Posts Tagged ‘travel’

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Google Hipmunks Hipmunk

Hipmunk was first to apply a significant change to the manner by which consumers scheduled travel online.

by Eric Fader on December 11th, 2011
1 Comment  Business

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Gogobot Joins Forces with Top Travel Booking Sites

Social travel recommendation site Gogobot launches integration with Expedia, Kayak, Orbitz, Priceline and Hotels.com Gogobot, a social travel site that connects users with friends via social networks for personalized travel advice, has integrated its service with top travel sites Expedia, Kayak, Hotels.com, Orbitz and Priceline....

by Eric Fader on March 24th, 2011
No Comments  Featured

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GoMiles: Yodlee of Travel Loyalty Programs

We ran a series of posts related to financial services aggregator Yodlee and how the platform has empowered numerous entrepreneurs to build successful businesses. Well, now a startup in the travel industry is taking a similar approach to all of the loyalty programs that airlines, hotels, and car rental companies offer.

by Eric Fader on December 8th, 2010
No Comments  Business, Featured

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Hautelook Goes on Vacation

Hautelook, the Los Angeles based fashion sample sale site, recently leveraged some of its capital to acquire Chicago-based BonVoyou. This acquisition enables Hautelook to remain competitive with other sample sale sites such as Gilt’s Jetsetter and Bloomspot which have always had a travel offering. It...

by Eric Fader on November 9th, 2010
No Comments  Business

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Back to the Future, Travel Sites
Innovating by Design

Travel is big business yet there has been very little innovation until now. A group of startups are changing the way that you book travel notably Wanderfly, Hipmunk, and Gogobot. Wanderfly innovates by providing a very easy to use interface. Users simply choose their starting...

by Eric Fader on October 28th, 2010
3 Comments   Design, Featured