Digital design agency Huge, the team behind Four Seasons multi-million dollar web investment, has drawn together some of the current trends in online travel in its What Matters Now report. It’s not rocket science but there are some take aways for travel companies looking at new markets and potential customer segments. Are you ready for millenials? [...]
En Estados Unidos ya hay abierto un encendido debate acerca del papel de los DMO (Destination Management Organizations), también conocidos como Conventions&Visitor Bureaus (CVB), que son lo más similar a las Administraciones Turísticas que entendemos en España, en los ámbitos nacional, autonómico, provincial y local. Y el debate llega incluso a cuestionar su futura existencia. [...]
onzez-Soria y Moreno de l La Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT) prevé que alrededor de 2.100 millones de personas tengan, a finales de 2013, banda ancha de Internet en el móvil a través de 3G y 3G+. En la actualidad la cobertura de 3G alcanza casi el 50% del planeta. Asimismo, unos 2.700 millones de personas estarán [...]
The number of travelers who have smartphones and tablets has grown exponentially in the past two years, according to MMGY Global, a travel marketing agency, and Harrison Group. The office is no longer where many workers feel at their most productive, a new survey of European business travellers shows. Almost three quarters (73%) see journey time as [...]
· La compañía y su proveedor ConnectedtoGo, lanzan un nuevo producto con el que ofrecerán 200 dispositivos con conexión 3G en los principales aeropuertos españoles, demostrando así su apuesta por la movilidad y la innovación tecnológica · Diseñado especialmente para el segmento de negocio y el vacacional extranjero, este sistema permite disponer de internet [...]
The Wright brothers became the first humans in flight in 1903. In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus simply because someone else’s skin looked different than hers. Twenty-two years later, Dr. Goodall founded the Jane Goodall Institute to continue her groundbreaking research and protection of chimpanzees. Throughout the [...]
Vacatia is developing a marketplace for the vacation ownership industry with a mission of supporting credibility, transparency and liquidity. They are dedicated to helping buyers, sellers, timeshare brokers, real estate agents, developers and resort managers come together online. Keith Cox, his CEO, explains all the details in this interview, held during Phocuswright Conference 2013
Kei co-founded Venture Republic Inc., that owns and runs Japan's largest online travel search engine "Travel.jp" and hotel review search "Hotel.jp." As CEO, he took the company public in 2008 (2177. JASDAQ) after 7 years of operation. Over the last 13 years, Kei has built the various successful online vertical media including "Travel.jp," "Hotel.jp," and [...]
Cabforce is a Helsinki-based Internet company behind the world's leading network of flat-rate pre-booked ground transportation service providers. Its Taxi Content Hub™ determines the rate of any trip at the time of booking, allowing customers to book reliable taxis, executive cars, and minibuses with an upfront cost, minimizing bill shock and hassle. Cabforce's network of [...]