Comments on: Get Funded Show 2009 – all 18 pitches reviewed http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/ Talking Travel Tech Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:11:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: You do not have to be mad to run one of these travel startups, but it helps | Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-771112 You do not have to be mad to run one of these travel startups, but it helps | Tnooz Wed, 18 May 2011 09:47:26 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-771112 [...] you have been to a conference, spotted a supposed gap in the travel industry and now you want to create a startup to fill that [...] [...] you have been to a conference, spotted a supposed gap in the travel industry and now you want to create a startup to fill that [...]

]]> By: JackStraw http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-62755 JackStraw Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:34:07 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-62755 I seen this on twitter. I'm going to check these sites out. They are probably really good. It looks like many sites are going multi lilngual. That makes sense in this global economy I seen this on twitter. I’m going to check these sites out. They
are probably really good. It looks like many sites are going multi lilngual. That makes sense in this global economy

]]> By: TourCMS builds Marketplace for niche tour operators | Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-2617 TourCMS builds Marketplace for niche tour operators | Tnooz Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:32:22 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-2617 [...] companies include Rezgo (presented at Phocuswright Travel Innovation Summit in 2008), TouristWay (pitched at GetFundedShow 2009), AdventureEngine, AdventureLink and [...] [...] companies include Rezgo (presented at Phocuswright Travel Innovation Summit in 2008), TouristWay (pitched at GetFundedShow 2009), AdventureEngine, AdventureLink and [...]

]]> By: Roundtrip » Get Funded Show 2009 in London und Travel Innovation Summit 2009 in Orlando - Alle Teilnehmer und erste Eindrücke http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1887 Roundtrip » Get Funded Show 2009 in London und Travel Innovation Summit 2009 in Orlando - Alle Teilnehmer und erste Eindrücke Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:25:31 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1887 [...] Get Funded Show 2009 in London und Travel Innovation Summit 2009 in Orlando - Alle Teilnehmer und erste Eindrücke By dmeyer at 9:21 on 18. November 2009 London: Eighteen entrepreneurs pitched in front of an audience consisting of angel and VC investors. This is a quick roundup of who pitched and what their services are about. via tnooz.com [...] [...] Get Funded Show 2009 in London und Travel Innovation Summit 2009 in Orlando – Alle Teilnehmer und erste Eindrücke By dmeyer at 9:21 on 18. November 2009 London: Eighteen entrepreneurs pitched in front of an audience consisting of angel and VC investors. This is a quick roundup of who pitched and what their services are about. via tnooz.com [...]

]]> By: Travel Innovation Summit 2009 - every innovator reviewed | Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1870 Travel Innovation Summit 2009 - every innovator reviewed | Tnooz Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:44:11 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1870 [...] Other Tnooz analysis. [...] [...] Other Tnooz analysis. [...]

]]> By: Arnaud (HouseTrip CEO) http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1860 Arnaud (HouseTrip CEO) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:09:02 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1860 Thanks for the reply Alex. Many things to say, 5 min to pitch; one has to make choices :) But I shall make sure to clarify that in the future (it will increase our chances to win :-D) Arnaud Thanks for the reply Alex.
Many things to say, 5 min to pitch; one has to make choices :) But I shall make sure to clarify that in the future (it will increase our chances to win :-D )
Arnaud

]]> By: Alex Bainbridge http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1859 Alex Bainbridge Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:39:34 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1859 Hi Arnaud Yes indeed - with your property PMS that puts you in position to correctly state you have real time availability. Not sure that came out in the pitch though! [And I did mention in my comment that if you had that covered, it would be right that you have real time availability] Well done! Alex Hi Arnaud
Yes indeed – with your property PMS that puts you in position to correctly state you have real time availability.

Not sure that came out in the pitch though! [And I did mention in my comment that if you had that covered, it would be right that you have real time availability]

Well done!
Alex

]]> By: Arnaud (HouseTrip CEO) http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1797 Arnaud (HouseTrip CEO) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:19:09 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1797 Hi Alex, I think both you and Stephan are right, let me explain :) HouseTrip provides a complimentary SaaS PMS to its hosts, to ease their life and the management of their bookings. Also, each time they get a booking through HouseTrip, their PMS's calendar (and thus their availability on HouseTrip) is automatically updated. Now hosts also get bookings through other channels and they may not use HouseTrip as their primary PMS so some availabilities are obviously not 100% up-to-date (and that is not too problematic as, as you know, they have this 36 hours max timeframe to accept a booking). What we aim for though is to reach a stage where most of our hosts booking requests will originate from HouseTrip; so most of the time in their calendar will be automatically updated and they will also be strongly incentivized to use HouseTrip's PMS as their primary. As you probably know, the holiday rental industry is far from hotels: only a very small share of hosts have a PMS at their disposal. According to surveys we made, over 90% of hosts use tools like excel or paper calendars to manage their bookings! Hope I cleared the real-time debate :) Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any question! All the best and thanks for the articles! Arnaud Hi Alex,

I think both you and Stephan are right, let me explain :)

HouseTrip provides a complimentary SaaS PMS to its hosts, to ease their life and the management of their bookings. Also, each time they get a booking through HouseTrip, their PMS’s calendar (and thus their availability on HouseTrip) is automatically updated. Now hosts also get bookings through other channels and they may not use HouseTrip as their primary PMS so some availabilities are obviously not 100% up-to-date (and that is not too problematic as, as you know, they have this 36 hours max timeframe to accept a booking). What we aim for though is to reach a stage where most of our hosts booking requests will originate from HouseTrip; so most of the time in their calendar will be automatically updated and they will also be strongly incentivized to use HouseTrip’s PMS as their primary.

As you probably know, the holiday rental industry is far from hotels: only a very small share of hosts have a PMS at their disposal. According to surveys we made, over 90% of hosts use tools like excel or paper calendars to manage their bookings!

Hope I cleared the real-time debate :) Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any question!

All the best and thanks for the articles!

Arnaud

]]> By: The Week in Travel Tech - November 8 to 14 2009 | Tnooz http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1774 The Week in Travel Tech - November 8 to 14 2009 | Tnooz Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:02:19 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1774 [...] Get Funded Show 2009 – all 18 pitches reviewed [...] [...] Get Funded Show 2009 – all 18 pitches reviewed [...]

]]> By: Tweets that mention Get Funded Show 2009 - all 18 pitches reviewed | Tnooz -- Topsy.com http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1773 Tweets that mention Get Funded Show 2009 - all 18 pitches reviewed | Tnooz -- Topsy.com Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:55:23 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1773 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Marilyn_Res, emilyking. emilyking said: Yet another 18 travel sites enter the field. Think any will make it? [via @tnooz] http://bit.ly/4d3rBp [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Marilyn_Res, emilyking. emilyking said: Yet another 18 travel sites enter the field. Think any will make it? [via @tnooz] http://bit.ly/4d3rBp [...]

]]> By: Alex Bainbridge http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1739 Alex Bainbridge Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:59:53 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1739 Stephan Surely its not real time availability unless you are peeking into someones booking diary? If you are relying on the property owner to come along to your site and update availability, unless you have an exclusive distribution contract with them, its not real time availability - just best effort availability. A booking they receive via another channel may not be reflected in your availability for a few days right? Only way to do real time availability for the house rental market would be by providing a PMS for that is the master availability controller for all your clients. I like your site (and said so in my post) but lets not confuse this with real time availability. Cheers. Alex Stephan

Surely its not real time availability unless you are peeking into someones booking diary?

If you are relying on the property owner to come along to your site and update availability, unless you have an exclusive distribution contract with them, its not real time availability – just best effort availability.

A booking they receive via another channel may not be reflected in your availability for a few days right?

Only way to do real time availability for the house rental market would be by providing a PMS for that is the master availability controller for all your clients.

I like your site (and said so in my post) but lets not confuse this with real time availability.

Cheers. Alex

]]> By: Claude http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1721 Claude Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:33:13 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1721 Yen, About online reservation on HouseTrip, see: "You will be asked for your credit card details during the request process but you will not be charged until the host's final confirmation (within a maximum of 36 hours)." http://www.housetrip.com/en/help/guests You have your answer about the availability challenge. Rental market isn't the same as Hotel electronic market where whe have direct stock availabilty in real time. Yen,

About online reservation on HouseTrip, see:

“You will be asked for your credit card details during the request process but you will not be charged until the host’s final confirmation (within a maximum of 36 hours).”
http://www.housetrip.com/en/help/guests

You have your answer about the availability challenge.

Rental market isn’t the same as Hotel electronic market where whe have direct stock availabilty in real time.

]]> By: Stephan, CTO http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1720 Stephan, CTO Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:30:43 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1720 Yes, HouseTrip has a real-time availability search. Every booking is changing the availability of the property instantly. Further hosts can modify availability manually - e.g. to consider maintenance or cleaning. Yes, HouseTrip has a real-time availability search.

Every booking is changing the availability of the property instantly. Further hosts can modify availability manually – e.g. to consider maintenance or cleaning.

]]> By: Yen http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1717 Yen Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:17:52 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1717 Alex, thanks for the summary. How does Housetrip solve the availability challenge? do they have have real time availability search? Tom, congrats on the successful event. Alex, thanks for the summary. How does Housetrip solve the availability challenge? do they have have real time availability search?

Tom, congrats on the successful event.

]]> By: Eric Zaner http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1712 Eric Zaner Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:15:25 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1712 While the idea for the winner sounds interesting I am not so sure it is different from establihed models. When trying to book I have to enter my email address and become a user of the site (OTA's don't require this) and then go thru a 4 step booking engine. As a consumer this seems like too much. It seems like a less user friendly version of LeisureLink's www.ABetterStay.com. That said, I hope the site will evolve and grow as I believe there is a ton of opportunity in this vertical and wish the team at HouseTrip the best of luck. While the idea for the winner sounds interesting I am not so sure it is different from establihed models. When trying to book I have to enter my email address and become a user of the site (OTA’s don’t require this) and then go thru a 4 step booking engine.
As a consumer this seems like too much. It seems like a less user friendly version of LeisureLink’s http://www.ABetterStay.com. That said, I hope the site will evolve and grow as I believe there is a ton of opportunity in this vertical and wish the team at HouseTrip the best of luck.

]]> By: Tom Ellum http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1699 Tom Ellum Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:56:39 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1699 Hey - just to clarify - all six criteria were used to give an overall score and then investment potential and idea were the key deciding factors. Hope this helps Guillaume. Tom Ellum Director of Get Funded Show PS - Well done all the Innovators especially the finalists. And we're proud of our winners HouseTrip - great job guys! Hey – just to clarify – all six criteria were used to give an overall score and then investment potential and idea were the key deciding factors. Hope this helps Guillaume.

Tom Ellum
Director of Get Funded Show

PS – Well done all the Innovators especially the finalists. And we’re proud of our winners HouseTrip – great job guys!

]]> By: Guillaume http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1698 Guillaume Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:51:31 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1698 Something I didn't understand in this contest was whether the winner is the startup with: 1/ best potential investment opportunity or 2/ the best idea or 3/ the best revenue potential to disrupt existing players in the travel space Any idea? Guillaume Founder & Editor at HotelBlogs.net Something I didn’t understand in this contest was whether the winner is the startup with:

1/ best potential investment opportunity
or
2/ the best idea
or
3/ the best revenue potential to disrupt existing players in the travel space

Any idea?

Guillaume
Founder & Editor at HotelBlogs.net

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1697 uberVU - social comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:31:19 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1697 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by alexbainbridge: @hugoburge Thanks for the news! Now I can publish http://tinyurl.com/yk8fk6e... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Claude http://www.tnooz.com/2009/11/12/news/get-funded-show-2009-all-18-pitches-reviewed/#comment-1696 Claude Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:19:57 +0000 http://www.tnooz.com/?p=3683#comment-1696 Congrat to HouseTrip team. Arnaud, when you come to Marseille, bring the Champagne bottle ;-) Next step, PhoCusWright Innovation summit in 2010 Then China and India, and it will be made! Congrat to HouseTrip team.

Arnaud, when you come to Marseille, bring the Champagne bottle ;-)

Next step, PhoCusWright Innovation summit in 2010

Then China and India, and it will be made!

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