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Loading ...I have spent the last two weeks downloading, uploading, re-downloading, and re-uploading thousands of archive emails to and from two different mail servers in a futile attempt to keep four years worth of corporate email in searchable archive using Gmail. Since we (Sentias) decided not to continue managing our own Linux/Qmail corporate email server and to use Gmail instead, we have been struggling with the issue of how we move over 6 GB of stored emails to Gmail. I’m sure I am not the only person who has had to deal with this, which is why I decided to share an excellent application that... Read more »
In the Distant Future… the year 2000…
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...For those of you who have not yet discovered the Flight of the Conchordes, here is a sampling. This is the Robot Song. These two Kiwis are absolutely hilarious. Enjoy! Sphere: Related Content Read More →
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...I had the chance to participate in the Enter 2008 Conference held in Innsbruck, Austria last week. “Organised by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT), ENTER 2008 offers a unique forum for academics, industry and government to present and debate state-of-the-art research and industry case studies on the application of information and communications technologies to tourism and travel.†There were several trends that emerged as I listened to and engaged in some of the presentations. The trends I identified spanned across all three tracks;... Read more »
Facilitating the Dream with Kango
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...The travel purchase life-cycle consists of four primary phases: dream, plan, go, and reminisce. For the most part, the big travel websites have been focused on only one phase of the life-cycle: the go phase. Why? Because that’s where the money is. But, what we have begun to see is a shift in how consumers purchase travel online and, as a result, we are seeing a new breed of site develop around the other three, no less important I might add, phases of the travel purchase life-cycle. Kango is one such site. Spearheaded by Yen Lee, former General Manager of Yahoo’s Travel Division,... Read more »
Speaking in Florida on Social Media
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...I received confirmation last week that I have been invited to present as a keynote speaker at the Florida Association of CVB’s annual Destination Marketing Summit in Orlando. The presentation will be two hours in length and cover two segments; an introduction to social media and it’s impact on tourism marketing and strategies in using social media to market destinations to a changing user landscape. I’m really looking forward to presenting to this group primarily because: The use of social media and user generated content is a very timely subject. The audience is well positioned... Read more »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I had an interesting discussion with the President of the Finnish Chapter of IFITT and a PHD student from the Basque region of Spain about engaging small travel suppliers, primarily tour and activity providers, in the use of new technologies to help manage and distribute products. I was saddened but still encouraged to hear that both were facing the same challenges in their respective countries that I have been facing here in Canada and more specifically in B.C.. In my ongoing efforts to promote Rezgo.com as a tour operator software solution to small tour and activity operators, I have encountered... Read more »
Please say it ain’t so… Bubble 2.0
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Ah what the heck, let it burst. Every time the bubble bursts the crap gets flushed down the toilet and the rest of us just keep doing what we’re doing without the need for the buzz words or pretension. Thanks to Fake Steve Jobs > Joe Buhler. Sphere: Related Content Read More →
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In a recent article about Easyjet’s agreements with Amadeus and Galileo, Ryanair’s communication head, Peter Sharrard referred to travel agents as “parasites” and “rip-off middlemen”. As a direct to consumer supplier, I can understand why Sharrard would consider agents as an expensive intermediary but to alienate them by referring to them in a derogatory fashion doesn’t make any sense at all. There was a time in the early nineties when Canadian air carriers did the same direct to consumer sales tactics by cutting out the agents. What they found was that... Read more »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I was very surprised to read an article on TravelMole today that stated: “Six out of ten (59%) holidaymakers say they will not cut down on the number of holidays abroad to save the environment, while one in three (35%) are not prepared to pay an extra £20 per holiday to offset their flight’s carbon emissions.” This survey, conducted by BLM Media, seems to contradict a survey from Lonely Planet that indicated that over 80% of online travel purchasers would consider offsetting their carbon emissions or choosing alternate travel methods in order to reduce their carbon impact.... Read more »
MLM Travel Business vs. Affilliate Sites
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Alex Bainbrigde over at Travel UCD wrote about a company called Your Travel Business (YTB.com). I had heard about this MLM travel business a few years ago when it first started and I paid it very little heed. I am quite surprised that it has managed to last this long. To my surprise it is now publicly traded and boasts over $226 Million in sales in 2006. I have to admit however, that my perspective is ofcourse that of a technologist and not that of a laymen, so my review is strictly from a technologist’s point of view. I reviewed the online booking system and I was quite surprised at... Read more »
