Articles tagged “startups”

Expedia's acquisition of HomeAway shows that desire is strong with online booking players for bringing more vacation rentals online. When offline properties get online they'll need help finding their way around their new universe.

When a site uses dollars and cents to show a traveler why it makes sense for them to travel it's harder to say no to booking.

Sometimes travelers and brands can find solutions to their problems in the same places.

Plug-and-Play’s Travel & Hospitality team is pushing hard to get companies throughout the travel industry to ‘get it’ on outsourcing innovation. Not everyone has. Airlines have jumped-in early because of their cost-sensitive business models. They can’t afford to hesitate.

Many times travel startups try to solve problems that don't need solving, but these five startups propose solutions that are practical, necessary and even respond to needs that travelers have even if they don't know they have them.

Sometimes when brands look at a problem in a way they never have, new creativity comes out and fresh ideas are hatched. It's especially helpful to do this when considering problems that have plagued travelers for decades.

For every problem a big travel brand ignores a startup will succeed or fail at tackling it and give travelers more reason to demand smarter progress.

Don't expect JetBlue Technology Ventures to start throwing big bucks into travel startups. Instead, the airline is looking for some brand benefit from getting involved in the startup scene and to get access to some new technologies along the way.

Securing a booking is a major first hurdle for travel brands. Keeping travelers happy after the booking process as their trip approaches, and then keeping spirits high throughout the trip, helps them see that their great experience is one that they want to repeat again and again.

Expense reporting is still the bane of many business travelers' existences even though it doesn't have to be. Travelers are far ahead of their companies and it's time for mangers to adopt smarter tools like these to help their policies catch-up with the times.