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Trends and Innovations in Online Travel
1. Trends & Innovations in Online Travel
2011 World Hostel Conference
Presented by:
Michael Tumminia, GoMio.com and Jason Baker, Digicate.ca
2. Discussions points:
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• Overview of trends in online travel
• U d t on GoMio
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• Discussion of two innovative websites
• Interesting new booking portal for hostels
• Notable challenges to the hostel industry
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• Conclusions
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3. Major trends in online travel –
The intersection of social media & travel
– Online reviews & travel advice
– Trend toward “local travel”
– Mobile is here
– but what about Facebook (part 2)?
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4. Online reviews & travel advice –
• The move away from online reviews of strangers
• And a move towards using our social graph and six
degrees of separation to get travel advice
• “Tripadvisor - world’s most trusted advice” - 30 million
reviews on Tripadvisor – how many do I trust?
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5. Connecting locals and visitors -
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Locall travell movement - meeting llocals
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• Localtravelmovement.com – “A not for profit platform started
by people from companies founded on a passion for Local Travel and
by people from companies founded on a passion for Local Travel and
commitment to Local Travel values.”
• Major players - Triptrotting.com, Tripping.com,
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Tripbod.com,
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6. Some of the newest websites doing innovative things:
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• Trippy.com
• Tripl.com
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• Gogobot.com
• Tripping.com
• Gtrot.com
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• Dopplr.com
• Tripsay.com
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7. • GoMio – Building technology to transform our
company from a booking portal to a social
connection site and booking portal.
• GoDashBoard and Social Booker
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8. Solution
• A social repository of travel adventures to creates a
personal travel identity.
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9. Gogobot Website - Allows users to
to…
Create an online travel identity through “passports” and
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“destination guides”
A users “Passport” becomes their online travel identity
Users can become “travel experts” through their online
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engagement
Reward users for their online engagement through
badges
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10. Gogobot Mobile App - Allows users to…
share real-time experiences via photography
access relevant location information
access to personal travel plans created via website
postcards are ti d back to the website via
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destination guides on the website
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11. Leverages a users social graph to suggest or
recommend places of interest
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12. Gtrot’s XY Grid provides the ability for:
user profiles receive aggregated comments from
others via Facebook & Twitter
deals on places of interest in the planned
destination area
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places of interest that friends have visited &
checked into via Foursquare
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13. O Gt t users can sort the results by:
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Arts & Entertainment
Food
Nightlife
Outdoors
Shopping
Places to Stay
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15. • Alt
Alternative affordable version of f
ti ff d bl i f family and adult
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accommodations
• Premium & more secure accommodation for
backpackers
• Hosts often enjoy playing tour guide
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16. • $112M round of financing valuing the company at $1.2B
• May face regulatory challenges in the future
(like the hostel industry)
• Hostels can list private rooms or apartments on Airbnb
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17. Concluding Notes on Travel Startups
• Travel startups solving real world travel problems
• Di it l solutions provide an ease of convenience,
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especially for flash packers
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18. Concluding Notes on Travel Startups
• Social travel startups are changing the purchase
decision and buying process for travel
• Promote these websites that create an alternative
to the established websites such-as Tripadvisor
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