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Tracking the ways consumers and businesses interact with Internet based travel technology. This blog is focused on marketing innovations, interviews and new wave (2.0+) solutions within the Tourism and Travel Industry.

Recent Posts

Social Media For SME Tourism Businesses

Well aside from my less than sexy title, this is a great find! Hubspot has just posted their webinar that shows companies how to combine SEO, Blogs, and social media (which I would argue includes blogs) to gain marketing results. Check it out the webinar: http://www.hubspot.com/archive/sbsm-webinar/ Rate... Read more »

What the Tweet is going on?

Twitter, the next wave of social media microblogging is sweeping the net. This post tracks the history of the application, its current uses, and what the future may hold for this little app. If you are not familiar with Twitter, think of it as a mix of a mini... Read more »

PhoCusWright 2008 in Photos

I have found several photos from the PhoCusWright 2008 conference, and I thought I would share them with everyone: Stephen At the Innovation Summit The Innovators at PhoCusWright Claude Benard, France's travel blogger Joe Buhler and the bloggers row Steve Joyce,... Read more »

The Perfect Mini-Storm - Tours and Activities

The PhoCusWright perfect mini storm session was facinating, and featured a great panel of industry titans. Doug Quinby hosted Tina Fitch (EZRez), Rod Cuthbert (Viator Inc), Kenneth Purcell (Iseatz.com), and Ranjan Singh (Isango!). Here is a summary of the session... Read more »

The PhoCusWright Whirlwind From The Storm

PhoCusWright has again packed a lot of amazing networking, workshops and presentations into one conference. Well the morning of the main center stage conference is in full swing and the trending is looking interesting. We have heard from the VC community; William... Read more »

The Unofficial Bloggers Meetup

Photo back: Tim Hughes, Kevin May, Phil Caines and Stephen Joyce. Front: Jaime Horwitz, Claude Benard, Sean Keener (Thanks Jamie for the great photo!) Well the bloggers are joining forces once again at PhoCusWright. It was good to meet some old blogging associates... Read more »