Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Re-imagining Advertising – Re: Brief YouTube


▶ Re: Brief: A Film About Re-imagining Advertising - You must see this You may have seen it already as it dates back to 2012, but it's so relevant today!

http://markhat.com/re-imagining-advertising-rebrief-youtube/
 

Sunday, 8 February 2015

Why Video, Why iPhone is the Video Hero


I just thought this info graphic was neet. Its part of the video hero promo. I am not selling it, I am not affiliated and I don't have it but I am checking it out right now.

http://www.marketinghotelsandtourism.com/why-video-why-iphone-is-the-video-hero/

infographics why video- why iphone

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

St. Nicholas Abbey Announces Heritage Package with Settlers Beach Villas


St. Nicholas Abbey: Proud to be a Part of Barbados Settlers Beach Villa Package for Independent Minded Travelers.

http://newswire.net/newsroom/pr/00087359-stnicholasheritagetour.html

See the video of St. Nicholas Abbey Tour sponsored by Settlers beach Villa Hotel and the Barbados Tourism Encyclopedia. Best rate guaranteed on this luxury Caribbean Villa Holiday and Heritage tour package!

 



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s46U9C3P0T4

Mobiles Ads Dont Work says TripAdvisor, as They Move to Instant Bookings– Forbes


TripAdvisor Mobile Strategy: Forget Ads On Those Tiny Screens, Instead Optimize For Clicks And Commissions - Forbes. Its an interesting and maybe accurate insight!. We concur, even on the desktops travelers and not clicking on banners, ads or and even links as they used to. They want more value, they want help in making a decision and seeing a clear view of the option. Like the new breed of VisualBookingsTechnology.com

The new VBT offers a more personalized view of options- They are behaviors responsive and intellegent systems that present rooms and properties that match users interests.

TA's instant bookings is a step in the right direction!
As CEO Stephen Kaufer says: "40% of TAs traffic is now on mobile and that is growing." TAs mission has been to offer the best trip planning in the past now they are moving to being the best in both planning and bookings. http://markhat.com/tripadvisor-says-forget-ads-on-mobiles-tiny-screens-get-commissions-instead-forbes/

Friday, 30 January 2015

Barbados Blog Describes St. Nicholas Abbey Heritage Package for Settlers Beach Villa Holidays


St. Nicholas Abbey, the last standing Jacobean Sugar Plantation in the world, is now a formal part of the Barbados Tourism Encyclopedia promotion for independent holidays. The promo is a project of the BTE, TravelersInsights magazine and Settlers Beach Villa Hotel. In this venture, Settlers Beach is sponsoring the St. Nicholas Abbey tour as part of its new Beach Villa heritage package.
http://barbados.org/blog/st-nicholas-abbey-heritage-package See You tube video on St. Nicholas Abbey Tour and Villa Holiday Package

Thursday, 29 January 2015

ScribD Offers Coupon on Beach Villa Holidays


TravelersInsights magazine on the ScribD offers the latest tips for independent travelers and a coupon on luxury beach villa holiday
http://newswire.net/newsroom/pr/00087283-scribd-villaholidays.html Ian R Clayton CEO of Traveles Insights magazine says "We are pleased to have this issue in the ScribD network, as their readers represent a lot on independent minded travelers, who will really appreciate this issue of TI." He adds "ScribD readers have logged 17 million hours of reading time and its network is growing daily. It has over 80 million readers from 100 countries with a library of more than 100,000 subscriptions and books from 900+ publishers." It is a leader in independent online subscriptions covering 60 million documents from court filings to business presentations and from academic papers from scholars around the world to travel magazine of every destination. TravelersInsights.com (TI) magazine features articles, personal stories and insights on people and culture in the worlds leading world heritage destination. This TI issue for independent travelers, looks at self catering luxury accommodation and features Settlers beach hotel. Settlers offer all TI reader a significant discount. Just grab the mag on ScribD to get the full details and save hundreds of dollars on a luxury villa vacation.

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

What Happens to Travelocity Under Expedia Ownership? – Skift


Travelocity Gnome will travel. In fact he is hot to trot What Happens to the Travelocity Brand Under Expedia Ownership? – Skift. The deal is done, Expedia now owns Travelocity! Read on to find out what implications that has for small hotels getting direct bookings. Its not looking like they will stop falling of search results any time soon.
http://www.marketinghotelsandtourism.com/what-happens-to-the-travelocity-brand-under-expedia-ownership-skift/