I recently received a copy of an e-book from Doug Motel called “101 Marketing Tips for Tourism”. As someone who is always trying to find ways to help tour and activity operators make their businesses better, I was intrigued to see whether Doug’s recommendations fall in line with the recommendations I have made in the [...]
Have you travelled overseas lately and been paranoid about turning on roaming data on your mobile device for fear of coming home to a ridiculous bill? Well TripButler, a start-up out of Austria is hoping that their portable wifi devices will give technology addicted travelers a reprieve for high roaming charges. The TripButler wifi device [...]
For most small tour operators, the concept of creating a standardized set of XML messages for the distribution of tour and activity data probably sounds like gobbledegook. For data geeks and standards enthusiasts like the team behind Rezgo, this is a huge milestone in the march towards making small businesses a more visible part of [...]
As a tour and activity business, you are a perfect target customer for the likes of Groupon, Living Social, or any one of hundreds of other daily deal websites popping up on the Internet everyday. But be warned, the daily deals business can be a real nightmare for your company if you are not careful. [...]
Tnooz and the Open Travel Alliance are putting on THack Vegas, a gathering of developers and travel technology companies who want to collaborate and build some cool stuff to show off at the Open Travel Advisory Forum in late April. The concept behind THack is that developers will get access to some cool open and [...]
Rezgo Sponsored Industry Research Estimates Tour & Activities at $27 Billion For as long as there have been tourists there have been tours, tour guides, and destination based activities. Unlike the more commonly known travel segments like flights, hotels, car rentals, and cruise, the in-destination tour and activity segment is dominated by very small businesses. [...]
The more things change, the more they stay the same. When I first starting commenting on the tour and activity segment almost five years ago, it didn’t take long for me to see the opportunities with small tourism businesses. It took me a little longer to identify the challenges however. The tour and activity segment [...]
Flymuch is a browser based widget that resides on top of your travel booking experience. It provides deals and access to loyalty programs based on the searching that you conduct. The widget is meant to decrease the searching headaches currently experienced by travelers. The widget aggregates deals and promotions in addition to the flight and [...]
Afar Connect is a combination social network and group travel tool. Members complete a profile that defines the type of traveller they are. The system then allows the member to create trips that can be shared with others on the network. Members share their experiences with similar travelers and can earn badges for helpiing others [...]
Goby demonstrated at the last Innovation summit and presented their hyper local search engine. This time around, they are presenting their mobile platform which allows the traveler to find activities and local content in a mobile optimized environment. The platform allows advertisers to target travelers in on location. The content is aggregated through searching and [...]
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