Google Maps may be upgraded to add multi-modal search and live flight data, in a move that could launch a thousand startup pivots.
Google Maps likely to add flights and multi-modal search this week
May 15, 2013 By 5 Comments
Wanderio plots its route to multi-modal search
May 14, 2013 By 5 Comments
An Italian startup thinks it can be a champion when it comes to price comparison of point-to-point transit options.
Traverik wants trip planning to be a breeze with its itinerary approach
May 13, 2013 By 1 Comment
India-based startup Traverik helps travelers create trip itineraries with taking help from friends and families.
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SNCF mulls bidding au revoir to Rail Europe in the UK and Europe
March 28, 2013 By 8 Comments
SNCF, the French Railway, says it may dump Rail Europe, SNCF’s marketing brand, while plotting moves in the online distribution of train tickets for inter-city routes in Europe.
French startup KelBillet profits from its multi-modal search engine
March 27, 2013 By 1 Comment
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.
Fully fared: Rome2rio announces new point-to-point pricing feature
March 25, 2013 By 11 Comments
In what could be one of the most interesting new features in the travel startup space this year, point-to-point travel planning site rome2rio is now offering complete journey pricing of trips mapped out on the service.
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Five travel APIs to beef up website user experience
January 21, 2013 By 25 Comments
With the volume of travel APIs that exist out there, it’s hard to know what might best enhance user experience and/or add value
Cutting out the noise to get the full travel story – but now what do we call it?
January 11, 2013 By 25 Comments
Six years ago – still a mathematician at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne – I had to organize a conference trip to Poland.
Pitching apples against oranges in travel innovation produces the wrong type of fruit salad
December 18, 2012 By 7 Comments
I have a few years of experience of the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit under my belt – a couple as an on-stage critic and during its most recent outing as CEO of one of the competitors.
Data crunching to find the cheapest airline in the world
December 14, 2012 By 15 Comments
The growth of big data and availability of APIs is providing exciting new opportunities for making sense of travel data, even for a fledgling start-up like Rome2rio
