Wednesday 14 January 2015

Barbados Beach Villa Package Wins Rave Reviews


The Barbados Tourism Encyclopedia has launched its first-ever self-catering Villa holidays package for the independent-minded traveler. The package, which includes a heritage tour package and accommodation at Settlers Beach Villa hotel, wins rave reviews.
http://newswire.net/newsroom/pr/00087032-beachvillapackage.html

Sunday 11 January 2015

The Evolution of Hospitality Technology

Upping the Ante: The Evolution of Hospitality Technology In 2015, by Bernard Ellis. This article is timely, as we see marketing becoming more automated with each new piece of software that helps you to do more with less.

See http://markhat.com/the-evolution-of-hospitality-technology/

Pulling the Strings of Google Travel – Skift

Interview: The Puppet Master Pulling the Strings of Google Travel – Skift. "We are getting started in travel. Although there currently are hints of integrating Google’s disparate travel offerings, you can definitely expect more of that in the futu...

Pulling the Strings of Google Travel

iPhone 6 ApplePay - Next Killer Feature in Mobile | ZDNet

iPhone 6 Applepay - the next killer feature in mobile | ZDNet. With a huge lead to start Apple has seen its market share decline to the point that it is no longer the leading smartphone in the market. Its latest updates have really just been playing catchup with many innovative user friendly features by Samsung and other Android devices. But that is about to change and here is why "While Android has had wireless mobile payments in the US since the launch of Google Wallet in 2011, it never ...

iPhone 6 ApplePay Next Killer Feature

Life-Changing Holidays - The Independent

Independent travelers seek meaningful holidays[/caption] Traveller's Guide: Life-changing holidays - News & Advice - Travel -See more at

Holidays that can Chage Your Life

Anonymous in the Social Age

[caption id="attachment_1584" align="alignright" width="216"] Facebook Ads in our Posts[/caption] I posted a link to an article about Booking'com t...

How Social is using us

Could Facebook Soon Be the Top Advertising Network in The World

From SeekingAlpha: Facebook May Become Bigger Than Google AdSense. This is the proposition put forward by SeekingAlpha and with good logical argument to back it up. Most impressive is the idea that Facebook now has a upper-hand in the emerging multi-device, multi-channel and multiplatform user experience, What we call the shift in how peole are working and especially travellers who research. plan and shop from many devices all over the net and on TV. Rishad Tobaccowala, chief strategist of...

Facebook becoming largest adverising platform

ehotelier - Small Hotels on the Rocks: Greece Case Study

ehotelier - The challenges for small hotels: Greece case study. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] small hotels on the rocks[/caption] While most of my personal tourism experience is based in the Caribbean its refreshing and disturbing to see that other countries in very different travel destination are experiencing some of the same issue we have in the tropics. Philia Tounta, MBA, Ba, Di, a travel and tourism consultant and ambassador of tourism in Chania, Crete, Greece. ca...

Small Hotels on the Rocks

How Visual Messaging is Transforming Travel Planning

How Pinterest and other Visual Messaging will transform travel planning. Visual Messaging is making waves in travel. its not new but what is new in the technology that enables us to use visuals and transform them into compelling marketing messages. Its not restricted to messages at all, and as we have discussed before its just as compelling when...

How Visual Messaging is Transforming Travel

ehotelier - Small Hotels on the Rocks: Greece Case Study

ehotelier - The challenges for small hotels: Greece case study. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] small hotels on the rocks[/caption] While most of my personal tourism experience is based in the Caribbean its refreshing and disturbing to see that other countries in very different ...

Marketing Hotels and Tourism

Anonymous in the Social Age

[caption id="attachment_1584" align="alignright" width="216"] Facebook Ads in our Posts[/caption] I posted a link to an article about Booking'com to Facebook. To be exact I posted it to buffer an automated service that schedules links out to several of my profiles including Facebook. The post looked like this (see on right) - A snipet of the ...

how social is making us anonymous