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September 28, 2004
Travel Drag Race
Great notes from Josh. He was on the team that first worked on Expedia and is doing is own work in the area now in scheduling group travel
Here are his notes on the whole travel space.
The travel meta-search space is currently hot and likely over crowded (Moblissimo, kayak.com, Farechase now part of Yahoo, Sidestep, etc.). Obviously a ton of money is being spent on travel online (#1 in ad spend and transactions). Another company you might find interesting for their scrappy approach is "Smarterliving":http://www.smarterliving.com. Began humbly mid-90s by a guy sending travel deals via email to friends. Discovered there was demand for this content and has translated that into a very nice ad revenue business.
So it sounds like there are lots of people in a drag race, but folks like Smarter living can do a good job
Posted by rich at September 28, 2004 12:43 PM
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