travel goes mobile: what smartphone owners find useful
Posted by wolfgang in all, tourism on 01. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
compete published some statistics from one of their recent smartphone intelligence surveys when they asked, what travel apps/actions mobile users will actually use on their next leisure trip. the top answers where finding informations about the destination (34 percent), checking the status of the reservation (29 percent) and research lodging options (25 percent). as only [...]
tourism 2010: three web trends for destination management organizations
Posted by wolfgang in all, netnography, social media, tourism on 14. Jan, 2010 | 5 Comments
speaking in terms of the web, 2010 will definitely become another interesting year for the travel and tourism industry. like almost no other industry, tourism services are characterized by its intangible nature: they are both physically and mentally difficult to grasp for the customer. they are immaterial value propositions by the tourism supplier to the customer, require [...]
social radar: top 50 online brands of 2009
Posted by wolfgang in all, social media on 04. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
the guys over at infegy published their list of the top50 online brands of 2009. one can say, 2009 was definitely the year of social media with twitter leaving google behind and taking the number one spot. facebook (+6) and myspace (+5) performed well, too. Several new brands made their way to the mainstream making [...]
