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Flash sales or not, travelers will find value in Secret Escapes if it can indeed negotiate exclusive deals.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago
Mobile guides for attractions and events allow discovery to happen faster before travelers even arrive at a place and that fundamentally impacts expectations about what they'll experience.
Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago
As luxury travel continues to flourish in hospitality it only makes sense for the aviation sector to answer the call with startups selling private jet travel for travelers looking for something different.
Tours and activities startups are having a renaissance of sorts and Zozi is the latest proof of that.
Hotels
In the same way that Onefinestay is the boutique Airbnb, this funding round is the smaller equivalent to its larger rival's recent $1.5 billion haul.
Offering free Wi-Fi shows Treebo Hotels understands what's important to guests but let's see how quickly it can scale.
Tourism websites are already woefully underutilized by travelers and Bluebridge has its work cut out to create app products people probably aren't banging the door down for.
As the temperatures heat up for summer in many parts of the world so does the investment activity taking place with vacation rentals sites like Luxury Retreats and recently HomeAway as both are bent on moving into new and promising markets.
Klook represents a speck of the recent investment activity taking place in the rapidly expanding Chinese online travel ecosystem.
Tourism
Proving the economic value of tourism marketing is critical to attracting more funding, which yield even better results. All organizations should have, or be working on, a measurement model.
Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago
