With almost a week under their belts, Tripbod says farewell to San Francisco in the most obvious way possible and then heads back to the UK armed with ideas.
In this final episode, the team reflect on the trip as well as talk about the energy at the Launch Conference and some of the startups that caught their eye.
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About Kevin MayKevin May is editor of Tnooz. He joined as a co-founder in August 2009 after spending nearly four years as editor of UK-based business publication Travolution.
Passionate about the business of travel and the internet, Kevin played a major role in establishing Travolution in print, online, events and with an annual awards programme, as well as becoming a regular speaker and moderator at industry events.
Prior to Travolution, Kevin was web editor at Media Week (UK) and also worked in regional newspapers for two years at the Essex Enquirer. He started his career in journalism at the Police Gazette at New Scotland Yard in London.
[...] Part Six – Tripbod in the Valley video diary, farewell [...]
Banish how it used to be carried out – travel inspiration and searching for products has changed immeasurably as consumers find new ways of finding the perfect trip.
Do you understand the true costs of travel payments, how to reduce your exposure to credit card fraud and surcharges or how virtual cards work?
Discussing recent hot topics such as the TripAdvisor-Jetsetter acquisition, hotel wifi, Wordpress and hotels, mobile design and user experience.
Ancillary services are here to stay, so how do travel companies and airlines develop their technology and relationships so that merchandising can work for everyone?
What more’s left to say except another huge thank you Kev plus team for following our exploits across the pond and all your support along the way!
Still digesting all we saw, learnt and experienced, but as you can see from our farewell take, tripbod is left buzzing with positive energy and determined to continue our ‘disrupting the market’ ambitions.
Until we meet again… (ITB right? Look out Berlin, we mean business!)
Ladies – by now I think you can realize that inside Travel and particularly the new generation of Travel Social Web – the need and the willingness to collaborate is a critical element.
Travel is an incredibly complex category. It is also highly subjective and multi-dimensional which is factor constantly overlooked. What drives it is the passion of people for the category. Individual silo sectors as well as broad brush players all share a left and right brain passion for Travel.
Showing value is easy. Making money from it is hard. Best of luck in your endeavours
Cheers
Great Sally, particularly like the last company you mentioned in your video… they’re really going places!