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Dave Ambrose
@daveambrose · Steadfast Venture Capital
From their "About" section:
- Simple: Simplicity is a religion at Cleartrip. If we’re not the easiest place to search and book your travel, feel free to give us a piece of your mind.
- Comprehensive: Part of making travel simple is presenting you with all the options for your trip. We’re working closely with suppliers to add more airlines and hotels to our… See more
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Murat Mutlu
@mutlu82 · Co-Founder, Marvelapp
@daveambrose It's so quick! Kayak takes a while to refresh results when you make changes (currency etc) but Cleartrip is instant.
Any ideas about whether they have access to the same amount of flights?
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Dave Ambrose
@daveambrose · Steadfast Venture Capital
@mutlu82 KAYAK, and other large OTAs (that's industry speak for "Online Travel Agency" here in North America, are using a travel distribution service called ITA. This was acquired by GOOG some years ago and is basically the building block for accessing inventory from thousands of providers. Likely, KAYAK is using other tools but ITA is the largest: http://ww… See more
Murat Mutlu
@mutlu82 · Co-Founder, Marvelapp
@daveambrose I read somewhere that Kayak pay 7 figures per year to access the ITA pipe
It makes it difficult for startups to compete, I thought Google would bring down the cost after they acquired them
Good luck to Cleartrip! Nice to see competition