When I was a kid, my mother used to take me along on special shopping trips to Stew Leonoard’s, an iconic, mega-grocery store with now four locations in Connecticut and New York.
About Evan Konwiser
Evan Konwiser was co-founder of FlightCaster, which was acquired by Next Jump in December 2010. Currently, he works with travel start-ups and consults on new technology and trends in the travel industry.
He started FlightCaster in 2009 to provide better tools for travelers using advanced technology. After the acquisition, he managed Next Jump's travel distribution business, which includes employee discount programs for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to FlightCaster, Evan was a consultant at Bain & Company and he also spent time at Kayak.
He's an industry blogger and speaker on both consumer and corporate travel topics, and recipient of PhoCusWright's first ever Young Leadership Award. Evan currently resides in San Francisco, where he hikes, bikes, and skis whenever he's not on a plane or rooting for his hometown Yankees.
Time for the travel industry to move beyond its anti-consumer past
March 26, 2012 By 26 Comments
Can we de-commoditize air travel once and for all?
October 20, 2011 By 9 Comments
Why is air travel such a commodity? After all, itβs often one of the most durable memories of a trip.
Why the arrival of the Dreamliner affects every part of the industry
September 26, 2011 By 3 Comments
You will not notice it by searching on Expedia (or Google, for that matter) or checking-in at your favorite hotel, or even boarding a flight, but the travel world changed this week.
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Google wanted simple flight search, but it got all the industry baggage as well
September 19, 2011 By 23 Comments
Appearances can be deceptive – as a few days of mulling over the new Google Flights tool has indicated.
