Articles tagged “guides”

Online Travel

5 New Travel Startups Aim for Smarter Pre-Trip Planning

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Media and PR

The Boutique Publishers Crafting Content for Big Travel Brands

As the lines between independent and branded travel content blur, it will matter less who is presenting the content and more whether it's relevant and actionable for the targeted reader.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Daily Travel Startup Watch: TripChamp, Guideally, Venhoko and More

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Five Startups for Travelers That Want Greater Control of Their Trips

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Triposo Travel Guides Turns to Crowd Sourcing to Fund its Vibrating Belt

Kudos to Triposo for not looking to social travel or spammy apps built atop Facebook for the future of their digital travel guides. But a vibrating belt telling you where to go may take the whole "think outside the box" concept way too far outside the box.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Skift Asks: Do You Still Use a Print Guidebook When Traveling?

It is still early in the travel information game in digital, and the consumer behavior is likely to continue evolving, and will likely still include some mix of old school methods.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Zagat Shrinks Print Operations, Launches Free, Stripped-Down Website

Google Maps is the world's biggest funnel to destination-specific information, and it only makes sense to focus content on those users. Whether or not Zagat's distinctive ratings system and brand voice will continue to rise to the top remains to be seen.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Five Travel Startups: From Chinese Bus Apps to Malaysian Restaurant Picks

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Media and PR

IAC guts CitySearch and Urbanspoon and sends two-thirds of staff packing

CityGrid has had a difficult time finding its footing, both because of challenges from Yelp and because of its own ongoing leadership difficulties. It would be hard to find another company of its size that's swapped CEOs so often.

Skift | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Lonely Planet hires CTO from within in first leadership move in post-BBC world

LP has a formidable challenge ahead of it as Google has signified that it wants to own travel and has the resources to reach consumers at every step of the way as well as hire whoever it wants to make this happen.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago