Travel & Tourism Technology Trends

Stephen A. Joyce has been working as a travel & tourism technology consultant since 1995. In 2005 Stephen and his company, Sentias Software Corp., began development on Rezgo.com, a next generation Web 2.0 tour and activity booking engine for SME travel suppliers and tour operators. In June of 2007, Rezgo.com was officially released and now boasts a user base of 900+ companies. Stephen is also very active in fostering tourism technology and is co-chair of the Board of Directors of the OpenTravel Alliance, a non-profit organization whose mandate is to develop and foster messaging standards for travel e-distribution.. He is the publisher of the Tips from the T-List books, a series of ground-breaking books that bring together travel industry bloggers from around the World. The success of the book has resulted in workshops and speaking engagements on Social media and User generated content around the World.

In addition to his tourism initiatives, Stephen is also Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and formerly on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Club and the COHO Society of the North Shore.

Stephen is a graduate of Capilano University, is a certified Commercial Pilot, and holds a certificate in IT Management.

Stephen is married and has two beautiful daughters.

• You can find out more about Stephen at his LinkedIn Profile.
• You can also checkout Stephen’s ZoomInfo Profile, but it is pretty much the same as LinkedIn.
• You can read what Stephen is up to on his Twitter feed.
• You can see what countries Stephen has visited and updated at World66.
• You can also read Stephen’s profile on WikiTravel.org.
• You can review Stephen’s favorite website stumbles at StumbleUpon.com.
• Take a look at Stephen’s favorite websites by visiting my Del.icio.us bookmarks.
• You can find more of Stephen’s writings at Stephen Joyce’s personal blog.