Well, it has been quite a year working with the gang at Tnooz. In one year, Tnooz has rocketed in front of all the competing travel technology media sites to become the leading resource for technology news for the travel and tourism industries. I am immensely proud to be part of this team and to [...]
I had a really great conversation with Barbara Vega, founder of I Heart BackPackers, a tour operator who specializes in backpacking tours all over the World. During our talk, Barbara wanted to know if I had any suggestions on how to get started with social media and how to improve what she was already doing. [...]
One of the major benefits that small tourism companies have over larger competitors is that they tend to me more nimble and quick to respond to opportunities with technology. The other clear benefit is that the owner/operator or someone very close to the company can add a human face and element to the organizations social [...]
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 [...]
The year would not be complete for me without an acknowledgment to some people who have contributed to my experiences over the last year. In no particular order, I would like to thank the following: June Ohashi, Sentias Software June is the COO of Sentias Software Corp. and my business partner. She does what I [...]
I just received my beta invitation this morning for Google’s Friend Connect, social network widget platform. I have been waiting for this for a while, and here is why: 1. Friend Connect allows website owners to drop the social widgets into websites that are not socially aware. By this I mean that you can add [...]
It’s amazing to me how much the T-List has grown since it was launched by Mathieu Ouellet back in March of 2007. It has been about a year and half now and the most recent list was posted by Happy Hotelier in his “Happy Halloween: Happy Hotelier’s 300 T-List Travel Related Blogs Ranked according to [...]
There has been a lot of discussion and debate around duplicate content. When I helped put together the Tips from the T-List website for example, the whole idea behind using the WordPress platform was to consolidate all the content into one place and then re-direct readers back out to the original posts and websites. The [...]
One of the reasons why blogs are such a good idea and why I enjoy following blogs, especially those on the T-List, is because they are a great source of knowledge. At ITB Berlin in March a number of T-List bloggers, including myself, sat on an expert panel and debated the role of blogs versus [...]
Flogging is not only a form of punishment but now also refers to a form of blogging known as “commercial blogging” or “fake blogging“. Travelmole reported today that the EU has passed a law which makes it illegal for hotel (or other companies) to write false reviews on sites like TripAdvisor. The article further states [...]
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