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Waiting to Exhale: PhoCusWright Releases Key U.S. Traveler Insights July 7, 2011 As the second half of 2011 gets underway, U.S. travelers may finally be getting their groove back, according to a new report from travel industry authority PhoCusWright. After a tepid return to leisure travel in 2010, many... (more...)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cathy Schetzina +1 860 350-4084 x380 cschetzina@phocuswright.com PhoCusWright Releases Key U.S. Traveler Insights PhoCusWright's Consumer Travel Report Third Edition and upcoming Webinar explore U.S. traveler behavior, attitudes and preferences Sherman, CT USA, July 7,... (more...)

Laugh if you like, but I am super excited for Apple’s new iCloud, (read about it here) not just because I don’t trust hard drives as storage mediums (and I don’t) but because of it’s potential to change the way people use apps. Apple has given developers a sandbox style environment to store backup... (more...)

From left to right: Gary Arndt, me, Brooks and Steve Keenan at #blogtripF1 What’s the difference anyways? A travel writer writes movie scripts, a travel blogger writes TV scripts. That quote comes from Gary Arndt, author of the Everything Everywhere blog. Gary has been traveling around the world... (more...)

This was one of the messages from John O’Nolan‘s fantastic presentation at the DMO’s and social media conference in Valancia last week. John rightfully pointed out that when people care enough about your product, take time out of their day and go through the effort to tell you that... (more...)

An Enthusiastic Few Dominate Indian Online Travel Activity June 30, 2011 A minority of Indian online travelers account for the majority of activity in the Indian online travel category, according to PhoCusWright's Indian Online Travel Traffic Report. The 20% most active of all unique visitors to the... (more...)

I won’t bore you with a full-on review of Google Plus – there are about a zillion out there already and climbing. Just some quick observations from my first day on the platform. When I heard about Plus I was a little bit frustrated; yet another network to maintain, build up a following and push content... (more...)

Most people don’t know I’m a huge F1 (Formula One) fan. I watch every qualifying session and every race, ever time. I’m depressed in the off-season. It started when I was a teenager. On Sundays, me and my Mom would always watch the races together. I don’t remember how it started... (more...)