Ruzwana Bashir is taking her travel experience platform, Peek, into the land of unicorn startups.
, has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Vanity Fair New Establishment, Marie Claire New Guard, Inc 30 under 30, and the list goes on. Except Bashir is focused on becoming the next unicorn CEO. The Oxford and Harvard Business School graduate-turned-tech CEO to hear intends to turn Peek.com into the next unicorn of theBashir's passion for travel and understanding of consumer behaviors after working at Goldman Sachs, Blackstone and Gilt Groupe led her to the idea for Peek.
Peek is expanding its product offering with a new update, Peek Pro. The update has more than 50 new feature updates to help travel operators scale their businesses even faster including created an unbelievably powerful and flexible payment system for partners, and a POS to make the guest experience seamless and intuitive. Peek Pro will significantly improve operators’ abilities to drive more bookings while providing an even better customer experience.
0, Bashir is betting on Peek to become the next travel unicorn."What travelers spend on tours, activities, attractions, and events account for 10 percent of global travel revenue -- more than they spend on trains, car rentals, and cruises. The US accounts for about $34 billion of the global travel market. Peek.com has more experiences, more reviews and higher quality reviews than any and higher quality reviews than any other marketplace in the US.
Peek has raised $40 million to date from key investors such as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Twitter and Square founder Jack Dorsey, Kayak founder Paul English, Trulia, and NFX founder Pete Flint and former Yelp COO Geoff Donaker. With the some of the biggest players in tech and travel backing up Bashir, Peek transforming into a unicorn is nearly on the horizon.
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