Donald Hawkins on Geotourism as Eco-Sensitive, Pro-Poor, Gender Fair, Peacemaking — and Someday Inclusive
by RollingRainsDr. Donald Hawkins is interviewed at the Ashoka Geotourism Challenge. He gives a good overview of how ecotourism is morphing into geotourism and cites some of the necessary alliances — pro-poor tourism and gender equity. Apparently we... Read more »
ODIT France : Tourisme et vente sur internet
by vincent.vDemain, mardi 1er avril, se tiendra une journée technique ODIT France sur le thème : “Tourisme et vente sur internet : méthode et indicateurs clés”. Je pars ce soir pour être présent à cette journée technique qui aura lieu... Read more »
Imaginative or desperate? Probably both
by TravolutionYou’ve got to hand it FlyBe, caught nearly 175 passengers short of a minimum number required on its Dublin-Norwich route by airport bosses in the Norfolk town. So an ad was duly taken out on an acting website to find some thespians to... Read more »
Bad news day for airlines – at least for Alitalia, BA and Aloha
by timsbootReading the travel pages looks like a bad day to be in the airline business: 1. Milan Malpensa – the “greatest airport in Italy” is having its flight numbers butchered. The newly Air-France/KLM owned Alitalia is going to eliminate... Read more »
Are you a twitterer?
by Karen BryanI’ve registered with Twitter. I regard it as a mini blog, where I can write snippets about what I’m doing and what’s happening in my travel business. You can follow me on Twitter by receiving updates. Twitter allows visitors... Read more »
Marketing your small tourism business in the 21th century: #3 Monitor and Respect Tripadvisor
by wilhelmusIf you run a tourism business, and especially if you run an accommodation business, you need to know what people say about you on Tripadvisor. A lot of operators do this already, but I’m amazed at how many don’t. You’ll probably... Read more »
The unfair process of the US primary
by wilhelmusOnce in a while I’d like to digress from travel, technology and marketing on my blog. I have other interests and one of them is politics. The US presidential election fascinates me on a lot of levels. In a lot of ways its great. It takes... Read more »
Active tourism 2.0
by elaprendizdeturistaThe interchange of tourist routes through the network is in height. In another one post on personalización of trips already we spoke of Witur, that it looks for between the trip routes which other travellers do, and who allow a high level of... Read more »
Not OK to Flog in public spaces
by PhilThe EU has just passed word that Flogging (corporate posting) under an alias is illegal. There are two categories that they are focusing on; misleading practices and aggressive practices, says Travelmole. While this legislation is put into place... Read more »
