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Travel Tech Essentialist #175: Agents
AI agents are moving from assistants to actors. Google is collapsing discovery and purchase into a single AI-owned step. OpenAI's Operator books hotels…
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Travel Tech Essentialist #176: Interface
Interfaces are changing fast. Screens are shrinking, chat is replacing search, and AI agents are starting to act on our behalf. For travel, that shift…
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Vio.com: Reimagining Metasearch for Travelers
Today, we're examining Vio.com, a bootstrapped company that's quietly built a €1B+ business by solving a fundamental conflict in travel metasearch. I've…
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Stay22: The Bridge Between Content and Commerce
How an e-sports booking headache sparked a +$1 billion revolution in travel monetization
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Travel Tech Essentialist #177: Tension
The AI era has compressed the entire business lifecycle. Going from 0 to 1 is faster than ever, which is why we're in the ideas age, where spotting the…
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Travel Tech Essentialist #170: Reframe
The biggest breakthroughs often come from looking at things differently. Snapchat wasn’t just about photos; it was about messaging. Ryanair didn’t just…
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From Zero to IPO: Building eDreams Before the Playbooks
Our Journey Building Spain's First Unicorn
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Travel Tech Essentialist #173: Obvious
The best ideas often feel obvious only after someone finally acts on them. This issue looks at the small shifts, asymmetric bets, and subtle reframes…
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21 Ridiculously Specific Travel Tech Predictions for 2025
(One might actually happen)
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Travel Tech Essentialist #168: Simple
Finding your locksmith moment, mastering your core strength and embracing functional design; this newsletter explores the power of simplicity. We…
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Travel Tech Essentialist #133: Founder-Led
Advice from Marc Andreessen to startups on how to hire professional CEOs: “Don’t. If you don’t have anyone on your founding team capable of being CEO…
Travel Tech Essentialist #169: Shift
Travel is changing in small but important ways: how bookings happen, where users land, and how companies sell. Former Airbnb employees are launching new…
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