This week’s newsletter is a bit longer than usual as a result of lots of things happening in the sector and also going into some depth on topics such as Amazon’s gradual but what seems inevitable entry into the travel category (story #1)…A couple of interesting research reports on building marketplace startups (#2) and on what it takes to excel in one of the three main customer acquisition “lanes” (#3)…Money continues to flow into travel startups (many financing rounds in #9) and new funds and SPACS are being raised to invest in the sector (#5)…And please get in touch with me if you fit the profile of #4.