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Merchandising identified as key strategy for new revenue growth
Published: 19 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
A survey initiated by Abacus has indicated that airlines across Asia will be stepping up their efforts to capture new revenue growth through ancillary revenue.
Study highlights “New Modes of Travel”
Published: 19 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
Travel is undergoing a profound and even revolutionary shift, according to a new study by communications agency Euro RSCG Worldwide.
Effects of recession are easing: Best Western study
Published: 19 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
Results from a new survey of unmanaged business travellers in Best Western’s loyalty programme has found that the effects of recession are easing and that more people plan to hit the road for business again in 2010.
Are high volume sites such as Facebook ripe to be made into the Sunday Newspapers of the future?
Published: 18 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
By Tim Gunstone, Managing Director, EyeforTravel A slight hangover, a coffee, orange juice, a girl friend, in bed till late…. and of course a couple a trees worth of newspapers, full of travel deals. Yep, through the kids and chaos of my present life I can just about remember those sunny Sunday mornings of old.
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Google gives it's take on the future of display advertising
Google has posted its first in a series of posts about its vision for online display advertising in the years ahead. ...read more
CWT rolls-out new flexible travel management solution
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) UK has launched an online travel management solution designed for companies with a small to medium annual travel spend. ...read more
Sale away with me
Cruises and all-inclusive deals are making a serious comeback in 2010. We look in detail at why this may be happening, and also why, as traders, the people selling our travel products are more important than ever before....read more
Ryanair starts boarding card advertising
Ryanair has chosen to publish third party advertising on its boarding cards. ...read more
“The price wars in some markets have really hurt profitability”
IN-DEPTH: Interview with Marriott International’s Greg Albertini. The nature of the lodging business is that there are always peaks and troughs of demand related to the supply available in any given market. ...read more
Hertz’s new campaign to capture the "emotional essence" of travellers
The Hertz Corporation has launched its new branding campaign, “Journey On”....read more
Hoteliers are considering exciting new Internet marketing formats in 2010: study
By Max Starkov, Mariana Mechoso Safer and Evan Rosenblum. With 2009 over and hoteliers feeling more optimistic, HeBS sees two very different approaches to hotel Internet marketing in 2010: on one side, some hoteliers are still extremely cautious when spending marketing dollars; on the other, hoteliers are hitting the ground running with more expansive online marketing budgets and an enthusiasm to participate in new initiatives. ...read more
Should revenue management be outsourced, or kept internal?
By Jean Francois Mourier, CEO of RevPAR Guru. There has been some very interesting discussion lately about the value of outsourcing revenue management operations. ...read more
“Technology by itself does not deliver sales”
IN-DEPTH: Aligning CRM strategy directly with the sales team CRM can be an able ally for the sales/marketing department in an organisation. ...read more
5 Ways to Monetise Social Media
Each day, people interact with your brand online — whether you’re involved or not. Social media supports your community by providing a platform for end users to communicate with your brand. ...read more
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Airline industry recovering, says IATA (more)
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