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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Last August when we were really getting serious about making a run at Joobili this article appeared in The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/aug/25/saturday.fivebest
The author, Sean Dodson, complains that he was looking for a “simple application that told you when to go where. But we’ve scoured the net and we can’t quite find one anywhere.” All I can say to [...]

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