Travel start-ups to watch in 2006
Online travel is ripe for innovation and 2006 looks to deliver. Here are some interesting companies to watch this year:
Farecast
Currently in Private Beta, the Seattle-based company is not talking publicly. Farecast is utilizing predictive technologies and data-mining techniques to create an innovative, direct-to-consumer online travel experience. (Disclaimer: I'm an employee of Farecast, Inc.)
TripHub
Available to the public both at triphub.com and at alaskaair.com. The company, based in Seattle, aims to make group travel planning easy by building helpful collaboration tools for group travel organizers. (Disclaimer: I'm an advisor to TripHub, Inc.)
FareCompare
Site available to the public today. The company is not a start-up, however lots more focus on consumer tools, user experience. Experienced team that really understand airfare pricing. Developed cool shopping options and ways to access latest fares, RSS and widgets.
PriceGrabber Travel
Site available now. Providing deeper levels of flight details such as FlightStats and trip comparison feature.
Kayak
Site available now. Someone over there is drinking their share of the web 2.0 koolaid: AJAX, user generated content, mashups, RSS, widgets. Lots of cool innovations. Wonder what they will they come up with next.
Dohop
This Icelandic company has developed a nice rich-client interface that makes it easy to shop fares from airline websites. Loaded with web 2.0 trimmings, including geographic mashups, user generated content via forums, AJAX.
FlySpy
Currently in Private Beta, however you can sign-up for the waiting list at www.flyspy.com. Check out the February 20th techcrunch posting on FlySpy.
Cfares
Farecast
Currently in Private Beta, the Seattle-based company is not talking publicly. Farecast is utilizing predictive technologies and data-mining techniques to create an innovative, direct-to-consumer online travel experience. (Disclaimer: I'm an employee of Farecast, Inc.)
TripHub
Available to the public both at triphub.com and at alaskaair.com. The company, based in Seattle, aims to make group travel planning easy by building helpful collaboration tools for group travel organizers. (Disclaimer: I'm an advisor to TripHub, Inc.)
FareCompare
Site available to the public today. The company is not a start-up, however lots more focus on consumer tools, user experience. Experienced team that really understand airfare pricing. Developed cool shopping options and ways to access latest fares, RSS and widgets.
PriceGrabber Travel
Site available now. Providing deeper levels of flight details such as FlightStats and trip comparison feature.
Kayak
Site available now. Someone over there is drinking their share of the web 2.0 koolaid: AJAX, user generated content, mashups, RSS, widgets. Lots of cool innovations. Wonder what they will they come up with next.
Dohop
This Icelandic company has developed a nice rich-client interface that makes it easy to shop fares from airline websites. Loaded with web 2.0 trimmings, including geographic mashups, user generated content via forums, AJAX.
FlySpy
Currently in Private Beta, however you can sign-up for the waiting list at www.flyspy.com. Check out the February 20th techcrunch posting on FlySpy.
Cfares
Provide discounts for international travel through partnerships with airlines and travel consolidators. Cost $50 for access.
posted by Mike Fridgen at 8:38 PM
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