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Briefing
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- New Subscription Service – Hitlist, mobile app that helps users find cheap flights, introduced new subscription service, available on iOS with Android roll-out scheduled later in 2018
- Custom Travel Advice – Developed algorithm that analyzed four years of data to enable custom travel advice based on more than 50 million fares of data per day, able to learn user preferences and employ marketing tools based on them
- Recommendations – Can include best days to fly, information about baggage fees, and announcement of events that could be happening at a destination
- Advanced Filters – Enables users to filter deals by carrier, number of stops, and time of day of departure or return
- Members-Only Privileges – Access members-only fares available to closed group, through partnerships with airlines and travel agents, not searchable in flight search engines
- No Chatbots – Unlike other competing services like Lola, Pana, or Hyper, Hitlist does not offer chatbot services deeming it unnecessary for consumers
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Business Model and Practices
Business Model
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Sector
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Accommodation and Travel
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Organization
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Tripcommon Inc.
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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May 25, 2018
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