The evolution of the Airbnb brand, Priceline’s acquisition of OpenTable and TripAdvisor splashing out $200 million to get its hands on Viator are three obvious cases.
So, I tried to analyze the ways of building online travel ecosystems that are used by Airbnb, Priceline and Tripadvisor – so here, in no particular order
Airbnb and the "sharing economy"
US-based Airbnb is the youngest online travel service to build its own eco-system.