Marcin Wesolowski, Director of operations @ Bidroom, at Travel Tech Conference Russia 2018 (http://traveltechcon.ru/eng).
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Breaking monopoly with new solutions. Why diversity is important for travel and hospitality industry. Marcin Wesolowski, Bidroom
1. Breaking monopoly with new solutions
Why diversity is important for travel and hospitality industry
2. Travel and Hospitality industry went through some amazing
changes in last decades.
Everything became easier and faster. But is this all ideal?
Marcin Wesolowski | Director of operations at Bidroom.com
3. Monopoly
“It's not hard to be valuable when
you are a monopoly”
Robert Cardillo
Director of US Defense
Intelligence Agency
4. 4
Deregulation
- Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
- Single European Act of 1986
Result: More choice, better prices, more people travelling
It always help the market and us, people
5. OTAs
monopoly or duopoly?
More evidence of a so-called duopoly
coming into play as Expedia and
Booking.com land 80% of all European hotel
sales on online travel agencies” - Tnooz
7. 01.
People used to find us in Google, take
our email and send a request for an
offer.
Email
02.
They also used to book directly
if price was good for them.
Hotel website
03.
and if not they would fill in the form.
Enquiry form
04.
or just walk directly to hotel’s reception
to ask for a room.
Walk-in
05.
unless guests came from
companies that we had a deal with.
Co-operations
bookings
years ago
8. 2007
And then this happened and:
- It gave a powerful tool to independent travelers
- It taught us that everything is instant, easy and fast
- It helped us travelling
I think the iPhone is the best consumer product
ever. That's what I feel about it. And it's become so
integrated and integral to our lives, you wouldn't
think about leaving home without it.” - Tim Cook
9. 01.
Dominant in most markets
Booking.com
02.
Dominant in many markets
Expedia
03.
Great solution for apartments owners
AirBnB
04.
Link to hotel and phone
Tripadvisor
05.
New solution for non-commissionable
reservations
NEW: Bidroom
bookings
now
15. Bidroom is a revolutionary, membership-based
hotel booking platform that generates direct,
commission-free reservations, while providing
its members with the best rates.
26. Michael Ros
"I know we're a mosquito
compared to an elephant. But
mosquitoes can be very
annoying."
27. 27
Believe in what you are
offering to the market
Be confident Constantly improve your
product
Work on product
Make sure your
users bring the next ones
Build your community
Be visible
How to grow
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