I am at JFK Airport in New York City waiting for boarding. This is the first time I try to fully post and add an image from my Blackberry. Please, forgive me if something goes wrong and/or my spelling is not perfect. Walking to my gate I did notice this ... 

My recap of the PhoCusWright@ITB 2010 conference has been published as a guest post on Josiah Mackenzie’s Hotel Marketing Strategies Blog. Titled “30+ Takeaways from PhoCusWright@ITB 2010“, the reality was that Josiah actually requested the Top-10 take-aways from the conference and I expanded a bit on the premise. The session covered considerable territory, including all key areas... 

Back in December 2009, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) put out a forecast predicting 2010 airline losses of $5.6 billion. Three months down the line, IATA now forecasts a more modest 2010 loss of $2.8 billion. They also lowered the 2009 loss estimate to $9.4 billion from the previously forecast $11.0 billion loss. Giovanni Bisignani, IATA Speaking at a press conference in Geneva,... 

We were a bit surprised to be leafing through yesterday's Wall Street Journal and find the ad (left) for getaroom.com in Section A. No, in the Personal Journal (Section D) where most travel related advertising and leisure oriented stories end up, but actually in meaty section A.First take is, wow, interesting audience to go after - would not expect the average WSJ reader to be drawn to any hotel... 

Great one day event in Berlin. Here’s one man’s take on the best and worst of the latest PhoCusWright Most honest - David Roche, head of hotels.com (globally) and Venere. (I’m paraphrasing him liberally): “we have a match for Priceline in the U.S. with Hotwire, but Booking.com is on fire and we don’t have a match for them globally” {my two cents is that TripAdvisor is the bulldozer Expedia... 

Expedia Media Solutions (the media arm of Expedia Inc.) yesterday announced that the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau had named Expedia.com "Partner of the Year." According to the press release, the San Diego CVB was recognized as "a top advertising partner and major sales channel for San Diego hotels."The press release continues:"'As a promotion partner, Expedia not only grew San Diego's... 

PhoCusWright’s travel technology trade show TRAVDEX™ kicks off May 5-7, 2010 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, GA. TRAVDEX TRAVDEX has been in the works since early last year, and the timing for the show seems to be just about right now, with the industry emerging from a downturn and searching for the right technology to aid expansion and cash in on rising demand and new channels. Philip... 

I think I might as well call it China month here are the BOOT. I have another interesting piece for you to read about the Online market in China. This one is from McKinsey and covers online China in general (not just travel). Called "China's Internet Obsession" this article comes from the McKinsey Quarterly (registration required for full article but no cost to register). Couple of highlights from... 

Reflect your positioning on a matrix. Does your positioning make sense? How often are you more or less expensive than your competitors? Do you take into account your positioning and vañue offer when deciding of your daily rates? A Rate or Price Value Matrix looks like this. Again something we have looked at or might remember from back in the days during marketing class but probably never used... 

Today, at Google's Campfire One "mega-do" TripIt's new Groups App was the only travel app included in the new Google Apps Marketplace.TripIt Groups brings transparency to business travel allowing registered users (who choose to share their plans) to collaborate on their travel plans. The product provides business travelers within a company, division etc an easy way to see when, where and how fellow...