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Stay.com Lets Users Roll Their Own Travel

2011-02-21 by Phil Butler

Amsterdam search tool

Norwegian travel startup Stay.com release their version 2.3. As a mid-term development release, what Stay offered up was fairly significant. Stay.com affords users unparalelled tools for building, sharing, and printing their own personal travel literature, and great hotel deals as well.

Tags: Amsterdam Guides, content, Europe travel, Facebook Connect, Google, Google Goggles, Google Maps, Google Places, Joachim Paasche, online travel, original content, OTA's travel, Pamil Visions, Price guarantee, rich content, Stay, Stay's Amsterdam, travel portals, travel tech, TripAdvisor, TripWolf, Twitter, UGC

Fear Google – Trust Expedia

2010-11-16 by Phil Butler

Banner from the PhoCusWright Conference site

Google’s detractors huddle in Phoenix at this year’s PhoCusWright Conference to try an lobby allies. Fearing Google’s ITA acquisition will forever change the online travel game, some top travel execs seem willing to do anything to block the Internet’s biggest player.

Tags: Amazon, Arrginton, Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia, Fairlogix, FairSearch, Goby, Google, Google search, ITA, Jim Davidson, Jimmy Wales, Kayak, Kevin May, online travel, Sabre holdings, Terry Jones, Tim O'Reilly, Tnooz, travel news, travel tech

Tripit Still Shines If Not Altogether New

2010-11-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Tnooz Tripcase images

TripIt is without a doubt one of the most useful travel tools yet developed. But, can this fairly limited tool, regardless how slick, remain atop the travel app list forever? With an increased user base via Hotwire TripIt has so far fended off all competition, but one slip is all it will take for the next big thing to steamroll this startup. The larger question is, “Can simple modular applications be stand alone monetization models?”

Tags: business model, Hotwire, Inc., mobile travel, monetization model, online travel, premium travel services, Sabre, Sabre holdings, Sabre travel, Tnooz, tourist tools, travel app, travel industry, travel itenerary, travel notifier, travel savings, travel site, travel startup, travel tech, Tripcase, TripIt

Morten Lund to Kick Off WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp

2010-10-06 by Phil Butler

WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp

Innovation in online travel is powered by ideas and technology. Key investor Morten Lund is scheduled to kick off the inaugural WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp in Singapore on October 18th. The much anticipated camp will serve as a springboard for technology innovators, as well as a think thank for the WIT conference.

Tags: Everbread Ltd., Morten Lund, online travel, Skype, startup convention, tech startups, Tnooz, Tradeshift Ltd., travel, travel news, travel tech, WITovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp

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