Getting advice from someone like ME:Social Networking and TravelSaturday, 31 July 2010, 5:39 am For travelers, getting advice from someone who has been there, done that has become second nature with traveler advice sites like TripAdvisor, Yelp!, Google Maps and others. But most of the time, we h. […]
Apple Tries to Patent Travel, Hotel & Shopping AppsFriday, 30 July 2010, 6:55 pm Apple Inc. has filed patents with the US Patent & Trademark Office for two travel related app ideas for directly interfacing with airline and hotel booking and information systems, along with a thirdÂ. […]
BOOT in Hong Kong on Virgin Atlantic (Aug 2-6)Thursday, 29 July 2010, 10:03 pm I am on the road next week in Hong Kong. Flying Virgin Altantic. Am on a very useful ticket with the day flight sector in premium economy and night return in Upper Class. New seat review coming soon.. […]
BP Gives Florida Another $7 million for Tourism MarketingThursday, 29 July 2010, 7:54 pm Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced that BP is providing $7 million to the Northwest Florida Travel Council for tourism marketing and advertising. Florida had asked for $50 million, and Gov. Cris. […]
Take-aways from VisitBritain’s social media presentationThursday, 29 July 2010, 1:15 pm Somebody emailed me this webcast where Justin Reid from VisitBritain shares their social media strategy, examples, results and learning. Very insightful. Here are my key take-aways. People don’t mak. […]
Travel Trends – #mrktchat, Email Boosting Social, 2010 Consumer TrendsThursday, 29 July 2010, 8:37 am #mrktchat Today at 3:00pm - Join us later today, via Twitter, for another edition of #mrktchat...an online conversation about travel, tourism and hospitality marketing. We (Troy), are guest hosting /. […]
First look at Facebook Questions – Lots of potentialWednesday, 28 July 2010, 11:32 pm Today Facebook launched Facebook Questions, “a beta product that lets you pose questions like these to the Facebook community. With this new feature, you can get a broader set of answers and learn v. […]
Arizona Travel Shakes Off Immigration BoycottsWednesday, 28 July 2010, 7:18 pm Good news for Arizona travel and tourism from all fronts. For starters, the controversial part of the immigration law (SB1070) has been blocked by a judge. Second, the Arizona lawmaker who triggered t. […]
Must see presentations #5: Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductorsWednesday, 28 July 2010, 2:15 pm Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. — George S. Patton I believe that great leaders are passionate people who set a vision and in. […]
TRAVDEX, is the travel technology trade show of 2010. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet with buyers and sellers of travel technology. TRAVDEX is produced by PhoCusWright, the travel research authority and host of the industry’s annual go to event.