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Sama's success targeting and then re-inventing a popular yet under-developed sector of the travel industry is another reminder that opportunities abound.
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Airlines
Airlines have been keeping economy plus seats to themselves to sell directly to consumers. This move by Delta may signal that it needs additional help unloading the inventory.
Online Travel
Both consumer- and agent-facing apps that integrate with Sabre's systems will allow customers and sellers to learn a language, rebook a better seat, or make changes on the fly.
More western travel brands are turning to SE Asia for growth while western Europe and other traditional destinations are on the down swing.
SEO-friendly website names get customers by accident while strong branding through social media can helps build repeat customers.
Many brands are struggling to find a reason to stick with Google+, but LateRooms.com's success points towards ways a global competitor can reach a cross-section of users/customers.
Tourism
China's recommendation is so broad as to be comical, suggesting Chinese travelers steer clear of Delhi, Bangalore, and Mumbai, among other places.
Not a bad idea at all: The airline can skip the expensive wiring and weighty systems that bring in-flight entertainment to life and offer flyers an attractive alternative that also earns the line money.
The growing wealth of the Chinese coincides with a tremendous curiosity about the world outside of China. In this case, one developer brings an Austrian village to a sub-tropical Chinese town in a case of copying that makes Disney's imagineers look like lightweights.
Cruises
Peter Thiel and others demonstrate yet another downside of taking Ayn Rand seriously by proposing utopian city-states at sea that obviously won't have any of the problems of existing communities at all.
Alongside the mega-ships that spill thousands of visitors into ports are smaller-scale cruise options that give visitors a more intimate experience of destinations.
