Archive | Travel Innovations

03 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Tourism Week – Technology Tip #3 – EmbraceYour Mobile

Tourism Week – Technology Tip #3 – EmbraceYour Mobile

To demonstrate my point, I’m writing this post on my iPhone. Why, you ask, would I take the time to tap out a full post on my mobile? Partly because I wanted to prove a point but mostly because the battery on my laptop ran out and I really wanted to get this post done. [...]

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10 April 2009 ~ 0 Comments

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 [...]

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07 April 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Interview with Scott Woodhouse, Travellr.com

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 [...]

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08 February 2009 ~ 0 Comments

5 Recommendations for Travel SaaS Providers: A Lesson from Spock

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 [...]

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04 February 2009 ~ 19 Comments

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 [...]

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16 January 2009 ~ 29 Comments

My Top 5 iPhone Travel Apps

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, [...]

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11 December 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Travel Technology Profile: Cadabra Limited

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 [...]

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08 December 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Travel Technology Profile: AdventureLink.com

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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