There is consensus across all travel industry sectors that mobile transactions cannot take off until a simple payment method becomes mainstream.
Mobile travel payments: direct billing not there, but things are moving
August 23, 2010 By 3 Comments
Aggregation versus curation: Do travelers really know or care?
June 21, 2010 By 12 Comments
If someone told you that they aggregate things and someone else told you that they curate things, would you know the difference?
Isango starts work on mobile destination app, admits challenges over product payments
June 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
Online activity and tour agency Isango is developing an iPhone application aimed at giving travellers in-resort access content and, eventually, booking facilities.
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TLabs Showcase – GetYourGuide
March 4, 2010 By 9 Comments
TLabs focus on startups featuring Switzerland-based GetYourGuide.
What is it about Ryanair and its white label partnerships?
February 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
Reports today suggesting Ryanair has settled out of court with Expedia over their ill-fated partnership has thrown the spotlight once again on the airline’s white label deals.
Google helping TripAdvisor to maintain barrier to entry
October 16, 2009 By 28 Comments
When considering an online travel startup you tend to think about three approaches.
Taking on the incumbent, creating a whole new category that you can dominate, and assuming that the market must be massive so if you only capture 1% you’re doing ok.
Hence a great deal of an entrepreneur’s time is taken by active consideration of building or bypassing barriers to entry.
So, take TripAdvisor’s primary barrier to entry…
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