“[…] Forrester Research VP and analyst Henry Harteveldt expects the online travel leisure industry to fetch EURO 30.7 billion of transactions this year !
The forecast for 2007 is EURO 39 billion.”
Via Guillaume from Hotel Blogs.
I was trying to comment on a post on The Tourism and Hospitality Diaries but I couldn’t figure out how to register. So here it is.
“I totally agree with you. That kind of event give a wrong signal for customers who could want to book/buy online. It is not just a tourism/travel industry problem, it’s bad for all the online businesses.
In this case, could hotels.com have done anything different since it was Ernst & Young Global laptop? Maybe not. And… sensitive data of a “standard” (not online) company could be on this laptop as well. No?
Maybe this is not just an “online businesses” problem… what do you think?”
Wikipedia
Do you know Wikipedia? It is a free encylopedia built by thousands of people. Actually, there are more than 1 180 000 articles.
Take a look at: Wikipedia
Wikitravel
Based on the same system, Wikitravel is a huge travel guide written by the community.
Take a loot at: Wikitravel and an example of content, Italy.
More and more, tourists are becoming active on the web. At first they were looking for information, then they’ve started to book/buy online, and now they write articles, participate to forums, they own a blog, etc. Keep that in mine, it could help you building an interesting business model.
Update
World66
A lot better than World66, visit: World 66
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What is a wiki?
In a few words, a wiki is a collaborative website where each pages could be edited by anyone.
Welcome in here.
I hope you’ll find some interesting info helping your travel and tourism related business to get the maximum out of the Internet.
And by the way, the name and address of the site are subject to change as soon as I find better ones.