In fifteen years, the Chinese middle class will reach 800 million, up from 300 million today. Over the next five years, affluent Chinese consumers will grow from four million to 20 million.
Behold the tech-savvy, young and affluent Chinese traveller, coming to a country near you
July 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
North Wales Borderlands marries old and new with tourism geocaching promotion
February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Destination marketing organisation North Wales Borderlands has taken an interesting approach to encouragign people to tour the region with its ‘Great North Wales Borderlands Adventure Trail’ promotion launched this week
Abacus: Asia to become dominant region in travel industry
February 9, 2011 By 5 Comments
Abacus International, the Asia GDS owned by Sabre and a consortium of airlines, believes Asia is poised to become dominant in the global travel industry.
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Highs of social media and lows of distribution in the Long Tail of travel
June 9, 2010 By 4 Comments
Making an enjoyable yet unique travel product available to a wider audience is difficult, as tour operators are continuing to find despite use of social media.
Louisiana tourist board avoiding any oil slick talk on the web or social media
May 3, 2010 By 4 Comments
The role of local tourist offices and how they deal with wider issues affecting their state has resurfaced amid the catastrophic oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
TripAdvisor adds another paid-for service – tourist board pages
April 14, 2010 By 9 Comments
Hot on the heels of introducing Business Listings for hotels to add extra information (at a price), TripAdvisor has today launched Tourism Page sponsorships.
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Athens hears the call of social media, signs deal with Joobili
April 2, 2010 By 5 Comments
Greek capital Athens is looking to boost its presence across social networks as part of wider event and attraction deal with destination site Joobili.
Pennsylvania DMO provides Civil War trail mix with Google Earth and high-definition images
April 1, 2010 By 2 Comments
The Pennsylvania Tourism Office is showing off its Civil War trails with an online tool that blends Google Earth, interactive GigaPan high-definition panoramic images, and informational narratives in the form of “story stops” about 40 historic destinations.
