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Travel is the second largest online business next to banking and it is growing every day. I am extremely interested in how new technologies are changing the travel landscape. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are now in a position to compete with
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71% of NextGen Travelers Search On-line
PhoCusWright, in collaboration with Ypartnership, has just released a new survey titled “The NextGen Traveler” which examines the habits and perculiarities of the high tech traveler. It ...
Forecast for November - A Perfect Storm
The theme for this PhoCusWright 2008 is “The Perfect Storm: Search, Shop, Buy.” The potential for discussion around this theme is intriguing because I think there is a lot of opportunity to show...
PhoCusWright to Showcase Hottest Travel 2.0 & Mobile Innovations
The PhoCusWright Conference, for the first time in its history, will be featuring a special summit dedicated to spotlighting the hottest innovations is mobile and web travel technology. The inaugural...
Connecting with Tom Botts, Partner with Hudson Crossing LLC @ PhoCusWright Orlando 2007
This post actually serves two purposes:Firstly this is a great little interview with Tom Botts from Hudson Crossing LLC. Tom moderated the Blogger Workshop at PhoCusWright Orlando 2007 and seemed to ...
Steve Barnhart, CEO President Orbitz: Economics of the Long Tail
As a technologist primarily interested in the effects of systems on the trailing end of the long tail, I found Mr. Barnhart's presentation at PhoCusWright Orlando 2007, one of the more relevant. Alth...
Tips from the T-List Site & Download Available
I got so caught up in getting the "Tips from the T-List" site launched that I completely forgot to post anything about it. Well, the site is live now! You've probably already read about it from one o...
Google and the Wisdom of Crowds with Tim Armstrong at PhoCusWright Orlando 2007
Did you know that 22% of traffic to travel sites is driven by Google!No wonder Google is interested in this area given the amount of traffic around travel websites and the amount of money spent on adv...
Michelle Peluso - CEO of Travelocity - Evolving the user interface
Michelle Peluso, CEO of Travelocity focused her talk on improving the user interface for consumers of travel products. The presentation was the first of an excellent series of presentations by top bra...
Connecting with Eric Bjorndahl, CEO TravBuddy.com @ PhoCusWright Orlando
I had a chance to talk to Eric Bjorndahl, CEO of TravBuddy.com at the Google Moonlight party at the PhoCusWright Conference in Orlando. Travbuddy.com is a popular user generated travel content site th...
Blog to Book - A Recap of the T-List Book Project
Well, it had to happen eventually. Thanks to the efforts of all the members of the T-List, the overwhelming support we got from the contributors, and the team at Rezgo, we have been asked to particip...
Bringing Long Tail Content to the Fore
There has been a lot of discussion over the last year about the long tail of travel and the move to market and sell specialized travel products. PhocusWright's Senior Strategist John Bray, in a prese...