why aren't all 9 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meir: TravelPerk has the world's largest bookable inventory
“One is we have the biggest bookable inventory in the world. So we did some really cool hacks, technically, that allow us to sell Every flight, every hotel in the best prices you can find online or offline also.”
Assertion Contradicted
Meir: TravelPerk is the only free business travel platform
“We are the only free platform, the only free solution in business travel.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meir: TravelPerk is growing GMV 10x year-over-year
“We're doing 10 X year and year at the moment.”
Assertion Contradicted
Meir: 70% to 80% of Booking.com staff work in customer support
“Booking.com out of you know, a lot, many thousands of full-time employees, around 70 or 80% of them are in customer support.”
Assertion Supported
Meir: Hotels typically pay 15% to 20% booking commissions
“Hotels would typically pay 15 to 20%.”
Assertion Partly supported
Meir: Business travel equals leisure travel globally at $1.5 trillion
“Then you turn your look to business travel, which is the same size of leisure, right? So there are roughly fifty-fifty of the total market globally. And then you have a 1.5 trillion problem that nobody's trying to solve”
Disclosure
Meir: TravelPerk has raised over $30 million through Series B
“Yeah, a bit more than 30, yeah.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meir: Over 90% of TravelPerk's accounts come from inbound leads
“Most of the leads, most of the accounts we have, probably over 90% are coming inbound.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Meir: TravelPerk takes 5% to 10% on processed GMV
“Yeah, between the numbers you said.”