Articles tagged “startups”

The Takeoff is a video series from Skift and Amadeus exploring the key elements of the startup mindset, and what it takes to transition from early stage travel startup to next level innovator. The third episode is on team, culture, and scaling up.

The written word will always be most important but photos and video often invoke a more immediate, emotional response that travel brands are looking for.

Progressive travel agents are now the "experience curators" for travelers rather than simply a living and breathing booking tool and they can make that smart and personalized suggestion an online travel agency probably can't.

Maps have taken on an even higher level of importance as travelers around the world venture out into newer and more localized places that aren't always familiar tour stops.

Introducing The Takeoff, a video series from Skift and Amadeus exploring the key elements of the startup mindset, and what it takes to transition from early stage travel startup to next level innovator. The first episode is on Vision: the driving force behind every disruptive idea.

The travel industry’s landscape is changing by way of innovation and disruption from the startup world. This paper maps the entrepreneurial journey and lays out essential takeaways for the travel…

Getting medical care abroad is a growing trend fanning out across the world and destinations should know what their medical fortes are if they plan to be part of welcoming this rising wave of medical tourists.

A startup is only as good as the real-world use case it's trying to address, and sometime it takes the support of an accelerator to discover how to do this.

Destination marketing organizations are always looking for ways to appear more natural to travelers who aren't always looking for fabricated experiences--these startups put destinations on a path towards achieving that image.

As competitors close in and some do heavy TV advertising, HotelTonight states that it is doing "hundreds of millions of dollars" annually in gross bookings and that it has grown 100 percent per year over the last two years. This will continue to be an interesting skirmish between a well-funded startup focusing on last-minute versus larger players that can offer more wide-ranging solutions for hotels.