KelBillet helps French travelers book domestic and short-haul journeys by train, bus, car, plane, and rideshare, plus helps them re-sell tickets. It claims 1 million unique visitors a month.
French startup KelBillet profits from its multi-modal search engine
March 27, 2013 By 1 Comment
Lastminute talks lean innovation strategy, plans Tripbod integration after email trial
March 13, 2013 By 13 Comments
When you’re lastminute.com and others have been stealing your thunder in the same-day/late-deals market what do you do?
Gidsy plays matchmaker between travelers and authentic local experiences
March 8, 2013 By 17 Comments
Gidsy is an "AirBnB for authentic events." Locals in more than 140 cities worldwide use the site to sell their tours, courses and other activities.
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Roomer, a secondary market for hotel rooms, secures $2M in funding from BRM Capital
March 5, 2013 By 9 Comments
New Israel-based site Roomer lets users sell recoup the cost of pre-paid hotel reservations they can’t keep by re-selling them in a marketplace. It announced its funding today, and launched its new site.
A rough guide to eight big travel industry battles
November 13, 2012 By 19 Comments
To let you spend more time schmoozing (or sleeping), here is a wry take on what is often discussed in travel industry panel debates.
Hall St wants to extend the room life cycle for hotels via marketplace
September 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hall St. is a marketplace enabling anyone who has booked a hotel room but can no longer use to resell it as well as enabling hotels to run flash sales
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HipHost plays matchmaker between visitors and locals, suggesting custom tours
September 18, 2012 By 5 Comments
HipHost is a peer-to-peer marketplace for customized tours hosted by locals. Tnooz interviews the founder.
Time for an economics lesson and a sprinkling of the real world over tours and activities
July 31, 2012 By 15 Comments
Tnooz recently featured two somewhat academic articles about the economics of peer-to-peer travel marketplaces (Article #1, Article #2).
The economics of peer-to-peer travel marketplaces and collaborative consumption [Part 2 of 2]
July 11, 2012 By 3 Comments
Now is the time to look more deeply into supply and demand sides of this sector, including the key enablers for such business models.
The economics of peer-to-peer travel marketplaces and collaborative consumption [Part 1 of 2]
July 6, 2012 By 8 Comments
Peer-to-peer marketplaces are popular at the moment. Having attained web fame in second-hand marketplaces (eBay), they have now become popular business models from accommodation (Airbnb) to tours and activities.
