The changed travel purchase cycle in a digital world


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Now you now why it is hard for startups -- and indeed traditional players -- to be successful in digital: all the historical industry-defined value chains have blurred -- we would even argue the phases of dreaming, planning, booking, destination aren't as clear as this report says -- and consumers are jumping across all of these using all the digital tools at their disposal.

Travel was one of the first sector that went online, with airline and hotel sectors being the first ones to make the transition. And the travel customers followed and in the process changed all the industry-defined value chains of yore. Tourism Australia has come out with a detailed study, compiled with the help of PricewaterhouseCoopers, to understand its current travel distribution approaches and potential models for the future across Australia's key holiday markets. In th