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15 July 2011 ~ 8 Comments

The Micro-Tripper—short-term, purely spontaneous travel enabled by the flash-sale, group buying, and private-travel sale start-ups, the new leisure travel market segment on the rise.

In October at T4, I published, “Is the new, private-sale travel site business model the real deal? an in-depth look, into the new social e-commerce start-ups, their business model and how the deals get structured. As an active online travel business consultant in the new social e-commerce travel space (flash-travel sales), I am confirming, that [...]

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17 March 2010 ~ 6 Comments

Aggregating Travel Gems Will Boost Relevance for Travellers

Aggregating Travel Gems Will Boost Relevance for Travellers

UpTake, the world’s largest travel and hotel review metasearch site, is now featuring relevant excerpts from blogs from across the web alongside its 20 million travelers’ reviews and 775,000 places to stay. The new program, “Travel Gems from Bloggers”, is the first of its kind, leveraging pingback technology to find, match and deliver bloggers’ relevant [...]

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17 March 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Plan, Experience, & Share with MyTripGuru.com

Plan, Experience, & Share with MyTripGuru.com

Mytripguru was created in 2009 to help travelers find things to do based on their personal travel preferences and to recognize individual travelers for their unique knowledge and travel experiences. Mytripguru was started by Nicolas Johansson, a traveler who has seen some of the world but wants to see a lot more. SJ: So what [...]

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