Archive | August, 2007

30 August 2007 ~ 0 Comments

84% Of Travellers Will Consider Offsetting Emissions

I just received my latest newsletter from STI (Sustainable Travel International). In the newsletter was a really interesting article about a new global survey by Lonely Planet. The survey shows that travelers world wide are concerned about their travel impacts on the climate and will support neutralizing their travel related emissions through legitimate offset programs. [...]

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28 August 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Being there is ALL the fun

I just read an interesting post on Tim Hughe’s blog about some comments from Rob Cuthbert at Viator about how hard it is for consumers to travel . In the last sentence, Tim writes something that I think is vitally important to the travel purchase experience and that is “the need to keep the purchase [...]

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28 August 2007 ~ 2 Comments

The TripAdvisor Cities I've Visited

So it certainly didn’t take long for TripAdvisor to rebrand their latest million dollar purchase. The “Where I’ve Been” app is now the TripAdvisor Cities I’ve Visited application on Facebook. Although the application is pretty much the same, it has been rebranded with TripAdvisor branding and now includes a less than smooth integration with the [...]

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17 August 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Bringing IFITT to Canada

This year has been a real revelation of sorts for me. I’ve seen a real turnaround in how technology in travel and tourism is recognized both locally and Internationally. For many years Europe has been at the forefront of embracing new technologies that promote travel and tourism and recognizing and supporting the travel technology industry. [...]

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