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 that was sent out by New Ventures BC: The New Ventures BC Top 30 Companies The jury has read, discussed, and deliberated over the record 149 entries submitted to Round 2 of the New Ventures BC Competition this year. Congratulations to the 30 companies advancing... Read more »

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 agents concerned with profit margins said they already had or were planning to expand their product offerings in order to mitigate those concerns. Many were including medical, green, cultural and events tourism packages... Read more »

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 the profile of the flightcentre.com website in North America. Looking forward we see the baby boomers, who are also predominantly non-web users, retiring and becoming more mobile. This generation of wealthy people will be looking for... Read more »