Predicting technology is a thankless task, as it changes dramatically
Content, context, co-creation and other eTourism predictions for the next 20 years
March 7, 2013 By 4 Comments
No more missed connections: Banjo aggregates and sorts location-based information
January 23, 2013 By 10 Comments
Banjo aims to solve this network-based issue by taking the network out of the equation by providing a real-time, on-the-ground view of what’s happening right now through the eyes of friends and connections both around the corner and around the world.
Local intent and Graph Search on Facebook – joy or not for hotels?
January 22, 2013 By 6 Comments
It seems that Facebook’s new Graph Search could be poised to be a true threat to Google, Yelp and Foursquare.
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Contextual content: SPUN spins tales of the city into a multi-faceted mobile app
December 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A new content-discovery app SPUN is the latest to bring location-specific content to smartphones.
Travel apps are too focused on location and not focused enough on time
November 2, 2012 By 10 Comments
Americans are late to one out of four business trips on average. Yet there are almost no time-based travel apps.
Maps, travel search and how the game is changing for the better
October 30, 2012 By 2 Comments
No matter what map service or platform we’re talking about, I think now, more than ever, one thing is clear—digital maps and mapping technologies are more important than they’ve ever been.
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Stop talking and now do something about it – SoLoMo is a commercial win-win-win for travel
October 5, 2012 By 5 Comments
The impact of SoLoMo (SOcial, LOcal, MObile) on hotel marketing – many points can be extended to apply to the entire leisure travel technology community and planning process.
Foursquare takes restaurant bookings – how long until it locates late hotels and activities?
October 1, 2012 By 6 Comments
FourSquare is moving further away from its quirky gaming debut a few years back to something, well, more useful – bookings for destination service such as restaurants.
conTgo goes forth with app for corporates encompassing SoLoMo
July 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The corporate travel world has been striving recently to make tools for the road traveller more like what they’re used to using in the leisure world
Are small tourism businesses really ready for the mobile revolution?
June 26, 2012 By 15 Comments
For years we’ve been told that “this year will be the year of mobile”. Unfortunately, for many of us, this tiresome line became mundane and predictable years ago.
