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Society of Government Travel Professionals Keynote

September 9, 2010

The Society of Government Travel Planners EdCon’10 Keynote Address focused on growing traveler needs for Relevance, Mobility, Personalization and Community. Developing effective strategies to address deep search, the splinternet, convenience and security will be essential. Eventual winners will be the smart, the unique and the engaged.

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Big Brother in 1984 Apple Macintosh Ad was Steve Jobs!

July 12, 2010

When Apple introduced the MacIntosh computer during the 1984 Super Bowl, Steve Jobs defined the Apple brand promise by daring a community of creative individuals to fight conformity, support innovation and combat overbearing corporations. Too bad that a quarter century later, Apple’s strategies have begun to make Steve Jobs look a lot like Big Brother from that commercial. By controlling the hardware, software and advertising platforms of its mobile devices, Apple has created a totalitarian state that is making decisions for its customers and inhibiting access to information. This former fanboy is disappointed.

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HITEC Presentation: Mobile Distribution – No, It’s Not Billboards and Neon Vacancy Signs

June 28, 2010

It was great to see that attendance rebounded healthily at the annual Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals HITEC conference, held in Orlando, Florida June 21 – 24, 2010. The good news was that I had been selected to speak on a subject that combined two of the hottest topics in technology and travel: Mobile Distribution. [...]

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Day 2 Highlights – 2010 Association of Travel Marketing Executives Conference

June 18, 2010

The second day of the 2010 Association of Travel Market Executives conference included keynotes by marketing leaders from Priceline and Wyndham, sessions on mobile marketing and new distribution channels, plus perspectives on retail and the airline industry. This year’s conference theme was “The New Now & The New Next”

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Day 1 Highlights – 2010 Association of Travel Marketing Executives Conference

June 16, 2010

The first day of the 2010 Association of Travel Market Executives conference has wrapped up and provided its audience of travel marketers with statistics, strategies and technologies to consider. The conference theme was “The New Now & The New Next”

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What Smartphone Should I Buy?

June 11, 2010

With legions of swooning fans and impassioned critics, the mobile turf battles have erupted beyond the mobile carriers and have simultaneously broken out between handset manufacturers, operating systems and rich media platforms. The burning question for millions of US consumers is “What Smartphone Should I Buy?”

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Impact of Structured Data on Travel Search

May 6, 2010

Search is radically changing to become more contextual, relevant and focused on producing the right answer for the user. Structured data sourced from the Deep Web is essential to provide a solid foundation for linked data to define semantic relationships between pieces of information. This is what transitions the web of documents to a web of data. The resulting relevant, convenient and highly personalized search experiences create trust. Whoever earns the trust of the consumer wins. The endgame for Web 3.0 players has never been more clear. Presented at the Open Travel Alliance 2010 Advisory Forum.

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What Event Could Have the Greatest Influence on the Future of Travel?

April 30, 2010

This poll is designed to identify the news story from the past week that has the greatest potential to shape the future of the travel industry. Complicating the voting are some stories that are not based on fact at this point, but reflect unsubstantiated ideas or concepts. Some stories involve increasing the market share of leading organizations through mergers or acquisitions; others technological advances that could shift the balance of power between various players within the industry. The results will indicate the “Inflularity” of the event that voters feel create the greatest impact. The question for this week’s RockCheetah poll is “What Event Could Have the Greatest Influence on the Future of Travel?”

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High Points from PhoCusWright@ITB 2010

March 13, 2010

The PhoCusWright@ITB 2010 conference just concluded and, as always, provided a number of interesting points to consider within the travel industry marketing, distribution and technology landscape. My recap of the sub-conference within the massive ITB Berlin exhibition has been published as a guest post on Josiah Mackenzie’s Hotel Marketing Strategies Blog.

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What a Skull Fracture Can Teach Us About Social Media

March 6, 2010

The travel industry can create intensely personal and life changing experiences, but travel companies are still working to communicate with travelers in a more personalized and relevant manner. Social networking literally changes the rules of engagement. During times of crisis, social networks gain importance to support for personal relationships while brand relationships may be disregarded. Social media and social networking are constants – engagement is now variable. Travel organizations must now consider the value of a consumer’s social network and level of engagement into their lifetime customer value. With increased interactivity, brand relationships are becoming more like personal relationships. Emotional connections may take time to develop, require significant resources to maintain and turn ugly if mutual trust is violated.

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