Holiday Home Rentals…An Owners Concern
The holiday house short term accommodation market is continuing to grow, and with this growth comes associated tenancy problems on…
WIFI Can Be The Maker or Breaker
James Hacon provides a pretty convincing list of reasons why as a tourism business you should offer free WIFI access…
Screw Tourism As Usual – 2012 is the Year to Make That Happen
Anna Pollock offers her thoughts and predictions for 2012 regarding business, capitalism and the Conscious Travel movement providing further thought…
Preview: Responsible Tourism Week 2012
Responsible Tourism Week is an online unconference exploring down-to-earth applications of noble concepts including responsible tourism, conscious travel, local travel…
Conscious Travel: The What and the Why
The operating model that has created a global tourism industry is dying and a new model is emerging. The rules…
Managing Media for your Business During A Crisis Situation
Some tips from Michelle Ackers on how to deal with media management for your business during a crisis situation
Evaluating the World Rugby Cup 2011: Report from Auckland
Auckland – It’s too soon to tell about the lasting legacies of the Rugby World Cup, but the Auckland Council…
Radio Silence
James Hacon passes on some advice for companies that are “on holiday” from their social media accounts…
Jasons New iPhone App
James Hacon reviews the newly released Jasons iPhone app providing some relevant thoughts for tourism businesses and advertisers with Jasons.
What’s in store for next year? Tourism predictions for 2012…
What’s going to happen in 2012? They’ve been saying it was the year of mobile for a decade; social media…
Festive Website Updates
A reminder from James Hacon that updating your website with relevant festive and holiday information including opening hours is a…
Inspirational Case Studies on Video
Some interesting tourism case study videos recommended by James Hacon
James Hacon’s Social Media Content Map
A useful Social Media Content Map created by James Hacon as discussed in his workshop at one the 2011 eTourism…
Summary of the eTourism Summit 2011 – Part 2 (Mobile)
Part 2 of the 2011 eTourism Summit summaries by James Hacon, with this article focused on mobile technology.
Poll: How Were Your Bookings over the RWC Period?
It’s all over now and we’d love your feedback – vote on our poll and provide any thoughts you have…
Summary of the eTourism Summit 2011 – Part 1 (Google)
James Hacon provides a summary of the recent eTourism Summit in San Francisco which he attended. This article focuses on…
Poll: How Have your September Bookings Been?
Now that the Rugby World Cup has kicked off and there have been thousands of supporters travelling around New Zealand…
I take my hat off to you!
James Hacon recounts his recent experience looking after a motel and compares it to hotel management…the challenging differences being quite…