Good evening, #entrepreneurs! Let us discuss this week's #GEMChats on #startups and #disruptors to the #tourism industry.

Feel free to #RT, reply and engage with us as we go on with this thread.
The answers to the #poll indicates that most of you feel the biggest gamechanger to the #tourism industry in this #Industry40 is the rise of low cost airlines followed closely by travel accommodations #startups like @Airbnb and @agoda.

Well, you aren't wrong there!
Low cost airlines #democratise travel for everyone. As @tonyfernandes puts it in @AirAsia's tagline: "Now Everyone Can Fly".

Flying had been considered a luxury accessible only to the middle class and well-heeled (sic) - Jack Yu writes at linkedin.com/pulse/now-ever…
But #travel and #tourism is not limited to only the journey there.

As @andreas212nyc writes: It is a crowded space, especially if you consider (sic) Airbnb, Expedia and TripAdvisor.

But many of the disruptors are smaller — yet fast growing — companies and startups.
Here are 6 Companies Disrupting the Tourism Industry by @andreas212nyc :

gem-magazine.com/6-companies-di…

Some of these names are: @KlookTravel @Withlocals @peek
AR/VR can also be a gamechanger for the #tourism industry.

If you are curious on how AR/VR can be used for tourism, you can read here to get an idea:

gem-magazine.com/how-to-use-vir…

The fear of over-promising that is often a big issue in tourism and #hospitality? No more with AR/VR!
Services like @getvidi (Vidi) founded by @aaronsarma are growing gamechangers to #tourism as well. It streamlines holiday planning for all and eliminates risk of being scammed and dodgy services during your holiday!

Read more here: gem-magazine.com/interactive-ho…
Other disruptors to the way we #travel now are e-wallets!

Platforms like @bigpaymeapp allows us to worry less about cumbersome credit card charges, ridiculously high exchange rates and foreign currency!

E-wallets and the wave of going #cashless will disrupt #tourism globally.
But with all these #technology and #startups, what #trend do they have in common?

Here are the three trends in #tourism #entrepreneurship:

1. They change the way business works
2. They change the places #tourists stay at
3. They change the way we communicate during our travels

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We'll talk about the success stories as well as how to foster their development 😊 Let's go! Feel free to add on to the thread with your own opinion and sharing.
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If you ask if there are more of such stories in #Malaysia, there are!

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Want to know what #tech is hot now?
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While some may not be tangible but they result to exponential results!
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Sep 14, 2018
Let's discuss this thread for our #GlobalEChats!

So what do you make of the wave of #ecommerce these days? Come delve into the ins and outs of it with us!
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It just refers to electronic transactions done in the name of #sale and #purchase.

In simpler terms, you buy and sell things online with the #internet! That's it!
But to whom and from whom can these #transactions take place between? Surprisingly, it's not just between #business (B) and #Customers (C)!

It can take place between:
1. B2B
2. B2C
3. C2C (or P2P)
4. C2B
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Let's start our #GlobalEChats on #music!

Among our #discussion topics: 1. #Stakeholders in music and what happens to them? 2. #Production of music 3. #Consumption of music 4. New #technology out there!
Firstly, let's talk about how scary #technology and #advancement can be to #music.

Some stats:
The US lost $12.5 billion a year in total sales due to pirated music.

71k jobs were lost; $2.7bn in annual earnings; $1.1bn of that would have been earned by the industry.
Source:

sheffieldav.com/education/how-…

But as with any #tech #disruption, there are always negative externalities.

In the #music industry, most of the bad press came from #piracy. Sites like Napster and P2P torrenting were rampant back in the day.
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RT and follow us to keep updated on our weekly topics as well to interact with only the latest of #startup news.
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Let's also discuss #AI and #robots in healthcare 😁
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Some of the #robotics you see in healthcare today range from the electronic thermometer to crucial #life support.
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Let's start our #GEMChats this week. The topic of this week is #student #entrepreneurship!

We'll discuss these three factors in the poll options below as well as replies to the poll 🧐🧐🧐 Let's take this forward!
#Students? And #entrepreneurship? Is that even a good combination?

Especially when you read that the famous student entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are all dropouts!!!

Can students not only run a #business while studying but also be #successful at it?
Taking a different perspective at this is that while these billionaires are college dropouts, the #idea for the #business all came about when they were in #college! As a young #student, your ideas have a chance at being fresh and can be developed through stringent planning!
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