Social media is important but has its place. I still prefer email as a communication tool – even more than phones and text.
Social media trumps email, but language is damaged the most
November 23, 2010 By 7 Comments
Travelzoo overhauls UK site, Germany next on makeover schedule
August 10, 2010 By 1 Comment
Travel deals publisher Travelzoo is wasting no time rolling out its redesigned main website, quietly launching in the UK last week and other markets expected soon.
Travelzoo: Social media does not signal the end of email-driven deals
June 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
More from Travelzoo as it starts to overhaul its online presence and face challenges from new distribution channels.
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Continental sends important email blast, recipients around the world confused
March 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
Thousands of consumers around the world received a mysterious email from Continental Airlines last week when the airline sent a pre-flight bulletin in error.
Travelzoo heads email charts, but are figures representative?
February 8, 2010 By 4 Comments
Deals publisher Travelzoo is understandably showing off some data this week that illustrates its position at the top of a chart of travel firms who receive traffic from user emails.
Is it just the luddites who still work with email?
December 24, 2009 By 7 Comments
OK, so I am really comfortable with email. I have been an Outlook user since I beta’d the first office suites when I was at Microsoft with the Office 1997 version.
So here we are more than ten years later and I still prefer it over all the other tools I have tried and abandoned.
Now its Office 2010 beta. It’s pretty useful and has some nice new features.
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On-demand email travel guides – sounds Old School but quick, easy and free
December 4, 2009 By 5 Comments
Mobile apps appear to be de rigeur for any travel guide company looking to peddle its content to users when on a trip, but TravellersPoint has gone back to basics with a simple but effective email system.
The Norway and Australia-based community company has developed a system where anyone can email the site with a country or city name in the subject field and almost instantaneously receive reams of travel content in an email or PDF.
The founders claim it is one of a kind in the travel space as most other online content publishers require the guide to be organised on the website or a fee is charged to the customer.
