Travel Tech Essentialist

By Mauricio Prieto

A short newsletter every two weeks with my pick of the top 10 Travel Tech stories and innovations shaping the world's largest and fastest growing industry.

Previous issues

Travel Tech Essentialist #20: New Horizons

#20 Feb 11, 2020

Travel Tech Essentialist #19: Options

#19 Jan 24, 2020

Travel Tech Essentialist #18: Alternative

#18 Jan 13, 2020

#17

Dec 28, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #17: Delight – More, better and faster was the old paradigm of technological progress. At a time when choice is abun
#16

Dec 13, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #16: Step by Step – “The gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard BurtonIf this is
#15

Nov 30, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #15: Reinvention – A Harvard Business Review article suggests that the greatest challenge to companies today is not keep
#14

Nov 17, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #14: Think Different – “The only constant in life is change” ~ Heraclitus
#13

Nov 5, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #13: Far and Wide – The worldwide travel and tourism sector has outpaced the growth of global GDP for eight years in a ro
#12

Oct 26, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #12: Partnerships – “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” ~ African Proverb
#11

Oct 9, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #11: Follow the Money – As Andreessen Horowitz highlights in one of the stories in this newsletter, some sectors such as heal
#10

Sep 26, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #10: It's a Bus, It's a Plane – Disruption in transportation is not limited to the promise of electric-powered flying taxis. The less
#9

Sep 9, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #9: Experiences – The demand for experiential travel is not slowing down. 70% of travellers think that having authentic
#8

Aug 27, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #8: Redefining the Stay – The once-clear distinctions between various types of accommodations are becoming more fluid. Blending
#7

Aug 14, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #7: Platforms – Travel platforms come in many sizes and colors, as some of the stories in this issue will show. Book
#6

Aug 4, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #6: Back to Basics – As some of the stories in this issue reflect, it's the small and simple innovations that often make t
#5

Jul 20, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #5: Everything Under the Sun – From fast food popup hotels to bespoke properties set in soulful neighborhoods ripe for exploration.
#4

Jul 5, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #4: Jobs-To-Be-Done in Travel – “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole.” Getting from point A
#3

Jun 23, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #3: Accelerating the Future – Lots of news on innovation on this issue. It's all about making the customer journey faster, seamles
#2

Jun 9, 2019

Travel Tech Essentialist #2: The Lines are Blurring – Search vs compare vs book. OTA vs supplier direct vs metasearch. Private vs traditional accommodation
#1

May 30, 2019

Welcome to Travel Tech Essentialist – Thanks for subscribing to my newsletter on my Medium blog. This is the first one, so let's see how it