Jan
17
Sundays are great for easy surfing for travel news from around the world. Let me share some of my finds with you.
APTA, the Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa, has an interesting site. It’s a place where you can start learning about the travel industry in Africa, read their newsletter, get familiar with the products of member travel companies etc.
The New York Travel Show must be great to attend. If you cannot, you can still explore their website, follow links to travel associations and other websites to learn about the travel business of today.
Tripology has a simple aim: sell travel. However, it’s also a great resource that can be used to learn about destinations and attractions, travel agents round the world, what they do and how they do it. It all depends on your perspective I guess.
The Society of American Travel Writers (SATW for short) has anounced the photographer of 2010. It’s Bob Holmes and he received the award for the photo below. If you’d like to have a look at the other photos, follow this link.
Jan
9
Just a quick word about some recent updates and news.
Travel news from around the world has been updated with a number of news, blogs and magazine RSS feeds. Please check them and let me know if you find them useful.
I have updated my subscriptions to Twitter feeds and added them to this blog (right bottom part). There are some interesting feeds among them that you’re surely going to find helpful. By the way, by following the tweets (=short messages) of people on Twitter, you can really learn a lot about travel & tourism. It’s not used only for keeping up with your friends but also for keeping up with the latest developments in your profession. And yes, Twitter is also used as a marketing tool.
You have until 31st January to cast you vote for your favourite logo in the EU organic logo competition. Support organic food and cast your vote for the logo to label it.
Hotel energy solutions – Yes, hotels can do a lot to participate in making our future more green & sustainable. They can learn how at this Hotel energy solutions conference in Madrid. If you work in a hotel, you can participate in their survey. Or you can just learn why this matters by reading this leaflet.
And finally, a note about a book that was published last week. It’s Nosilna zmogljivost Slovenske Istre za turizem by Igor Jurinčič, published by Turistica. I most warmly recommend it to you.
Jan
9
A. A. Lew is back now with his view on the future of travel & tourism in 2010. His look at the tourism industry is pretty detailed so I’m sure you’re going to find this podcast both useful and interesting.
If you’re interested to read some of the sources Lew consulted, check them here.
Jan
2
To understand and appreciate the present we have to look back. Alan A. Lew at Travelography did just that for us. Listen to his podcast. (You can also check his sources or listen to his other podcasts on tourism-related topics.)
Nov
15
Bizarre places around the world
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Some of the places mentioned in the LA Times’ Travel section may be familiar to you but still the slideshow is worth exploring. Make sure you treasure and protect these places or else future generations won’t be able to enjoy them at all – unless they watch old photos.
