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Are Vacation Sample Sales In Our Future? Gilt.com Hints At New Site
Update 08/11: Racked.com reports that the new site is called "Jetsetter" and is accepting pre-launch sign-ups here.
Could we be on the verge of purchasing travel in an entirely new way? If the founders of the uber-successful upscale sample sale website Gilt Groupe have anything to say about it, choosing and purchasing your vacation will become an adrenaline-fueled, timed transaction that mimics the way their fashion site works now.
We just happened to be at last night's Racked.com panel discussion on the future of retail, where Alexandra Wilkis Wilson of Gilt divulged their plans to move beyond selling discounted designer clothing overstock and into the world of selling hotel rooms, vacation home rentals, and trip packages. They will be luxe, of course, and "ski chalets" were especially named.
