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Online Portal for Sports Events
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Hello all together,I'm thinking about settting up an Online Travel Agency where you can find and book trips and packages to the moste important sports events worldwide. The Audience should be German…

Tagged: Events, Sports

Started this discussion. Last reply by Carsten Huebscher Jun 2.

Travel Innovation Summit 2009: Tripzipr - A Good Idea?
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Hello again,by browsing through the contestants of the Travel Innovation Summit 2009 I found www.tripzipr.com, very new and slim...but pretty helpful maybe.What Do you think about this and the servic…

Started this discussion. Last reply by Carsten Huebscher Mar 2.

New Online Travel Idea - Feedback?
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Hello again,I´m the one who is desperately searching for a fancy litte Online Travel Startup..;-)Another thing which came to my mind is an idea regarding trips to New York. I´m a regular traveller to…

Started this discussion. Last reply by Peter Syme Mar 7.

Which (Online) Startup has potential?
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Hi Travel Experts,I`d like to setup an (online) travel startup and already got some ideas, all of them should be on a smaller scale in the beginning (no VC or other outside investment), just to start…

Tagged: Travel, Online

Started this discussion. Last reply by Peter Syme Mar 7.

 

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Carsten Huebscher replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Online Portal for Sports Events'
Once again Alex, you are right, but marketing in a niche doesn't have to be with hight costs. If you can optimize your site with the right SEO strategy than this is not a matter of high costs, more knowledge is necessary. Besides that SEM is pretty…
June 2
Alex Bainbridge replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Online Portal for Sports Events'
Hi Carsten Yes - running the tours requires more risk. That is why the margin you make is higher :) However, in my view, that is better than being stuck between consumers and suppliers with a low margin and high marketing costs. One alternative w…
June 2
Carsten Huebscher replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Online Portal for Sports Events'
Hello again Alex, great thoughts of you. If I understand you right I should think about acting as a specialist tour operator rather as an OTA, right? But why I'm hesitating is the fact that to build up a niche tour operator requires much more risks…
June 2
Alex Bainbridge replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Online Portal for Sports Events'
Hi Carsten Yes I know what you mean - but if a consumer is looking for a specialist product they may go to a specialist supplier (rather than an OTA website) After all a specialist supplier may make 30-40% margin - but an OTA will only make 10-15%.…
June 2
Carsten Huebscher replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Online Portal for Sports Events'
Hi Alex, thanks for your reply. The two companie you found are tour operators who make the tours by themselves. My approach would be to act as an OTA delivering packages from tour operators. You know what I mean? Carsten
June 2
Alex Bainbridge replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Online Portal for Sports Events'
Hi Carsten It is an interesting idea. Take a look at: http://www.howzattravel.co.uk http://www.speedchills.com This gives you a flavour of the kind of sports event tourism companies that do well. The key seems to be creating packages that are the…
June 2
Carsten Huebscher added a discussion
Online Portal for Sports Events
Hello all together,I'm thinking about settting up an Online Travel Agency where you can find and book trips and packages to the moste important sports events worldwide. The Audience should be German customers in the first place. I've got two questio…
May 28
Peter Syme replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'New Online Travel Idea - Feedback?'
This has legs However, do not underestimate the volume you will have to sell if you are just working on margins! You will only get any business if you have a site that is well marketed and that will mean a substantial investment in money and time a…
March 7
Peter Syme replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Which (Online) Startup has potential?'
Neil is 100% on the money here Find out what desires and needs a customer niche wants and requires and build from their. All the tech stuff is a given these days it is only a competitive advantage if you are at the front of the line and then only f…
March 7
Neil Lapping replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Which (Online) Startup has potential?'
Hi Carsten, No, not at all. There are plenty of oppurtunities. I am currently involved in a startup - www.adventurescotland.net - so a I appreciate how tough it is. My feeling is there are lots of clever people using very clever technology to to…
March 2
Carsten Huebscher replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Travel Innovation Summit 2009: Tripzipr - A Good Idea?'
Hi Alex, thanks a lot for your feedbacks so far. Very helpful for me! The site tripzipr.com probably doesn`t require great technical skills because as I understood they scan the best deals so far manually an deliver it to the phones of travellers.…
March 2
Alex Bainbridge replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Travel Innovation Summit 2009: Tripzipr - A Good Idea?'
This is a good idea - however it requires getting it absolutely right technically. Not sure this is a great first project! Still prefer your New York idea that you mentioned in the other thread! If you wanted to do offers, you could create a New Yo…
March 1
Alex Bainbridge replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'New Online Travel Idea - Feedback?'
Hi Carsten It is a good idea - selling around a destination niche can work quite well Out of all your ideas you have added to these forums, this is my favourite - mainly because I know you are a sales guy - not a web developer. This has the most a…
March 1
Alex Bainbridge replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Which (Online) Startup has potential?'
I think working with travel agents is great - but not AS great as working with end point suppliers. End point suppliers have similar difficulties getting to consumers (via the web) but have larger product margins. Hence you can earn more from them…
March 1
Carsten Huebscher added a discussion
Travel Innovation Summit 2009: Tripzipr - A Good Idea?
Hello again,by browsing through the contestants of the Travel Innovation Summit 2009 I found www.tripzipr.com, very new and slim...but pretty helpful maybe.What Do you think about this and the service and potential behind that?Thanks for you feedbac…
February 26
Carsten Huebscher replied to Carsten Huebscher's discussion 'Which (Online) Startup has potential?'
Hi Neil, thanks for your posts. It sounds there are almost no chances or possibilities in the online travel sector, right? Or Do you see a segment where you see opportunities? Carsten
February 25

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