Mark Horoszowski is the co-founder of MovingWorlds, a global experteering platform. In this interview, Mark reveals how he got started with the platform and what it means to be a MovingWorlds experteer. Describe MovingWorlds to someone who hasn’t used it before The MovingWorlds matching site and support team helps people find the best place around… Read more
Today I spoke at the annual Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals conference (HITEC) in Los Angeles about how the collaborative economy will transform the hospitality ecosystem. I admitted I was a tad nervous to talk to a group whose sector was getting hit hard and fast by the ideas I was going to share. How… Read more
They may be competing with peer-to-peer accommodation options such as Airbnb and One Fine Stay for their guests, but some new collaborative consumption-oriented offerings from major hotel brands like Hyatt and Westin show they are definitely looking to stay relevant to the changing demographic of travellers. USA Today reports a number of borrowing and lending… Read more
Ed Casabian is a Community Manager with Uber NYC. 1. Pre-Uber, you spent two years neighborhood hopping between friends’ and strangers’ home across 52 neighborhoods in NYC. What was your biggest takeaway from the experience? Yes! It was amazing. I was in what you might call a “transitional place” in my life (read: breakup) and I came up… Read more
If you’re a peer-to-peer platform designed to help travelers connect with local insiders, should you get out of the Bay and see the world ? Most definitely yes, according to Vayable! The San Francisco startup has decided to relocate its headquarters to Paris for a month. Vayable founding team is now being hosted at Mutinerie,… Read more
1. What is the easiest way to explain Roomer? Roomer is the marketplace for hotel reservations – the easiest way to understand it to imagine this scenario: say you have a hotel room reservation with a full cancellation fee of $500. You can post your reservation for sale on Roomer and set your own price. Even… Read more
¡No somos lo que tenemos! (We are not what we have) is the title of the editorial on the July/August issue of Es Posible magazine in Spain. “Collaborative consumption implies a revolution that involves a regulatory change, a technological change and, above all, a profound cultural change. Therefore collaborative consumption is becoming an emerging and prolific… Read more
Taking inspiration from collaborative consumption marketplaces and online dating sites, a handful of newcomers aim to connect travelers with each other to help them save money, stay safe and enjoy more authentic cultural experiences while touring a city full of strangers. Sites such as EasyNest, Friends of Friends Travel, Tint.Travel, and Voulez Vous Diner are… Read more