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Welcome to the T4 Blog

The travel & tourism industry is all about connections. Connecting people, places, and cultures. Using new technologies, social media, and social networks can help to foster the connections that we share. I would like to share with you some of my experiences as an innovator in this new world of connectivity build connections for all tourism related businesses both large and small.

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Travel 2.0

Chris Anderson’s Free & the Booking Engine

I’ve been a huge fan for Chris Anderson for a long time. It seemed to me that the “Long Tail” completely supported... 

April 30, 2008 | Read the story »

User Travel Guides vs. Professional Travel Guides

Frankly I’ve always enjoyed travel guides especially the well written version by Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, or Columbus Guides. ... 

April 14, 2008 | Read the story »

Traditional Journalists Use Blogs for Story Ideas

One of the reasons why blogs are such a good idea and why I enjoy following blogs, especially those on the T-List, is because they... 

April 8, 2008 | Read the story »

Destination Management Systems

A Lesson Learned - Big Changes at VisitScotland.com

Earlier in February I wrote about the role of the DMO and the lesson learned from VisitScotland.com. That post received a number of... 

February 25, 2008 | Read the story »

The Role of the DMO - A Lesson From VisitScotland.com

There has been a lot of discussion about the role of DMOs and how DMOs should be implementing technologies for the benefit of stakeholders.... 

February 8, 2008 | Read the story »

IFITT

Technologies presented by Eric Basha at Enter 2008

The following three videos were presented by Eric Basha, head of Tourism at Microsft, at the Enter 2008 Conference in Innsbruck. Although... 

February 6, 2008 | Read the story »

Eric Basha Keynote Presentation at ENTER 2008, Innsbruck

The following seven videos are 8-10 minute segments of the keynote presentation by Eric Basha at the Enter 2008 Conference in Innsbruck,... 

February 5, 2008 | Read the story »

UNWTO & Microsoft to Keynote at Enter 2008 in Innsbruck

2008 looks like it is going to be a very exciting year for travel & tourism technology. I’m really happy to be able to... 

January 1, 2008 | Read the story »

T-List

Chris Anderson’s Free & the Booking Engine

I’ve been a huge fan for Chris Anderson for a long time. It seemed to me that the “Long Tail” completely supported... 

April 30, 2008 | Read the story »

Engaging Bloggers - PR dos and don’ts

Like many of my T-List colleagues I have begun to see my inbox grow steadily with emails from PR firms inviting me to interview Internet... 

April 15, 2008 | Read the story »

User Travel Guides vs. Professional Travel Guides

Frankly I’ve always enjoyed travel guides especially the well written version by Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, or Columbus Guides. ... 

April 14, 2008 | Read the story »

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