30 May 2010 ~ 9 Comments

The Life of an Online Travel Business Startup

A Destination Activity Broker creates partnerships between travel businesses within a destination, leveraging the individual travel products. My name is Matt Zito. I am a travel entrepreneur, online travel marketer and writer. I will be a guest blogging here at T4.  I like what Stephen has done with T4. I love to be among travel [...]

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28 January 2010 ~ 2 Comments

When travelling means one last chance to live

When travelling means one last chance to live

For the last week or so I have been communicating with my friend Daniele Beccari from isango! He and his family are going through a terrible medical ordeal and he has reached out to his friends and colleagues for help in spreading the word and raising money to help cover the immense costs.  I cannot [...]

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28 January 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Online Video & Podcasting Secrets for Destinations

Online Video & Podcasting Secrets for Destinations

Guest Author, Ryan Bifulco, TravelSpike.com – Destinations are always looking for ways to market and promote themselves. Every Destination offers something unique to visitors and locals alike, and a short video is one of the best ways to showcase what you have to the world. Many DMOs still seem to think that online video and [...]

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15 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Rezgo Sponsors PhoCusWright Special Report on Tour & Activities

Rezgo Sponsors PhoCusWright Special Report on Tour & Activities

I am very excited to announce that Rezgo has formerly signed a sponsorship agreement for the “When They Get There (and Why They Go)” special report by PhoCusWright, which is focused on the in-destination events, attractions, and activities. Why is Rezgo sponsoring this special report? The tour and activity market is a tremendously important segment [...]

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04 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Converting the Masses – Using Social Media to Improve Customer Conversion

This is a copy of my presentation at the Adventure Travel World Summit.  Ofcourse you lose the audio content that goes with it, but you get the gist. I’ve added an outline of the slides along with some commentary that adds context to the slides. Using Social Media Techniques to Improve Customer Conversion View more [...]

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04 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Commoditization Does Not Spell Death For Adventure Products

In my recent distribution and supply chain collaboration sessions at the Adventure Travel World Summit, I had an opportunity to sit down and discuss aspects of distribution with adventure travel operators and outfitters.  I was joined on the panel by a number of key players in the adventure distribution space including James O’Leonard  (Founder & [...]

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09 October 2009 ~ 16 Comments

#followfriday – Part III – Travel People on Twitter

This list is sourced from the Uptake Twitter list which can be found at http://www.uptake.com/blog/blogging/the-t-list-does-twitter-join-the-travel-twitterati-beta_239.html.  I wanted to separate it out so that I could generate a TweepML list that would make it easy for you to follow them. UPDATE: To prevent having to maintain two lists, one static and one on the TweepML site, [...]

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09 October 2009 ~ 2 Comments

#followfriday Part II – Travel Providers & MetaSearch On Twitter

This list consists of a mix of OTAs and metasearch sites that provide a service to consumers on-line.  Granted there are some sites that probably fit in here that are communities as well, but I am going for just the sites where people would generally book their own travel. You can follow this list with [...]

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09 October 2009 ~ 2 Comments

#followfriday Part I – Airlines on Twitter

For research purposes I have been trying to gather together lists of travel related companies that are using Twitter.  I am slowly but surely putting together some for my own, but hopefully also your, use.  Here is my first list of companies starting with airlines.  If you know of any ideas, please add them to [...]

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28 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Kijubi.com – New Destination Experiences Contender

Kijubi.com – New Destination Experiences Contender

It’s not altogether surprising to see more experience based travel sites popping up. Unlike the “all-in-one” travel sites, this segment still has a tremendous amount of room for growth. Enter on the scene, Kijubi.com, the experience marketplace. It took me a moment to realize that the name, as twodotohish as it is, is actually pronounced [...]

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