Travel
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Travel is one of the largest industries in E-Commerce today.
Types of Services
Popular sites in the Travel Industry include:
- Information Sites
- Review Sites
- Blogs
- Time-Share
- Airline Ticket reservation and booking systems
- Hotel (or Condo/rental lodging) Booking Service
- Travel Agencies
- Travel Search sites
- Travel Aggregation (multiple site-search)
- Automated Travel Notification services
- Recommendation Systems
- Travel-related Affiliate programs
- Travel-related Advertising Networks
Business Model
These sites may use a wide variety of revenue models, including (but not limited to):
Tools
- FlightAware: http://flightaware.com/live/fleet/ (see live map display in-flight airplanes)
- MetaFares -- Find fares on many sites: http://www.metafares.com/ (Worldwide)
- AirFare Watchdog: http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/
- Kayak: http://www.kayak.com
- Expedia -- Find discounts on hotels/flights (World/focus on N.America & Europe): http://expedia.com
- HipMunk: http://www.hipmunk.com
- Rakuten Travel -- Last-minute discounts on unbooked hotels: http://travel.rakuten.co.jp/en/ (ASIA - best for Japan)
- Hyperdia -- Find train schedules for Shinkansen and local train lines: http://hyperdia.com (JAPAN only)
- Yahoo! (Japan) Transit: http://transit.yahoo.co.jp/
- Norikae (by Jorudan): http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/ (route finder)
- Haneda TIAT route master: http://www.haneda-airport.jp/inter/en/access/accessfinding.html (wayfinder tool from Airport to destinations)
Resources
- 40 Tourist Scams to Avoid This Summer (INFOGRAPHIC): http://www.justtheflight.co.uk/blog/16-40-tourist-scams-to-avoid-this-summer.html
External Links
- wikipedia: Loppi (ticketing system)
- One more reason not to travel - SUPER BedBugs: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/health/one-more-reason-not-to-travel-super-bedbugs
