Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Well it finally happened, after years of attempting to keep my personal and professional lives separate and distinct from each other, Web 2.0 has blended everything together. My Facebook profile is personal but now it's connected to travel media, my ...
Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Greetings from Sydney, Australia, We arrived here on Air New Zealand Business Premier class from Los Angeles experiencing the most comfortable fully flat bed in its class with wonderful New Zealand wines and great in-flight service. For the next co...
Travel Risk Management The sudden outbreak of the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as the swine flu, caught the world by surprise, causing opinions to become unsubstantiated rumors over the health risks currently associated with travel. Luxury travel network, Virtuoso, has ...
Travel Risk Management Although as an airline, Skyservice Airlines -- which ceased operations yesterday -- was not, as such, registered with TICO, officials report consumer protection is available under the Ontario Travel Industry Act. Registered Ontario tour operators who...
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Hotels & Resorts With a surname like Robertson you would think Scotland would be a regular destination for me, but this is actually my first time in this "new country". 2009 is a special year for Scotland: it's the 250th birthday of one of Scotland's most famous sons...
Hotels & Resorts Softvoyage has launched Monarc.ca, the first independent Canadian community of hotel reviews, so that Canadian travel agencies can compete with sites such as TripAdvisor. The tool is free for Softvoyage retail customers and some 150 agencies have si...
Hotels & Resorts We recently had the pleasure of attending the 3rd Annual Four Seasons Preferred Partner Leadership Forum in Hawaii. Vision 2000 Travel Group is a Four Seasons Preferred Partner member and as such recognized as one of the top producers for Four Season...
Hotels & Resorts Amanpuri is a Sanskrit word meaning "place of peace". Amanpuri is also the name of the original Amanresorts property in Phuket, Thailand's largest island. We arrived here after travelling +24 hours from Toronto on Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong. This i...
Hotels & Resorts Travelling across the ocean for a 2-day meeting may sound crazy but I do it often enough that I believe I can avoid the "jet lag" syndrome. My team members may disagree but I'm sticking with my theory of changing my watch to local time as soon as the...