Ahead of what some believe will be one of the toughest years in the travel sector for at least a decade, Travolution asked a cross-section of executives and commentators for their predictions for 2009.
Here for the first...
DoYouTravel.com hosted a roundtable session in October to debate the merits, pitfalls and future of user generated content. The event featured five participants and was captured both for Travolution's podcast The Purple ...
Over the last few years an avalanche of research and case studies have been published supporting the impact of customer reviews on the sale of products, services and travel. As a provider of ratings and reviews technology...
When Yahoo! bought leading price comparison site, Kelkoo , in 2004 it made perfect sense, adding yet another string to the search engine’s bow.
However like other acquisitions Yahoo! has made, Kelkoo didn’t grow or in...
The idea of putting 50 people together in a room with social media as their common ground and trying to get them to come up with some real initiatives sounds fraught with problems. Virgin Atlantic took a brave step with i...
If SaaS (software as a service) truly “provides a more cost-effective alternative for enterprises to achieve their business objectives than traditional packaged applications” , why hasn’t it taken off in travel? Fi...
Well, what a strange week! This is my first one since leaving my role as IT director for Holidaybreak's camping division. Reviewing and setting IT and e-commerce strategy has been replaced by setting up my own mobile pho...
The UK, like all major economic markets, is witnessing a rapid economic slowdown. Businesses are struggling where they once flourished, and consumer confidence and behaviours have changed.
This slowdown is very different...
As I like to be different my week starts on Thursday 6 November and what a day!! It’s hectic with various supplier meetings, management meetings, personnel meetings and, yes, you have guessed it, meetings for meeting sake. ...
It’s no surprise to hear that the travel industry has been slow to embrace mobile and online technologies. But, this is not helped by the fact that the mobile market, its handset vendors, network operators and most servic...