Digital travel sales is a market worth about $450 billion globally. The travel ecosystem is huge and diversified. Apps are a vital part of travel planning, especially for business travelers.
Key Features
Getting a competitive advantage in the travel app market requires innovative technology and social features that are helpful for modern travelers.
Filtered search
Top travel destination feed
Interactive schedules
Travel guides
Personal user accounts
Reviews and recommendations
Instant booking
Hot deals
Competition
Travel agencies target various customer segments: business travelers, leisure travelers, and groups. Travel apps serve as marketing materials, booking platforms, and search engines for all of these types of travelers.
Name
Platform
Feature set
Expedia
iOS, Android, Apple Watch
Expedia lets you book hotels, flights, rental cars, and activities on the go. It provides exclusive last-minute hotel deals for tonight, or any night. Expedia compares hundreds of rooms at a time, and its hotel rates are often well below hotel rack rates.
Hipmunk
iOS, Android
Hipmunk searches across top travel sites to find the best hotel and flight deals, and offers instant booking. It offers significant price savings with Tonight Deals – a metasearch of same-day hotel offers.