Sea kayaking recommendation - Advocate Hbr/Cape Chignecto Park, NS
by TerriYou'll want to pay attention to this kayaking recommendation because this is the only kayaking company offering excursions on the Nova Scotia side of the Bay of Fundy. Nova Shores Adventures operates out of the beautiful village of Advocate... Read more »
Is History Repeating Itself with Google Android?
by NormRoseI am old enough to remember the early days of personal computing. In fact the first Mac I worked on did not have its own hard drive and thus required switching out floppies to do any simple computing task. My first non-Mac "personal" computer... Read more »
Sea kayaking recommendation - St Martins/Fundy Trail, NB
by TerriIf you're yearning to explore the Bay of Fundy tidal waters off the coast of St Martins, New Brunswick, then take a look at kayaking with River Valley Adventures. These folks are located right on the wharf in the pretty village of St Martins.St... Read more »
Google search trademark - Open Thread
by Kevin MayIt feels like we've reached a pivotal moment in the long running Google saga.A new dedicated page - The Google brand name policy switch - on the main Travolution website has all the articles and blog posts over the past six weeks, plus a selection... Read more »
‘The wagons are circling’ [Google trademark]
by Kevin MayA terrifyingly melodramatic quote from a source today on our latest story regarding a dramatic upping of the ante in the Google trademark saga.More detail here, but it has emerged a group of companies - in and out of travel - could be gearing... Read more »
TUI Travel design FAIL
by Kevin MaySay some...Hotel Blogs draws everyone's attention to the TUI Travel page on YouTube.Thevenot, who writes Hotel Blogs, says:For such a big company with marketing resources, I don't understand how you can fail to be more clever than that in terms... Read more »
Extras, extras, read all about them…
by Kevin MayAncillary revenues got almost as much podium time at EyeForTravel’s summit this week as social media.There’s a shift in how airlines are thinking about this – it’s more important for them to try to squeeze as much revenue out of their... Read more »
Brand bidding drama is fair to some, an abomination to others
by Kevin MayOur latest column in Travel Weekly [penned before the latest twist]:It would take a brave soul to write with any conviction about what will happen over the Google trademark/brand bidding issue.Since Google made its dramatic announcement in April... Read more »
Blog built to bring bookings
by Kevin MayStarwood Hotels and Resorts isn’t a hotel chain, it’s a “branded lifestyle company”. It’s blog, thelobby.com, isn’t a blog, it’s a “multi-brand marketing tool”.Brian Pratt, its VP for EMEA, told delegates at EyeForTravel that... Read more »
