleares, S.L.) is a Spanish-language B2B media company specializing in tourism industry news, founded approximately three decades ago and headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The company operates a digital news platform at Hosteltur.com covering hotels, distribution, airlines, transport, economy, and sustainable tourism, supported by a specialized editorial team of journalists with deep domain beats. Its core products include the Hosteltur.com news portal, a Premium subscription service (€8.99/month or €60/year), Hosteltur Academy for professional training via webinars and masterclasses, Hosteltur Responde for legal advisory, the Hosteltur Community platform for user-generated content, and LAIA, an AI-powered natural language search assistant over its 30-year news archive. Distribution spans the website, mobile, RSS, daily email newsletter, WhatsApp, Telegram, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Bluesky, reaching over 400,000 tourism professionals across Spain and Latin America.

Name

Hosteltur

Legal name

Ideas y publicidad de Baleares, S.L.

Website

https://hosteltur.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hosteltur is a Spanish B2B media company providing specialized tourism industry news, a Premium subscription, professional training (Hosteltur Academy), legal advisory, and an AI archive search assistant (LAIA) to over 400,000 tourism professionals in Spain and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tourism Trade Media & Business Intelligence

NAICS

All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (561599), Convention and Visitors Bureaus (561591)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Hotel Content Aggregators & Connectivity APIs (THALAJAD)

Keywords

• Tourism industry news
• Professional travel journalism
• Hospitality business intelligence
• Tourism digital media
• Travel trade content

Headquarters

HQ city

Palma De Mallorca

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscription: Monthly and annual subscription providing unlimited access to premium content, daily newsletter without ads, exclusive downloads, webinars, events, and Hosteltur Academy training
2. Advertising: Digital advertising through cookies and targeted content on the platform reaching over 400,000 tourism professionals

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels14 records

Core offering

Hosteltur operates a digital news and business intelligence platform targeted at tourism professionals, delivering daily journalism on the Spanish and international tourism industry through hosteltur.com. Its core offering includes a Premium subscription tier with extended archive access, an AI-powered search assistant (LAIA), a professional training academy, RSS feeds, legal advisory services, and a community platform for tourism sector practitioners.

Product overview

Hosteltur operates as a comprehensive digital news platform and information service for tourism professionals, with over 30 years of industry presence. The platform combines a core news portal (Hosteltur.com) delivering real-time sector coverage across hotels, distribution, economy, transport, and travel, with a Premium subscription providing unlimited content access, exclusive downloads (rankings, infographics, reports), and premium features. Key complementary services include LAIA, an AI-powered search assistant for querying the news archive; Hosteltur Academy for professional training via webinars and masterclasses; RSS feeds for content syndication; Hosteltur Responde for legal advisory services; and the Comunidad Hosteltur community platform for opinion and press releases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hosteltur.com Premium Subscription

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 400,000 tourism professionals reached through multiple platforms
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• EyeForTravel: EyeForTravel produces B2B travel industry events, research, and media focused on digital transformation in travel and hospitality. Comparable as a B2B travel media and events business serving similar tourism decision makers via subscription and event monetization.
• Breaking Travel News: Breaking Travel News is an international B2B travel industry news platform covering hotels, airlines, tour operators, and destinations. Comparable as a B2B travel trade news outlet serving tourism professionals with a similar daily news model.
• Tourism Review: Tourism Review is a tourism industry news and trade publication covering global travel trends, hospitality, and destinations. Comparable as a B2B tourism media and trade intelligence platform with similar news, analysis, and industry coverage model.
• Travel Daily Media: Travel Daily Media is an international B2B travel industry publication with editions across multiple regions. Comparable as a B2B travel trade media platform serving similar tourism professionals with news, analysis, events, and newsletter monetization.
• HotelNewsNow (CoStar Hospitality): HotelNewsNow is a B2B hospitality trade publication providing daily news, analysis, and data to hotel industry professionals. Comparable as a specialized hospitality trade media serving similar B2B tourism professionals with a verticalized focus on hotels.
• Travolution: Travolution is a UK-based B2B travel industry publication covering online travel, technology, and digital marketing in travel and hospitality. Comparable as a B2B travel trade media platform serving similar tourism professionals with news and analysis.
• Skift: Skift is a leading B2B travel industry media and research company combining daily news, Skift Research subscriptions, and events. Directly comparable to Hosteltur as a subscription-driven B2B travel intelligence platform serving tourism professionals with news, analysis, and research.
• Phocuswright: Phocuswright is a travel industry research firm providing subscription research, reports, and events to tourism professionals. Comparable to Hosteltur as a subscription and event-based B2B travel intelligence business serving the same tourism decision-maker persona.

Broad incumbents

• Travel Weekly (Northstar Travel Group): Travel Weekly is one of the largest U.S. travel trade publications covering travel agents, suppliers, and destinations. Comparable as an established travel trade media brand but broader and generalist versus Hosteltur's Spain-tourism specialization.

Emerging players

• Hotel Marketing: Hotel Marketing is a specialist hospitality marketing publication serving hotel industry professionals with marketing, distribution, and digital media insights. Comparable as a niche B2B hospitality trade media with overlapping editorial coverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/hosteltur
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/HOSTELTURTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/hosteltur
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hosteltur.com
• Instagraminstagram.com/hosteltur
• TikToktiktok.com/@hosteltur

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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