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Project Wander talks to Stephen Joyce (Google Wave interview)
Known internationally as a true innovator in the tourism technology field, Stephen Joyce has an ever expanding list of achievements: President of Sentias Software, writer for Tnooz.com, active blogger (T4 Blog), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, founding President of the North American Chapter of the International Federation [...]
Twitter and travel, not as scary as it looks
My life, like many others, has been taken over by an obsession with Twitter- I check it over 50 times a day from my phone and even more frequently from my computer. My list is full of some of the best in online travel and their tweets keep me up to date about their projects, [...]
Interview with Dragon Bus China
I recently had the chance to catch up with the guys from Dragon Bus China at the Adventure Travel Expo. Dragon Bus China is a relatively new start-up that lets both Australian’s and independent travellers the world over book “Hop on hop off” style bus transportation and accommodation in China. Previous to the advent of Dragon Bus, independent touring in china was rushed, varied in quality [...]
The Australian Governments travel blunder roundup
Over the past few weeks there have been some fairly amusing travel related articles floating around the Australian media that have caught my eye. Taken individually they seem almost comical, but when you look at them as a trend it becomes downright disappointing. Firstly there is the, “Kevin Rudd should ‘sell Australia” piece on news.com.au [...]
Reflections on the Adventure Travel Expo, Sydney
As advertised earlier this week, I spent the day at the Adventure Travel Expo in Sydney today. This was my first year at the annual expo so I don’t have anything to benchmark, but the turnout from both suppliers and the public was impressive! The scene was wall to wall travel lovers hunting for their [...]
Sydney’s top Adventure Travel Expo
For all those adventurers out there, the Adventure Travel expo will be in Darling Harbor this weekend (November 7-8). I wouldn’t consider myself to be the jumping off cliffs, white water rafting kind-of traveler but the expo will have something for everyone, plus you can’t keep me away from a good travel event! If great [...]
The future of offline travel agents is online
The internet has given the general public the tools to research, book, issue tickets and review their holidays from the comfort of their own home. In such a connected world, is there really a need for travel agents? I definitely think so, but I think we need to reassess the functions a travel agent performs [...]
The Opera House, Sydney’s next billboard
I love innovative marketing and I have great respect for the travel companies leveraging social media and mobile technology. I think some of the products we’re going to see released in the next six to eight months are going to put some serious distance between those willing to take risks on the trendy new gadgets [...]
Why Australia is better at travel than you
According to PhoCusWright.com, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) will have 23% growth by the end of 2009 whilst other destinations, such as America, will be down by 2%. The PhoCusWright article outlines some of the more unique aspects of Australia and New Zealand as a destination, such as 90% internet penetration and a strong corporate [...]
“Plane Stupid” offer aviation industry nothing but complaints