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 a little biased, and I [...]
After the success of the Bloggers Summit at PhoCusWright 2007 Orlando, PhoCusWright has decided to grow the event to a truly international collaboration. The first International Bloggers Summit will happen at ITB Berlin in March. There have been whispers of this event for some time (Jens, Vicky, Stephen) and it is now official! The [...]
How connected is the Tourism Industry blogging community? There are numerous communities out there that are helping bloggers stay in touch. This post was inspired by Jens, who recently re-launched his popular marketing blog. If you are looking for ways to connect with fellow bloggers, here are some great links to help you connect:
Social Networking:
T-List [...]
Have you found that booking an activity or tour is the last step in a tourists’ travel plan? Quite often, independent tourists will wait till they arrive at a destination before they consider what activities and tours they want to take.
Is this changing? Are people now pre-booking their tours and activities before they depart to [...]
The Travel Technology Weekly Review is, as you can imagine, a weekly review of the latest happenings in the Tourism Technology industry. We examine the latest trends, research, sites and happenings in the the Tourism Tech world.
Stephen first talks about Travelbookmarking.com, it gives travelers the ability to bookmark their own sites to make a travel [...]
Last month PhoCusWright (PCW) hosted their annual conference in Florida. These conferences bring the biggest names in the travel technology industry together in one place to talk shop, talk trends, and make great contacts within the industry. This year PCW held the first Travel Industry Bloggers Summit at their conference. This included a blogging workshop, [...]
Tim Armstrong just finished his talk on Google and Travel at the PhoCusWright conference in Orlando. His talk was an overview of the industry and gave some great insights on how Google was working towards optimizing the user experience.
He gave a background into Google’s “The wisdom of crowds†philosophy; letting the brainpower of the world [...]
Recently at PhoCusWright 2007, I was introduced to a company that is leveraging the power of mobile devices with travel guides, this company is wCities. This San Fransisco based company is making inroads in the convergence of traditional media with technology.
Gone are the days of the cumbersome destination guide, now all the information you need [...]
Get the truth and go. Sounds simple enough. Stephen Kaufer, President and CEO of www.TripAdvisor.com seems to think so. But in order to have truth, you need to also have trust.
At the PhoCusWright conference in Orlando, Stephen said “Trust online is gold dust.”
You need:
1. Honest brokers – People that can give you truth
2. Social [...]
October 29, 2007 - 10:06 am
Tags: adventure travel, advertising, booking trends, facebook, rezgo, widgets
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Microsoft’s recent $240 million investment into Facebook.com has resulted in a valuation of over 15 billion dollars for everyone’s favorite social networking app. Why so much? Do we honestly believe that the company has a business / revenue model that would warrant such a price?
Many people have speculated that Facebook’s advertising announcement on November 6th [...]
I have been out of the blogosphere lately, and for good reason (read excuse ;). I have been working to promote the latest edition of Rezgo.com, the online tour and activity booking solution, and I have had some success! We were recently notified that we were selected for PhoCusWright’s Travel Innovation Summit and in B.C. we are one of 30 companies to make it to the third round of the New Ventures B.C. innovation competition. So great news all around!