Technology >> Analyst Interviews >> March 22, 2004

INTERNET TRAVEL OUTLOOK: VIKRAM SEHGAL – JUPITER RESEARCH

VIKRAM SEHGAL is a Research Director and Senior Analyst with Jupiter Research. He is responsible for all of the forecasting and data modeling needs across varied research coverage areas, including online commerce, travel, automotive, financial services, and wireless. He also supports the forecasting needs for the site technologies and operations coverage area. Mr. Sehgal's recent projects include the online retail and travel projections, and a review of the total market for Website analytics; he was a key contributor in the recent report defining the overall e- services market. Mr. Sehgal joined Jupiter Research from Information Resources Inc. (IRI), a leading market research company based in Fairfield, New Jersey. He was a consultant in the Analytics group, where he helped guide brand strategy by analyzing and recommending changes to their marketing and promotional efforts. Mr. Sehgal earned his Bcom from Bombay University and an MBA from Virginia Tech with a concentration in Finance and Marketing. Profile
TWST: What's been going on in this space over the past year or two?

Mr. Sehgal: At the outset, travel was one of the leading online commerce

categories. It started off with online agencies