Corner for us is a dare.The first big thing we want to see if we can rethink the way people approach finding flights, but not for the sake of creating a fresh new UI (because that's not innovation). But actually to rethink each step of the search and booking process to make it really simple for people to quickly browse and get a view of what’s available. To make it is simple to pick a good flight (instead of looking through 1000’s of meaningless options) and then simply checking out in the app.
The second big thing was to show people that there are actually lots of places to go at any time for a variety of prices. We want to reverse the whole concept of having to book travel 6 months in advance. We think people are moving a such a fast pace that they can't think about where to go for Christmas in June. That's why Corner starts off by asking people about where they want to go, if they're sure great,if not, even better.
Travel services, in general, tend to over-blow what they do and how magnificent their features are, we just want to make it really easy for people and get out of the way. This is definitely a different approach to marketing but we hope enough people will see the benefits and start using Corner for all their trips.
Corner is custom built from the ground up, we have linked up directly with two of the biggest GDS systems to power our explore and search features and the actual flight booking is done by Expedia. You never leave or redirect from Corner.
We are not focusing on adding a lot of travel agents but will be adding direct integrations with airlines throughout this year.
We are eager to hear what people think and happy to answer any questions about the app or how we built it. And check out our intro video
Guys, we have been struggling a lot with "how to sell flight tickets on mobile" at GoEuro, and you just nailed it from the very beginning. It's bright (in every way), encompass all the needs of the users, who are now waiting more from travel apps and startups than just finding good fares and have the ticket in their iOS passport. The potential in this app, for every transportation mode, is huge. Hope we'll meet soon enough.
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