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For all its problems, Jetsetter is a market leader in hotel flash sales, and an acquisition at a bargain-rate sale price could help TripAdvisor inject some life into SniqueAway.

EasyJet's drive to get passengers places while making the most money could turn off customers, but they've managed customer service relatively well -- at least compared to regularly reviled competitor Ryanair.

Our fave, besides the flight information: the available outlets at the gate. Metadata would become king in this scenario.

Brockway will likely find out that his flirtation with a business outside the travel industry was a flight of fancy. We like his criteria for starting a new business though -- think big.

Where Booking.com leads, other online travel agencies tend to follow. Don't be surprised if you start seeing more apartment hotels and hostels appearing on Expedia sometime soon.

Consumers have more options than ever before from fresh-faced startups to familiar search engines so despite OTAs’ legacy in the industry, they’ll have to keep innovating to keep up with the competition.

The early adopters in tours and activities could be too early, and to paraphrase a baseball scholar: It is going to get late early for a lot of the startups.

The rate of innovation in mobile technology suggests that even if security still takes too long and seats are too small, flyers can at least rely on updated flight statuses and hassle-free check-ins.

Giving passengers the ability to post photos of aircraft seats should make things interesting, especially given reports over the last few days that United kicked a travel blogger off a flight for doing just that.