Objective
Travethink, a non profit initiative with more than 30.000 subscribers, pretends to outline, consulting the opinions of travel leaders across the world, how 2016 will be like related to the Travel Industry. Each survey will be accredited to the correspondent travel leader (and published in Travelthink) and also global conclusions will be extracted once all the surveys are analyzed. These conclusions will be sent to all the participants in the survey.
Travelthink, una iniciativa sin ánimo con más de 30 mil suscriptores, pretende perfilar, consultando la opinión de líderes turísticos de todo el mundo, cómo será 2016 en lo que se refiere a la industria turística. Cada cuestionario será debidamente identificado a su autor y publicado en Travelthink. Además, se elaborarán conclusiones globales una vez analizados todos los cuestionarios.
Logistics
Please, before December 31th 2015, answer the following 10 questions in a separate document and send the answers to javier@gonzalez-soria.com. Not to forget to detail name, role and company. The answers could be sent in english or spanish. There is no need to answers all the questions.
Por favor, antes del 31 de Diciembre de 2015, remita la respuesta a las 10 preguntas en un documento separado a javier@gonzalez-soria.com, sin olvidar detallar nombre, puesto y compañía. Las respuestas pueden ser escritas en inglés o español. No es necesario contestar todas las preguntas.
Questions
1.- What do you think there will be the main travel trends for 2016?
2.- What is your opinion about the collaborative economic and its influence (current and future) in the different verticals of the travel industry?
3.- How do you foresee the future of the travel distribution? How do you see the evolution of the Metasearch engines, OTAs, Wholesalers and Tour Operators?
4.- What do you think are the key success factor to bring to the on line world the travel services at the destinations?
5.- Which do you think is the future for regional or local OTAs in an everyday more global world, where economies of scale are fundamental? Which would be their strategy to success?
6.- Which is the role that Public Administrations should play in the travel industry?
7.- Which are the technologies you think will have more effect in the travel industry in the future?
8.- Which do you think will be the role in the travel industry of large internet companies as Google, Apple, Facebook, Alibaba, etc..?
9.- What do you think will be the consequences of the continuous concentration both on the side of suppliers and distributors?
10.- What will be the impact of terrorist attacks in the Travel Industry once they are not limited to MEA but are taking place in the western world?
11.- Anything you want to add
Legal Disclaimer
Travelthink is a non profit initiative launched by Dr. Javier González-Soria y Moreno de la Santa in 2006, whose aim is to help to spread new trends and visions related to travel, emarketing and technology. Travelthink does not accept advertising or sponsorships.
Javier is the former MD, Mundicolor Iberia (largest TO in Spain); former Director, Travel, Google Spain; and former CCO, Eurona Telecom. And now he is the MD of Club Genteviajera; and EVP, Top Seeds Lab (accelerator focused on travel with acceleration funds and a 20M VC for early growth/growth)
Travelthink es una iniciativa sin ánimo de lucro desarrollada por Dr. Javier González-Soria y Moreno de la Santa desde 2006, que no acepta ni publicidad ni patrocinios, que trata de ayudar a difundir las últimas tendencias y opiniones relacionadas con el mundo del turismo, de la tecnología y del emarketing.
Javier fue Director General de Mundicolor Iberia (TO líder en España); Director de Travel, Google España; y Director General Comercial de Eurona Telecom. Ahora es Director General del Club Genteviajera; y Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de Top Seeds Lab (aceleradora centrada en Turismo, con fondos de aceleración y un VC de 20M para ayuda al crecimiento)
