Category Archives: Interview

Flight Centre appoints Gregg Tilston to its highest social media position

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on July 14, 2010. Filed under Interview, Social Media. View Comments.

Flight Centre has appointed it’s very first global Social Media Manager, Canadian based Gregg Tilston. Personally, I couldn’t think of a better person to spearhead such an ambitions position; Gregg has been engaging both consumers and business partners of Flight Centre via Twitter for quite some time now, and doing a fantastic job. As well [...]

Travelfish guidebook app review and interview with Stuart McDonald

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on January 1, 2010. Filed under EcoTourism, Interview, Technology. Tagged app, guidebook, iPhone, Travelfish. View Comments.

It seems like every travel related business on the planet have jumped on the iPhone app bandwagon. A quick search of the iTunes store turns up pages of cheap (under 5 USD or free) apps that either serve a very specific purpose or don’t seem to have one at all. Thankfully someone with vision has created something both useful [...]

Project Wander talks to Stephen Joyce (Google Wave interview)

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on November 30, 2009. Filed under Industry musings, Interview, Technology. Tagged Google Wave, Rezgo, Stephen Joyce. View Comments.

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 [...]

Interview with Dragon Bus China

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on November 18, 2009. Filed under EcoTourism, Industry musings, Interview. Tagged bus, china, tour. View Comments.

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 [...]