Travel Blog Carnival : reviews for week 2

Hello travel bloggers, So, it's my time to make the Travel Blog Carnival reviews. Hope it will be clear with my not so super english writting ;-) Eclectic travel blog posts this week, from travel writer to travel marketing expert. Hope you will enjoy their posts, so here we go for the reviews. Theresa Russel from Cruisebugchatter.com suggest some “fun new years resolutions” and describe the first one : Try your first cruise. She explain also how several factors can reduce your chance of sea sickness. A great expert point of view ! - Vicky Brock from www.trackingtourism.com is starting... Read more »

Kayak buys SideStep, some thoughts !

Kayak travel meta-search has acquired rival SideStep for $200 million, say Techrunch in this post. So, we have now a big market leadership in the travel meta-search space. This players are american, but other actors are interesting to see : Sprice (with a international focus, Europe and Asia at this time) DoHop (with great technology for Low Cost airfare in Europe) Bezurk (for asian market) Adam Healey, Co-founder & CEO VibeAgent Inc., write some thoughts about this buying in the VibeAgent blog. “I think this deal is further market validation of the meta-search model that VibeAgent... Read more »

If you want to follow me on Twitter

I use Twitter since few days. If you want to follow me, it's here: http://twitter.com/ClaudeBenard I don't promise to update this stuff every mn. like geeks junky, but i'll try to update Twitter 3 or 4 time a week. If you use Twitter, leave a comment with your adress. Lire l’article. Articles Similaires: Twitter : track activities from anywhere - 27 September 2006 Why Twitter? (3): Twitter 与虹 (上) - 04 四月 2007 Why Twitter? (4): Twitter 与虹 (下) - 05 四月 2007 Another Reason Why People Shouldn’t Use Twitter - 28 November 2007 Quotably: Follow Twitter Conversations... Read more »

Consumerist: Lonely Planet Writer Admits to Fabricating Guide Book Based On Info From Girlfriend

I love the Consumerist blog. Not sure what to think of Lonely Plant after this story about the shenanigans of guide writer Thomas Kohnstamm - “Lonely Planet Writer Admists to Fabricating Guide Book Based On Info From Girlfriend” This article was originally posted on The BOOT - The Business of Online Travel.You can read and comment on the original article here.  Read More →

Free Hug Campaign: can we learn something for the travel industry?

Society for Word of Mouth and Church of the Customer Blog have a great post and analyse about viral maketing effects. They talk about the “Free Hug Campaign” who is hot on You Tube: Rate: 83249 Views: 25,468,480 Comments: 49,920 Favorited: 131,085 times Honors: 8 Links: 5 In this video you will watch one man giving away free hugs and the effect it has on the people around him. Please observe the people comportment: * People's resistance to anything free… even if it's a hug * The breakthrough that happens when one random individual decides to try one * A tsunami... Read more »

Inside Swallowtail Lightkeeper’s House

Here’s a closer exterior pic and a sneak peek at the interior of the Swallowtail Lightkeeper’s house - not exactly a real estate agent’s panoramic tour but you can certainly see some typical features of lightkeepers’ houses of this vintage: hardwood floors & trim throughout and double hung windows. This Bay of Fundy architectural gem appears to be in great shape on the inside. Friends who successfully operate another Bay of Fundy lighthouse (Cape Enrage) sent these photos. Perhaps the new owners of Swallowtail could use Cape Enrage as a project model: it’s a registered... Read more »

Dream of Living in a Bay of Fundy Lightkeeper’s House?

This is seems to be the winter of Bay of Fundy dream opportunities. I mentioned last month that a Bay of Fundy clam diggers license was for sale on Kijiji and now I’ve heard that the Swallowtail lightkeeper’s house on Grand Manan Island is for sale! The actual lighthouse, which sits on a spit of land on the north head of Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy, was built in 1858. Following the automation of the lighthouse in 1986, the municipality leased out the adjacent keeper’s house for use as a bed and breakfast. Apparently, upkeep on former lightkeeper’s home is becoming... Read more »

Vertical tidal effect on a Bay of Fundy pier

Here’s a great little time-lapse video of the tides going up and down against a wharf. It’s by Fred MacDonald of Great Circle Pictures (who is across the bay from me in the Annapolis Valley region of Fundy). Fred’s been documenting Fundy’s amazing tidal effects in high definition film for the past year and has some never-seen-before footage. Take a look at some samples on his website - great stuff! Twice a day this is typical sight at coastal communities all around the Bay of Fundy. Remember, in reality, it takes our massive tides 6 hrs 13 minutes to go from high to low... Read more »

VocMat: Project of formation at European level

Photo: show³’s photostream Recently I had the opportunity to know with detail the second phase a project tie very interesting pilot the continuous formation in the tourist sector European level. The project at issue is called VocMat (Vocational Management for Training The European Tourism Industry), began one first stage in October 2005 [… This article was originally posted on Clan-Destinos English Feed.You can read and comment on the original article here.  Read More →

The story of Arthur

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