Guest post by Vayant Travel Technologies
Vayant Travel Technologies has been making headlines recently as the next game-changer in air travel distribution. Since 2007, Vayant has been working on a proprietary...
Think Europeans Pick Travel Sites by Price? Think Again.
July 29, 2010
Visiting a variety of travel-related websites has become a fundamental part of the travel planning process for many consumers....
Google-ITA Acquisition: What Lies Ahead?
July 29, 2010
On July 1, 2010, Google officially—and finally—announced the acquisition of ITA Software, a leading provider of airfare shopping...
The Post-Recession Traveler
July 22, 2010
It is no surprise that U.S. consumers traveled less in 2009 and those that did travel spent significantly less while on the road. Now that the economy...
Frequent flyer programs are anything but simple. Travelers are challenged with understanding and remembering the fine print for every program they join – how miles are awarded, redemption rules, and...
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....
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. Crist...
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...
#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 /...
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...
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 the...
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...
I will be speaking and tweeting today (Thursday) from the Australia Pacific Aviation Outlook Summit 2010 at the Four Seasons hotel in Sydney (Travel Technology & Distribution day). I am on stage at...
A Ypartnership/Harrison Group survey of US travelers with household incomes in excess of $50,000 has interesting consumer trends for 2010 and beyond, related to leisure travel, green travel, and the...
The travel industry has been leveraging software for more than 60 years, starting with American Airlines’ installation of the first automated booking system in 1946 (hat tip to Stephen...
