Hey Travel Massive Community,
My name is Martin, and I'm navigating the exciting yet challenging journey of being a first-time cofounder and product leader. We're currently in the process of refining the second iteration of our MVP. As we prepare for our beta launch, our primary goal is to nail down product-market fit.
From what I've gathered, product-market fit seems to encompass two major areas: our vision (our definition of success and the unique value we aim to deliver to our users) as founders and the empirical data or benchmarks set by others who've successfully launched in similar markets.
Here's where I like to gain more perspective from the Travel Massive Community:
1. Is this dual-sided approach to product-market fit consistent with your experiences?
2. For those who've journeyed through the startup landscape, in the travel space, how did you define and achieve product-market fit for your projects?
3. What metrics, feedback strategies, or milestones have you found crit...
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If you haven't come across them before, Beautiful Destinations are best known for their 25M+ follower Instagram (instagram.com/beautifuldestinations) and various campaigns with high profile tourism boards and brands.
The report is a good read (and nicely produced) and covers the following:
🏝️ How platforms have become the primary source for discovering where to travel
🤳 How social media influences travel planning and booking
🤑 The emerging era of social commerce in travel (hint: China leads the way)
♟️ Strategies that travel marketers should adopt (some good examples here)
I visited Beautiful Destinations's NYC office way back in 2018 when they were taking off. It's great to see their business continuing to grow and it shows that their early dedication to social media and content creation has made them a market leader in this field.
PS: Shout out to @tonycarneua for sharing this in his "Everything AI in Travel" newsletter.