04 June 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Rezgo.com Moves to Round 3 of New Ventures BC Competition

I am very happy report that Rezgo.com has moved into the third round of the New Ventures BC Competition. My colleague Phil Caines has been spearheading the effort and has been submitting all the necessary information to the judging committee since the competition started back in April of this year. According to the email notice [...]

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17 January 2008 ~ 0 Comments

The Value of Travel Agents – Unique Products & Value Add Services

An interesting article was posted by Travelmole.com today that strongly support my view that travel agents need to differentiate themselves by focusing on a niche and providing value added services. The article titled “Travel agents seek supplier support” states that: “A staggering 94% of agents who were concerned with supplier relationships and 79% of travel [...]

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13 November 2007 ~ 0 Comments

FlightCentre buys Liberty Travel and Adds 193 more stores

I realize this isn’t really technology related, but this news item came to me directly from Sean Sutherland, VP of E-Commerce at FlightCentre. By purchasing Liberty Travel, FlightCentre has just made the U.S. it’s largest market outside of Australia. This brings a tremendous amount of brand recognition for FlightCentre in the U.S. and also increases [...]

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