Tag Archives: wholesale

Hotel distribution and the Twitter effect

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on February 16, 2010. Filed under Social Media, Technology, Travel Media. Tagged CRS, distribution, GDS, wholesale. View Comments.

Last week a very interesting article by Shashank Nigam (Simpliflying) was featured on mashable.com outlining 5 ways hotels and airlines can drive revenue from social media. I am in complete agreement with Shashank, it’s time some of the more traditional travel businesses got on board with social media, it has become very clear this is [...]

Money Directs new site, looks great!

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on September 14, 2009. Filed under Technology. Tagged money direct, sabre, travel agent, wholesale. View Comments.

Money Direct have released a new site for all regions. Thank you MD, it looks great! For those that are not familiar with MD, they provide a payment system designed for the travel industry. Started in 1991 for Asia pacific, Money Direct really took off when they stuck up a joint deal with Amadeus and [...]

4 challenges for travel wholesalers

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on September 7, 2009. Filed under Industry musings. Tagged booking terms, consumer, travel agent, wholesale. View Comments.

After reading Darren Cronian’s recent blog post, “Five things that annoy me about travel” outlining 5 of his top issues with the current state of the travel industry from a consumer perspective, I couldn’t help thinking of this situation from another prospective. Of course I mean as a wholesaler providing inventory to consumers and agents. [...]