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Tourism Tide: Here or There - Are we there yet?
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March 12, 2008. Here or There - Are we there yet? The PhoCusWright@ITB Bloggers summit. Gave bloggers exclusive press time with a number of travel industry executives. Hugo Burge. Vice-Chairman and Head of International at CheapFlights. Was one of the presenters at the bloggers briefings. He was talking about a new 'experience inspiration' tool that he is working on as a side project, Here or There. Identified (Dream, Learn, Plan, Go) in my Expert Interview. Posted by Philip Caines. Follow me on Twitter.
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Tourism Tide: October 2007
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October 29, 2007. Microsoft's recent $240 million investment into Facebook.com has resulted in a valuation of over 15 billion. Dollars for everyone's favorite social networking app. Why so much? Do we honestly believe that the company has a business / revenue model that would warrant such a price? Many people have speculated that Facebook's advertising announcement on November 6th. Will pave the way to revenues for this darling social community, but what are they thinking? If they are, so what? This soun...
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Tourism Tide: July 2007
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July 24, 2007. PhoCusWright's Predictions on the Long Tail of Tourism. For those of you that are not familiar with the long tail of tourism, the Long Tail includes the more diverse, less popular travel and tourism products. The breadth of these companies makes it attractive for all of the niche markets that are growing. This is where the market is predicted to experience the largest growth. Offers five predictions about the future of the Long Tail in travel:. The Long Tail era will drive a new economy.
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El blog de trourist: MySpace, Seisgrados, chuleta y sidra.
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MySpace, Seisgrados, chuleta y sidra. 160;El pasado jueves, volvimos a una sidrería por enésima vez este año. Sin embargo, ésta era diferente por la compañía: Fernando de la Rosa (Fundador de la agencia de comunicación Seisgrados. Matías Llort (Director de marketing de MySpace. España) y el equipo organizador del Aula de Marketing. De la Universidad de Deusto. Al cual, desde aquí, queremos agradecer la invitación. Fernando de la Rosa. Por otro lado, comprar la atención supone establecer un vínculo emocio...
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Tourism Tide: August 2007
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August 30, 2007. Amazing Online Reservation Statistics. Recently I found an article that combined a number of interesting statistics relating to online reservations and sales through the Internet for the travel industry. These are really worth looking at:. In 2007, nearly 40 million U.S. households will book travel online, spending $86 billion Web travelers now make up 79% of the U.S. travel population and 55% of them buy leisure travel online. Webtrends: Passport To Success. In 2007, nearly one-third of...
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Tourism Tide: Germany embraces travel industry communities.
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February 26, 2008. Germany embraces travel industry communities. Communities are powering the internet, collaboration is the new norm, and Germany is the new Hotspot for Travel Industry internet communities. They will be hosting 2 grass roots events in a one month time period, Tourismus Camp and the PhoCusWright Bloggers Summit@ITB. On February 9th, the first TourismusCamp (think Barcamp meets tourism) was hosted in Eichstaett. This meet up was organized by my associate, Jens Oellrich. Were do GDS fit in?
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Tourism Tide: 'Tourists saying ‘no’ to user-generated opinions' - Newsweek Reports
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March 12, 2008. Tourists saying ‘no’ to user-generated opinions' - Newsweek Reports. There are grumblings in the user generated review world. Newsweek. Reports that "the expert is back", and Charlotte Beal. Reports that there is an increase in 'choice fatigue' amongst tourists, and that "the world is too dangerous a place for faulty information". Returning from my Tips From The T-List. Sponsored blogger workshop at PhoCusWright@ITB. What can we do? Can we add receipt verification / proof of purchase?
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Tourism Tide: November 2007
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November 28, 2007. Found a study from Marketing Vox. That analyzed over 1300 online product reviewer's motivations. The results look good for those that are embracing this new wave of consumer involvement. They found that:. Fully 90 percent of respondents say they write reviews to help others make better buying decisions, and more than 70 percent want to help companies improve the products they build and carry. What have you found? Posted by Philip Caines. Links to this post. November 14, 2007. TripAdvis...
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Tourism Tide: June 2007
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June 21, 2007. LinkBaiting For Tourism Companies. With minimal cost. These recommendations are focused on small independent tourism companies:. Top 10: Creating a ‘top 10’ type list closely related to your industry usually gets quality results. It is therefore important to define which subjects truly interest your target market and to evaluate what is already available on the internet. And find an amusing video or image with a link to your products or services. What have you found with Linkbaiting? The s...
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Call Highland Business Research on. 44 (0) 7905 789360. Work underway for HiTrans exciting new travel tech. HBR are pleased to be working with HiTrans in the launch of exciting new travel technology for the Highlands and Islands. More information soon. More. Software Alliance Wales Event. Highland Business Research will be taking part in a celebration of International Women's Day by leading a Business technology event in Swansea on 'Embracing technology for your business benefits' More. EMetrics New York...
