Brazilian travel-tech start-up Diaspora.Black unveiled the third generation of its B2B2C marketplace on 18 February, adding artificial-intelligence recommendation engines, dynamic packaging and new fraud-prevention tools. The upgrade expands the network to more than 800 accommodation and experience providers in 145 cities across Brazil, the United States and nine African countries.
The company, founded in Salvador and backed by angel investors from the tourism and diversity-inclusion sectors, focuses on “afro-centric” lodging and cultural experiences and has been increasingly used by multinational mobility programmes seeking culturally immersive accommodation options for short-term assignees.
Key changes include:
• an AI layer that matches traveller profiles with community-based hosts;
• multilingual instant-book capabilities to support inbound business visitors ahead of COP-30 in Belém;
• an analytics dashboard for corporate travel managers to track diversity spend and local-economic impact.
![Afro-centric travel marketplace Diaspora.Black launches ‘Platform 3.0’ with AI-driven curation]()
While organisations expand their lodging portfolios through platforms like Diaspora.Black, they still need to handle visa and entry requirements for employees moving between Brazil, the US and various African countries. VisaHQ’s online service (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) streamlines this process by offering fast visa and passport solutions, helping mobility managers bundle travel-document processing with accommodation planning in a single workflow.
Diaspora.Black says demand from Brazilian companies implementing ESG travel policies has doubled year-on-year, and it plans to integrate with Concur and Argo by mid-2026.
For global-mobility teams the new API means afro-heritage homestays and tours can be pulled into regular OBTs, giving relocating employees more culturally relevant housing choices while helping firms meet supplier-diversity goals.
The company, founded in Salvador and backed by angel investors from the tourism and diversity-inclusion sectors, focuses on “afro-centric” lodging and cultural experiences and has been increasingly used by multinational mobility programmes seeking culturally immersive accommodation options for short-term assignees.
Key changes include:
• an AI layer that matches traveller profiles with community-based hosts;
• multilingual instant-book capabilities to support inbound business visitors ahead of COP-30 in Belém;
• an analytics dashboard for corporate travel managers to track diversity spend and local-economic impact.
While organisations expand their lodging portfolios through platforms like Diaspora.Black, they still need to handle visa and entry requirements for employees moving between Brazil, the US and various African countries. VisaHQ’s online service (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) streamlines this process by offering fast visa and passport solutions, helping mobility managers bundle travel-document processing with accommodation planning in a single workflow.
Diaspora.Black says demand from Brazilian companies implementing ESG travel policies has doubled year-on-year, and it plans to integrate with Concur and Argo by mid-2026.
For global-mobility teams the new API means afro-heritage homestays and tours can be pulled into regular OBTs, giving relocating employees more culturally relevant housing choices while helping firms meet supplier-diversity goals.
