JEB @ November 22, 2006 # Comments
Travelport relies on diversity to compete
after having overpaid for acquisitions to the tune of about $ 1.2 billion they sure face giant hangover and maybe this is the strategy to go but the jury is definitely still out. They are a typical intermediary albeit one with long supplier relationships, especially Gulliver’s, but still a company [...]
JEB @ November 21, 2006 # Comments
U.S. Non-Travel E-Commerce Spending By Consumers Increased 23 Percent in Q3 2006
Although the travel category shows lower growth figures than others, it comes from a much larger base as it remains by far the largest single category online and will continue to be for quite a long time. In 2006 total sales will exceed [...]
JEB @ November 20, 2006 # Comments
Nonstop Growth for Online Travel
This prediction doesn’t surprise me at all. We can argue about the exact number five years out, but the fact remains that travel is moving inexorably online, even if growth rates might slow down. With more innovation coming at an ever faster speed it’s a trend that will not be reversed. [...]
JEB @ November 19, 2006 # Comments
Cadabra a New Zealand based company. Targeted at tour operators for selling complex products, I got the impression that their functionality would be well suited as an integrated planning tool on DMO sites. It allows map based online planning and customization of trips than then can be booked as well. A demo of the product [...]
JEB @ November 10, 2006 # Comments
Expedia’s Earnings Decline 28% As U.S. Bookings Growth Slows
These disappointing results prove that there remains a lot of truth in the fact that intermediaries are being squeezed and the only way out is through added value. This maxim remains as true as ever and applies to the mom and pop travel agent as well [...]
JEB @ October 19, 2006 # Comments
Top Stories & Trends - USTOA Survey Reveals Sources of Vacation Information
as to the where travelers inform themselves - the web has been the leader for quite some time. When you add the fact that word of mouth is now increasingly enhanced by word of mouse via blogs, tags, feedback sites etc. the path seems [...]
JEB @ September 11, 2006 # Comments
Travel dreams are not a commodity like airline seat
For too long travel agents have viewed the web as the enemy. It was never assured that agents would be replaced, unless they were order takers for airline tickets which, of course, too many were only a few years ago. Now increasingly they are becoming destination specialists [...]
JEB @ September 5, 2006 # Comments
:: Travel Weekly - The National Newspaper of the Travel Industry
This article about Travelocity providing Maryland with a booking engine, shows how things are changing - albeit slowly -Â in the world of destination marketing. It could have been written in 1999. This is when MySwitzerland.com was launched by the DMO of that country and [...]
JEB @ September 4, 2006 # Comments
Competing in online travel
one stop shopping is about as far off as ever. Sure, you can go to Kayak or Mobissimo or FareChase to get referred to another site for either your air or hotel or car, then what? On one site you get the cheapest air but not the best hotel rate, so you [...]
JEB @ August 29, 2006 # Comments
Ski.com goes three-dimensional
This looks like a great new tool for ski resort visitors. The more real the skiing environment is presented the easier for skiers to get an idea of what their experience will be like. This 3D map is a cool way to do that. Once it has all the elements in place it [...]
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