Something a little different – Previous posts have focused on some things that accommodation providers need to be doing better; …
This video of keynote speaker and “Futurist” Dr Patrick Dixon is an informative presentation that is packed full of good …
Put a People Person on your front desk..train your front office people so they understand that each person through the …
Following on from the recent article “What Tourism Websites Perform Best For You”, how do you make your own website …
Every business wants their website to rank well in google, and tourism is no exception – this is a very …
An article based on anecdotal evidence of 12 years in the ecotourism industry as a guide with some useful points …
After a bit of discussion in the comments of another article on the blog about the benefits of online advertising, …
Industry statistics indicate online credit card use in New Zealand as a percentage is a little more than half that …
“What’s the difference between Tourism NZ, Ministry of Tourism, Maori Tourism Council – RTO’s, MRTO’s – overkill?” Good question! …
You been approached by a media outlet and they love what you do, they’ve heard great things about your business….Naturally …
Despite large numbers of international wine lovers visiting wineries in NZ, regionally differentiated wine tourism has not been fully developed …
This term is being used more and more as the awareness of the planet to all things environmental increases. Terms …
It is no surprise that automated monitoring of traveller reviews is in its infancy while the phenomenon of consumer reliance …
Interpersonal influence and word of mouth (WOM) are ranked the most important information source when a consumer is making a …
Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, blogs, wikis, forums and your own customer communities – people are sharing more content than ever …
I’m interested to hear from New Zealand tourism operators as to what tourism websites bring them the most traffic and …
There are conversations going on everywhere, all the time by your customers. A lot of the time you will …
The main objective of the E Tourism Conference is to create awareness, educate and update the travel industry with the …