Posted in Travel Trends on May 2nd, 2010
Let’s be honest, Iceland had a lot of hate thrown it’s way in recent weeks. If you were one of the unfortunate travelers stranded by the ash cloud I can’t blame you for siding with this ranting Scotsman. Even before Eyjafjallajokull (good luck pronouncing that one), the collapse of Iceland’s economy placed the small island nation at [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Nov 10th, 2009
The best part of today’s World Travel Market adventure actually had nothing to do with the WTM. It was the Travel Blog Camp I attended tonight hosted by Darren Cronian of Travel Rants fame. I was one of the lucky few who attended the inaugural event last year and it was one of my [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Oct 26th, 2009
Last week was spent in Riga at the eBusiness Academy hosted by the European Travel Commission. All of that is just a fancy title for a gathering of e-marketing folks from European national tourism organizations to share some knowledge, enjoy some drinks, and experience Riga. (in that order- promise).
I was invited as a guest speaker [...]
Posted in Joobili Buzz, Travel Trends on Apr 23rd, 2009
I’m back in Budapest now and finally have a minute to share my “illuminations” from the Travolution Summit in London. Clearly I need to take some lessons from Ginny and Mark on writing SEO friendly titles for my blog. Before launching into my highlights I owe a big thanks to Kevin May and his team [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Mar 15th, 2009
I’m just catching up from a very busy week in Berlin where I attended the travel industry’s biggest trade show. My quick highlights were 1) meeting people in-person that I’ve met virtually through blogging and twitter 2) hearing a few interesting seminars on the future of online travel 3) introducing Joobili to loads of European [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Mar 3rd, 2009
Over the weekend I attended the Central Europe Travel Show held right here in Budapest. It was quaint compared to WTM London and ITB Berlin, but still worth a visit. I gave the regional tourism offices a little intro to Joobili and met with some Hungarian event promoters who plan to upload their events. The [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Dec 17th, 2008
According to a survey I just read, the online travel industry will be immune from the economic plague sweeping the globe. Don’t believe it? Me neither. But in the spirit of economic (and Joobili) optimism, I’ll share a few of the key findings. The poll included 88 travel companies, including airlines, agents, tour operators, hoteliers and shipping companies.
More than half said they planned to increase [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Dec 11th, 2008
The Times Online published an article yesterday listing the 10 best festivals for 2009 (thanks Anna). The list is compiled by the author of the new Lonely Planet book I bought last month A Year of Festivals. No mention is made of why the 2009 edition of these festivals will be any better or different than previous years, but I [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Nov 25th, 2008
The Budapest Christmas market opened this week. It doesn’t usually get included in the “Best of European Christmas Markets” lists but I think it deserves a spot. What makes it so appealing is that only certified handcrafted goods are allowed in. I know, I know… all the markets claim handcrafted credentials, but if you go there you’ll find a lot [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Oct 20th, 2008
Trip Advisor recently announced the results of its annual travel trends survey of more than 8,000 worldwide travelers and over 450 British travelers. Apparently the economic woes sweeping Europe don’t seem to be impacting travel attitudes…yet. Fifty-six percent of Brits are planning to spend more on leisure travel in the next 12 months than they [...]
