5. Customer confused by info overload Nirat Bhatnagar: Co-Founder 3 Week Trip To Mexico For 2 What The Customer Wants Blog Wiki Travel videos Social network RSS What The Customer Sees Google Metasearch OTA Planner
6. I don’t believe you, I don’t trust you : you try to sell me something. 2
17. 184 million bloggers 73% of active online users have read a blog 45% have started their own blog 57% have joined a social network 55% have uploaded photos 83% have watched video clips 39% subscribe to an RSS feed Source: Universal McCann Comparative Study on Social Media Trends April 2008 Social ?
24. Social Travel ? Example Only Facebook Steph & Meg travel to Playa del carmen and update their profiles on Facebook Philippe, Frédéric and Vanessa that don’t know each other are in the same Network of Steph & Meg. They are all in Mexico, they decide to meet each other and have a drink 1 2
25. Social Travel ? Example Cities I’ve visited – Facebook / Trip Advisor
26. Social Travel ? Example Cities I’ve visited– Facebook / TripAdvisor Meg travels to Playa del carmen and tags “Yax Che” Restaurant on the Map Steph sees the comment while planning a trip to Playa and decides to eat at “Yax-Che” 1 2
27. Social Travel ? Example Going Places – Facebook / TripWiser Meg travels to Playa del Carmen and uploads a video on Going Places (Tripwiser) Steph sees the video while planning a trip to Playa Steph likes the video a lot and puts it on his blog. It is seen by his 1300 daily readers 1 2 3
37. Understand what they are trying to do Create tools and content to help them do it Interact with them, engage with them, respect them AND ADD VALUE http://www.flickr.com/photos/artsyt/ Source: FUTURLAB PPT
39. The 4Ps = The future of Online Travel Source: VibeAgent P rofiles P articipations P latforms P ersonalization « What I want, When and Where I want it, Recommended by people I know and I trust »