Archive | September, 2008

30 September 2008 ~ 6 Comments

7 Tips for Finding Travel Bargains Online

Last week I was interviewed by Elaine Yong from Global TV about finding travel bargains on-line.  Although the interview lasted almost an hour, the final clip was about two and half minutes.  Of course, only a couple of my tips actually made it on air, so I thought I would pass on all the tips [...]

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30 September 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Mashable's 270+ Business Tools Features Rezgo.com

Mashable.com recently released their annual list of tools for running your online business.  Rezgo.com is the only travel/tourism related application listed, although not the only booking system.  The list categories include: Accounting, Billing, Invoicing, Estimating & Contracts Calendars & Scheduling Charts, Diagrams, and Whiteboards Collaboration & Workgroups Conferences, Presentations & Meetings Crowdsourcing, Networking & Community [...]

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15 September 2008 ~ 2 Comments

TravelMuse Concept Not New But Well Executed

TravelMuse Concept Not New But Well Executed

I am a big fan of Uptake.com (even when it was Kango.com).  I especially like the idea of consolidating information from many sources and bringing it together into one unified interface.  About two months ago, I saw a little button at the bottom of their detail pages.  I ignored it at first, but after seeing [...]

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08 September 2008 ~ 6 Comments

Cardo S-800 Bluetooth Headset a Nice Addition to Mobile Travel Gear

Cardo S-800 Bluetooth Headset a Nice Addition to Mobile Travel Gear

I don’t often do reviews about hardware, it’s not really my thing, but occasionally I find something that really impresses me (or in this case my colleague Phil Caines).  I asked Phil to write the review because after I upgraded my phone (from a Nokia 6800 to a Nokia E-61) I found my bluetooth capabilities [...]

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01 September 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Travel Agents Adding Value with Zicasso.com

In a recent post titled “Travel Agents Finding Relevance Amidst Web 2.0” I mentioned a site called Zicasso.com.  In the post I misspelled the domain and within a day I received a message from the CEO Brian Tan informing me of the error.  I corrected the mistake and thanked him for his attention to detail. [...]

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01 September 2008 ~ 5 Comments

Combining Planning & Booking a Nice Combo with Travelmob.com

Combining Planning & Booking a Nice Combo with Travelmob.com

Before I talk about the primary subject of this post, Travel Mob, let me first point out that Adam Smith, the CEO of Travel Mob contacted me about the site two weeks ago.  The important part here is that he did it in a way that caught my attention and, from what I can tell, [...]

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