Travel
Predicting flight delays
is what Delaycast does as explained in the latest issue of Springwise the trend newsletter. Should become a welcome and useful tool for travelers as we head into the summer season.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )On My Way
There is usually not too much positive to write about when it comes to airline travel these days but here is a new service introduced by our neighbors to the north called aircanada.com – Travel Info – On My Way. It offers a whole range of support services in the event of flight delays caused [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Yahoo Search Casts Lots with Semantic Web Technology
reports MarketingVOX. This is further proof of improved search becoming a reality in the not too distant future and here’s a quote relevant to travel
For example, instead of searching for hotels in Miami and having to sift through results that include hotels, travel vendors and hotel deals, one could query for Miami hotels that allow [...]
Here’s part of the discussion at the ITB
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on the topic of journalists vs bloggers which covered a wide range
of opinions expressed by the panel. Adding to my opinion recorded in
the video, I consider B2B travel blogs a valuable resource for leaders
working in the travel industry, one they should use to keep abreast of
what’s happening now and what will happen tomorrow [...]
Online travel satisfaction continues to decline
this study, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), released today by the University of Michigan with e-commerce partner ForeSee Results is a wake-up call mostly for the online travel agencies, but if I were a travel supplier I wouldn’t be too pleased about myself either.
It clearly shows that the low hanging fruit in selling [...]
The 2008 Trends List
published by PhoCusWright FYI gives an overview of what developments we can expect in the year ahead of us and how they will affect the travel industry. It’s been an accurate predictor for many years and a worthwhile read and I’m not saying that in my capacity as Senior Destination Marketing Analyst but as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )It’s pretty much a no-brainer why!
Hotelmarketing has a long post on Why “David” Virtuoso can coexist with Goliath “Expedia” which deals anew with the much predicted demise of travel agents proclaimed a few years ago. This, of courses, has not happened as that much hyped demise was never in the cards. What nobody can deny either, is that the number [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Travolution Blog: Autumn Conference
Can meta search move beyond flights and price? raises a valid question.
Ever since the start of online travel the focus has always been on the lowest price. This was reinforced by most media stories and became the mantra, much to the detriment of online travel agencies, who after all are intermediaries, and need to make [...]
Efficiency secrets from Shanghai Airlines
reported by James Fallows the Shanghai based Atlantic Monthly writer. The most surprising to me is this one about buying tickets online:
Buying tickets is easy – you can walk into the airport and pay in cash, or order online through a unique high-tech/low-tech process I’ll describe some other day.*
* OK, I’ll describe it now. C-Trip [...]
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