Tourism Tide

What the blog?

"The issue is no longer distribution; rather, it's relevance." Brad Feld Managing Director Foundry Group I couldn't of said it better myself; the publishing landscape has changed for ever, the democritization of information and the proliferation of tools to distribute this information is impacting society as we know it. traditional news media has responded ...

6 Online Travel Myths Revealed

The good people at PhoCusWright have just release some interesting trends and findings about Online Travel Bookings. These findings are contrary to common perceptions in the Industry, I was surprised thatthe "Next Gen' traveller spends less then half of their travel spend online. Are people still going to travel agents? Here ...

Interesting findings from PCW and Ypartnership

Ypartnership has released an expanded summary of the findings that they and PhoCusWright have found on the "Next Generation Traveler" These findings are really inline with the projections of current online usage, here is a summary of the key stats for the next gen traveler: They are smart (30% with a 4-year ...

Testing New micro blogging app

Well the Internet is so interconnected, I am now testing Utterz. This is a mixture of Jott, Twitter, Qik, and Shozu. Seems interesting. This post should be linked all through my other accounts... Lets see!Mobile post sent by philcaines using Utterz. Replies.

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50 Tips For Marketing with Social Media

Joe Buhler found a great list of marketing tips regarding social media. I found some new and interesting advice from the list, I recommend checking it our for yourself: 50 Ways Marketers Can use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing If you are not familiar with Social Media, the great people at ...

Yeild Managment VS. Price Transparency

(Image showing India's static Airline pricing structure. From the Boot - Thanks Tim and Ram) Robert Crandall, former Chairman and CEO of American Airlines, has called yield management "the single most important technical development in transportation management since we entered deregulation." The world is getting smaller, and travel pricing information is easier ...

Travel Innovation Summit - The Battle For Centre Stage

We are really excited to be participating in the PhoCusWright's Travel Innovation Summit (PCW TIS). Rezgo has come a long way since its inception, we are gaining attention, building strategic partnerships and have a robust feature set that really sets us apart from our direct competition. Well I may be ...

The 3 Ingredients For The Perfect Travel Storm

According to Sebastian Junger, a perfect storm is when many smaller effects come together to have a greater effect then the effects individual elements. Wikipedia states that it has grown to mean "any event where a combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically." What does this mean for the travel ...

The Top 27 Free Press Release Sites

The Internet has changed how the press looks for and finds news stories. While the conservative news industry is slowly warming up to this fancy thing call the Internet, there are a number of Press Release sites that allow you electronically submit articles and even embed links!! The fact is, the ...