http://tourisminternetmarketing.com Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:28:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First some background:As reported by Reuters, and experienced by myself yesterday in sunny Beijing, the GFW (Great Fire Wall) strikes again. The Chinese Government censors blocked access to Twitter and other popular online services on Tuesday (June 2) afternoon at approximately 5pm, two days before the 20th anniversary ... http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/twitter-is-blocked-in-china-%e2%80%93-what-does-it-mean-to-travel-and-tourism-marketing/ In the good ‘ole days – a mere 30 years or so ago – destination marketing was a relatively simple affair: figure out your major selling features, maybe add some positioning spin ( a “snazzy byline or contemporary looking logo), print some brochures, run an ad campaign; ensure there was a ... http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/using-ugc-to-attract-visitors-who-leads/ The tourism industry has often boasted of its resilience and ability to rebound after drops in demand caused by such negative factors as 9/11, SARS or natural disasters. The adaptive response most frequently deployed is generic discounting. But does this serve the individual business or the tourism community well and ... http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/why-discounting-wont-work-to-survive-this-recession/ A panel at the Phocuswright Bloggers Summit at ITB in Berlin, including Darren Cronian, Kevin May, Klaus Hildebrandt, Martin Schobert, Vasco Sommer-Nunes, and moderated by Stephen Joyce about the Social Media Trends in Travel & Tourism.  It was interesting to hear that a big discussion was formulating around the ... http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/the-social-media-trends-in-travel-tourism-in-2009-and-beyond/ For years, I have respected Claus Sendlinger - the Founder and CEO of Design Hotels.  One for his vision and fun personality, and second because he is German and created a very cool concept.  Design Hotels is for cool stylish hotels what Leading Hotels of the World is ... http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/design-hotels-a-new-website-for-a-new-focus/ We now know that China is the biggest and most active blogging community in the world (more information can be found in Universal McCann’s Social Media Research Wave 3 research report), but what is the third largest blogging nation...I never guessed it, but thanks to this great piece by students ... http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/which-one-is-the-biggest-blogging-nation/ Everybody is talking about China, India, and Vietnam...what is really going on in the fastest growing tourism destination in the world?I have had the pleasure to sit down with Peter de Jong, CEO of PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) to learn about the challenges and opportunities facing the Asia ... http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/tourism-challenges-and-opportunities-in-the-asia-pacific-region/ It was around a year ago when Google started going live with universal search . The goals was to bring all the other specialised search results (from Video, Maps , Images , News , User Reviews, etc.) to the main web search portal.I think it is interesting to analyse some ... http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/google-universal-search-and-your-travel-industry-business-are-you-ready/ Green IT – Is technology helping save energy or is the increased use of the internet and the associated server usage actually doing the exact opposite? http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/green-it/ Yahoo! Answers is becoming a reference site on the Internet. Its popularity could provides an opportunity for online marketers to acquire targeted referral traffic. Yahoo! Answers propose The Yahoo! Answers Knowledge Partners program (currently in Beta) and Travelocity is one of the partners for the travel space. By identifying Travelocity as ... http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/e-marketing/yahoo-answers-and-the-travel-space/