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Have we reached the age of consolidation for travel apps?
For the past years, we’ve seen a large number of new tech companies trying to tackle the travel industry with very few having success. There are some that has seen some traction like AirBnB and Kayak, but there are hundreds of others that haven’t either been able to gain the traction they needed or haven’t [...]
Where are the hotel aggregators?
With the success of sites like Kayak who have been able to display prices from multiple OTA’s for flights, you would think that there would be someone who could do the same things for hotels. There have been a lot of startups recently like Hipmunk who have come up with new ways to display flights, [...]
My Recommednations for Thomas Cook
Over at Tnooz there is a great article on recommendations they have to help turn Thomas Cook around. If you have never heard of Thomas Cook, they are one of the biggest, if not the biggest, travel agency in Europe with a long rich history. Recently though they’ve had there up’s and downs with a [...]
What I want to see from vacation planning sites
One of the great things about some of these new online travel services that come out is how is makes it simple to plan a vacation. Gone are the days where you had to go to different sites and try to remember everything you saw. Now a days there are services that have built up [...]
Favorite Online Tools of 2012
I know this post is a little late with it being February already, but with me talking about tools that can help you plan your trip, I wanted to do a post on my favorite travel tools for 2012. In 2012 we saw a lot of new tools that came out that has helped travelers [...]
Is the Travel Agent Dead?
In the travel industry, over the last couple of years one thing that I’ve heard coming from a lot of so called “insiders” is the fact that travel agents are dead. No longer are consumers working with a travel specialist to plan and book their vacations and instead are going online and doing everything themselves. [...]
Tools that Can Help you Plan your Vacation
When it comes to planning a vacation, there are a lot of tools on the market today that say they can help you plan your dream vacation while also finding you the best price, but the thing is though a lot of them really can’t. Over the years I’ve tried almost every new tool or [...]
GateGuru Revamps App Design and Adds New Features to Help Travelers
One of the more popular travel apps over the last couple of years has been GateGuru. Launched back in 2009, GateGuru has called itself the Yelp for airports where it helps provide travelers with information on places to eat and shop within an airport. I recently downloaded this app to my iPhone for a trip I took [...]
Airbnb Launches Neighborhoods
Airbnb is becoming a popular option for some travelers who are not looking for a resort vacation as it provide unique experiences for their accommodations. We’ve wrote about them before and how they’ve had success by allowing people to put up rooms and apartments for rent to travelers and with this succes they’re now looking for new [...]
Priceline Buys Kayak for $1.8 Billion
In news that will shakeup the online travel industry, Priceline yesterday decided to acquire travel search site Kayak for a whooping $1.8 billion dollars. If you haven’t heard of Kayak, they are an online shopping comparison tool that allows you to find the best prices on airfare and hotel. Kayak just recently went public a [...]
