Archive | Travel Innovations
Technology Can Drive Tourism Innovation
One of the most powerful aspects about tourism is that it is an industry that everyone in a destination can participate in. Whether they know it or not, everyone from the local bus driver to the hot dog vendor on the corner is contributing or benefiting from the tourism industry. In a mature market like [...]
Interview with Scott Woodhouse, Travellr.com
Scott Woodhouse, CMO of Travellr.com contacted me in early March to invite me and my readers to participate in a private beta test of Travellr.com, a new website he has launched. What I really liked was the fact that Scott was proactive and created a beta code “t4blog” before he contacted me. For all you [...]
5 Recommendations for Travel SaaS Providers: A Lesson from Spock
You’ll probably recognize the Three Musketeer’s famous tag line “All for one and one for all”, but does it really work in a software as a service environment? That is the challenge I was faced with this weekend after we released our latest round of updates to Rezgo. The challenge I face everyday with Rezgo [...]
Some Travel Companies Just Get It! Uptake.com
With so much focus on technology and innovation, its nice to see a web company launch something as simple and effective as a good blog site. Granted I can say its a simple technological solution because I know how these things work. That said, the real work in launching something like the Uptake Blog Network [...]
My Top 5 iPhone Travel Apps
I finally broke down and switched to an iPhone. It’s not because I didn’t like my Nokia E-61, in fact, while those around me were going crazy over the iPhone, I held out and dutifully texted on my qwerty keyboard. The reason I switched to the iPhone was two-fold. Firstly, I wanted a multi-purpose device, [...]
Travel Technology Profile: Cadabra Limited
Cadabra Limited Product Description: Cadabra is creating a worldwide online travel agency specializing in experiential tour planning by combining its innovative software with a network of destination expert inbound tour operators. Cadabra’s Web-based technology allows consumers (or travel agents) to research, plan and book all aspects of complex multidestination touring type travel itineraries in one [...]
Travel Technology Profile: AdventureLink.com
AdventureLink Inc. Product Description: AdventureLink is the first global distribution and reservation network for the adventure travel industry estimated to be worth $150 billion globally. This industry is continuing to grow at 10 to 12% per year as the baby boom generation ages and demands more experiential travel opportunities. AdventureLink has created the largest database [...]




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