Archive | December, 2008

Muchoviaje empieza el año con nuevas comisiones

Todo parece apuntar a que el 2.009 será un año de muchos cambios, pero sobretodo de mucha actividad online; por eso la agencia de viajes muchoviaje.com ha querido apostar fuerte por el canal de afiliados en Zanox ofreciendo unas nuevas comisiones para el 2.009: Musicales: PPS 2% del valor de la venta. Paquetes... (more...)

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Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day, January 1, 2009

Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day, January 1, 2009

Martha Vetter emailed this to me. Thanks, Martha. Dictionary.com's Word of the Day for Thursday, January 1, 2009wanderlust \WON-der-luhst\, noun:a strong desire to wander or travelThere are as many explanations for acute wanderlust as there are Travelers who suffer from it. But common to them all... (more...)

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From the CEO- eMarketer reports “renewed appreciation for traditional travel agents.”

From the CEO- eMarketer reports “renewed appreciation for traditional travel agents.”

As I was trying to come up with the ideal, inspirational year-end message, my eMarketer email arrived in my in-box with some wonderful news; not only for me, but for my entire team and for all our Tripologists! First, I love eMarketer.  They take complex data and put it into easy-to-understand formats.... (more...)

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Looking Back to 2008 (2): World News

Looking Back to 2008 (2): World News

I found it tremendously good news that with their second attempt Earthrace succeeded to circumnavigate the world with bio fuel in a record time. See their Blog for the day to day coverage of this adventure. As I said in my prior post I’ll try to be as concise as possible when pondering 2008 and... (more...)

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7 oder 10 oder noch mehr Trends touristischer Kommunikation 2009

7 oder 10 oder noch mehr Trends touristischer Kommunikation 2009

Klar doch, natürlich kann ich mich irren. Aber ein paar meiner strategischen Leitsätze zur Online Kommunikation sind so simpel, dass sie garantiert stimmen: - der User ist mündig genug selbst zu entscheiden welchen Content er konsumieren möchte (Stichwort: Aggregation von relevanten... (more...)

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Becoming a better Lehigh Valleyian

Becoming a better Lehigh Valleyian

Maggie, my GPS, has already helped me out of a few sticky situations since I got her for Christmas. I'm confident she'll help me with one of my New Year's resolutions: to see different places in Lehigh Valley that I haven't been to yet. I know I'm not going to see all that I want... (more...)

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Looking back to 2008 (1): A Tribute to Jerry Pournelle

Looking back to 2008 (1): A Tribute to Jerry Pournelle

While pondering and writing about 2008 for this Blog I more and more realize how many UFO’s (Un Finished Objects) I have lying around. That’s one of the reasons I ceased making lists of New Year’s Resolutions, as I tend to forget about them as soon as I have jotted them down. Moreover,... (more...)

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From the CEO – a Skype Christmas

From the CEO – a Skype Christmas

Those of you that have family located all over the US or all over the world will find this post particularly interesting.  Growing up, holidays were huge in my family.  As I’ve stated, my father had thirteen siblings.  I’ve got twenty something first cousins and when you add spouses and... (more...)

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