As the industry’s leading Internet marketing and distribution strategy consulting firm for the hospitality and travel verticals, Hospitality eBusiness Strategies, Inc. (HeBS) provides unbiased strategic advice and consultations to financial and investment services companies on Wall Street and nationwide.

Here are sample topics of the consultations HeBS provides:

• Latest Trends in the Online Travel Marketplace
• Online Travel Marketplace in the U.S and North America
• Online Travel Marketplace in Europe
• Third Party Online Intermediaries vs. Travel/Hospitality Suppliers
• Future of the Merchant Model
• Market Pressure on Margins of the Third Party Online Intermediaries
• Growth Prospects for the Third Party Online Intermediaries
• Domestic vs. International Expansion of major online travel players
• Future of Online Distribution
• GDS vs. Internet Distribution

Unique Methodology and Industry Expertise

HeBS monitors the pulse of the global online travel marketplace through its global clientele of over 300 top-tier companies, and is best suited to provide a timely, unbiased review of the industry, identify “best practices” and forecast industry trends with industry-wide implications. HeBS relies on its own research, surveys and industry analysis, its academic projects and case studies to formulate its own unique methodology, but also compiles and analyzes data from a list of leading industry research, case studies, surveys and publications.

Over the past 10 years HeBS’ principals have pioneered many of the "best practices" in Internet marketing and distribution in the travel and hospitality verticals. A diverse client portfolio of over 300 top tier travel and hospitality companies has sought and successfully taken advantage of HeBS’ travel Internet marketing and distribution expertise.

HeBS provides a unique 3D perspective of the online travel marketplace and closely monitors the complexity of relationships among the different players in the online travel marketplace and the dynamics of the market forces, business models and trends:

• Online vs. Offline
• GDS vs. Online Distribution
• Travel/Hospitality Suppliers vs. Third-Party Online Intermediaries
• Travel/Hospitality Suppliers and Traditional Travel Agencies
• Travel/Hospitality Suppliers and Consumers

Impressive Client Portfolio

An impressive client portfolio of top-tier financial and investment services companies from Wall Street and nationwide has consulted with HeBS on various strategic aspects of the online travel marketplace. Here is a sample of our impressive client portfolio:

• Alson Capital Partners
• Bain & Company
• Battery Ventures
• Blue Ridge Capital
• Chilton Investment Company
• Davidson Kempner Partners
• Diamondback Capital
• Friess Associates
• Galleon Management, L.P.
• Gandhara Advisors Asia Limited
• Glenview Capital Management
• Goldman Sachs Distressed Proprietary Investing
• Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies Americas
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Gotham Capital, L.P.
• HBK Investments
• Highbridge Capital Management
• HHR Asset Management LLC
• Ivory Capital
• JL Advisors
• JMI Equity Fund
• JP Morgan Proprietary Trading
• McKinsey & Company, Inc.
• MFS Investment Management
• Neuberger Berman
• North Sound Capital
• Northstar
• Oaktree Capital Management, LLC
• P.A.W. Partners
• Perry Capital, LLC
• Principled Capital Management, LLC
• Polygon Investments
• Post Advisory
• Sandell Asset Management
• Standard Pacific Capital
• Tracer Capital Management
• Viking Global Investors LP
• Ziff Brothers Investments