Future of Travel Industry: Google Travel and Tourism Conference
This video of keynote speaker and “Futurist” Dr Patrick Dixon is an informative presentation that is packed full of good…
Hotel Reception: A Fun Place to Be? Maybe Not
Put a People Person on your front desk..train your front office people so they understand that each person through the…
Is Your Own Website Performing?
Following on from the recent article “What Tourism Websites Perform Best For You”, how do you make your own website…
Using Meta Tags to Get Your Website Ranking Higher In Google
Every business wants their website to rank well in google, and tourism is no exception – this is a very…
What Do Ecotourists Expect Out of a Tourism Product?
An article based on anecdotal evidence of 12 years in the ecotourism industry as a guide with some useful points…
The In’s and Out’s of Advertising Online
After a bit of discussion in the comments of another article on the blog about the benefits of online advertising,…
Making consumers more comfortable with booking accommodation online
Industry statistics indicate online credit card use in New Zealand as a percentage is a little more than half that…
Tourism Organisations in New Zealand: Confused by it all?
“What’s the difference between Tourism NZ, Ministry of Tourism, Maori Tourism Council – RTO’s, MRTO’s – overkill?” Good question! What…
Advertorial Publicity, A Tale of Cowboy Love
You been approached by a media outlet and they love what you do, they’ve heard great things about your business….Naturally…
Regionally Differentiated Wine Tourism as a Value-Creator?
Despite large numbers of international wine lovers visiting wineries in NZ, regionally differentiated wine tourism has not been fully developed…
Eco-Tourism : How do we define it?
This term is being used more and more as the awareness of the planet to all things environmental increases. Terms…
Social Media Monitoring
It is no surprise that automated monitoring of traveller reviews is in its infancy while the phenomenon of consumer reliance…
Online Reviews and Bookings
Interpersonal influence and word of mouth (WOM) are ranked the most important information source when a consumer is making a…
Social Media is Everywhere
Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, blogs, wikis, forums and your own customer communities – people are sharing more content than ever…
What Tourism Websites Perform the Best For You?
I’m interested to hear from New Zealand tourism operators as to what tourism websites bring them the most traffic and…
Be Part of The Conversation
There are conversations going on everywhere, all the time by your customers. A lot of the time you will never…
E-tourism Conference 2010
The main objective of the E Tourism Conference is to create awareness, educate and update the travel industry with the…
Dedication for Dan Costello
I would like to draw industry attention to the passing this week of one of the pioneers of Fiji tourism…