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Web 3.0 & Yahoo! Travel

Posted on Tuesday, Apr 24th

I have just published an overview of the Online Travel segment. You may want to read that, before reading this review. In this section we will analyze the Yahoo! Travel site based on the Web 3.0 framework. The site provides information on travel destinations, best bargains on hotel and travel fares. It has an attractive

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Travel & Web 3.0: Overview

Posted on Monday, Apr 23rd

Online Travel is one of the top segments that draws over 2% of the Internet traffic and approximately 24% of online advertising dollars, and in this series, we will evaluate the category against the Web 3.0 framework. According to a report published by Hitwise, Online Travel sites accounted for an average of 2.02% of all

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Heritage Hotels: Roll-up opportunity for a Private Equity firm?

Posted on Thursday, Apr 7th

Spain developed the Paradors concept very effectively, by converting old forts, palaces, and monasteries into beautiful “experience hotels”. India has done only the beginnings of this, but has a very long way to go yet. Here is a business concept for KKR or Carlyle for India: The real estate market is booming. Old, beautiful architecture

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Tourism in India: Huge Opportunity

Posted on Thursday, Apr 7th

We were traveling in North India during the holidays last December. We focused mainly on Rajasthan and Varanasi, and our flight to Khajuraho was cancelled. Rajasthan is one of the most popular tourist destinations in India, perhaps second only to Agra and the Taj Mahal. It has enormous and spectacular forts like Amber in Jaipur,

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