Travolution@Travel Technology Show 2008

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82168270495322457002009-02-21T04:56:05.277ZTravolution@Travel Technology Show 2008Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-84733168589036726472008-02-06T15:22:00.000Z2008-02-06T15:25:36.259Zfacing the final curtain

and now, the end is near.......only an hour and a half to go and the show is winding down.Thanks to MICROS travel for the free chocolate and Anteeo Solutions Ltd for the fruit. (fruit cancels out the calories in the chocolate - so all is well)

Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-90555789445260442782008-02-06T15:18:00.000Z2008-02-06T15:20:14.284ZJoke

Did you hear about the cow that won the Nobel Prize?He was out standing in his field.Oh dear.

Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-23947683238016722292008-02-06T14:27:00.000Z2008-02-06T14:36:32.386ZChips and Wheels

this is my first experince into the world of travel idustry and I must say its an eye- and mind- opener to see the excitin prodcuts and service.I guess balance is key here between what business needs and a procuts's promise. it's how to make the chips fall and wheels seemingly interact together that will drive any business ahead.Good Luck!Khaled AlAttar

Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-41592890143691887082008-02-06T13:49:00.000Z2008-02-06T14:15:17.869ZSo Many Solutions!

Having spent the last two days here (exhibiting) it's amazing to see how many solutions there are that claim they can revolutionise a travel business's performance.But where do you start? Who do you trust? Which 'whiz-bang' solution is right for you?It's especially difficult to answer the complicated questions when the simplest seem difficult to answer.During a seminar about 'turning your web

Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-41025861391132346212008-02-06T13:25:00.000Z2008-02-06T13:31:21.077ZTwo down, two to go

We've had two great Travolution-led seminars this morning. Good debate - excellent presentations.Two more to go: "It's Marketing, Jim, But Not As We Know It" and "Starting Up Again".Be there...

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Fantastic opportunity to source all the information I need under 1 roof.Paul WilsonMDFans Go Ltd

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Here's a thought on preventing screen-scraping raised by Andrew Knott, Global's IT director.He suggests we might see the likes of easyJet and Ryanair putting one of the those funny words in for users to type before getting into price and availability.Seems simple and effective but wouldn't it just be one more step for consumers?

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Excellent presentation from Commingator this morning - we certainly learned a lot about how to send our newsletter out next time. Maybe we'll exhibit next year and present on international search behaviour in the Travel business.Oban Multilingual

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Everyone seems a bit subdued today - late night last night guys?

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One more day to go.Travolution seminars run all day...CarTrawler won the innovation award last night. Well done to them. Shame COO Bobby Healy left 30 minutes beforehand to catch a flight.

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Word is that there is less footfall this year and therefore it's becoming expensive to be here compared with WTM.

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What's new at TTS? Venture capitalists are around. It seems travel tech has come up in the world!

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Three or more years on we're still all going on about DP so much so that even the staff at the TTS/Earls Ct coffee bars are DP branded, as pointed out by Mark Bradbury from RWA.Go see for yourselves!

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Am so impressed by Shaeran Thomas - even though England lost - she is a superb advert for the Welsh.......come on the TaffiesKevin Abbott

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Turned up at the show eager to see what is new in the web-marketing world. Armed with my ticket to the WEB 2.0 Seminar, how nice to see everyone queuing politely... The queue is an English artform! The speakers got underway with an in-sight into the developement of viral advertising and the use of social networking sites from Francesca of cheapflights.com, followed by a mouthwatering view on the

Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-69396729497099590372008-02-05T14:41:00.001Z2008-02-05T14:42:11.789ZTerrapinn in Travel Tech

Travel Tech is a great forum in which to do business. Would write more, but have to get back to networking....

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Hello there, I'm Valieriy Slysarenko, and this is the first entry on my blog of Travolution :)

Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-88525270800107771752008-02-05T14:15:00.000Z2008-02-05T14:26:39.907ZGoing mobile

Top 5 facts from this morning's session on mobile travel for the cynics out there:*Amongst iPhones recently developed applications 42 are travel centric* More than £400m was invested in mobile advertising in 2006 and research shows that the figure will hit £10bn in the next three years* There are 70m mobile subscribers in the UK (3bn worldwide by the end of 2008)* 74% of all users of mobile

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Started out with a brisk walk from Kensington, then dozed off at the OTA lectures.Luch, english pie, then the exhibition. Lots of people, lots of stands. An impressive gathering of technology companies, offering several interesting products, and very willing to answer questions from a stay foreigner.Great show!

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An interesting seminar-However a few points - 1) Travel needs to look to the future of tech and what other industries are using, not rely on it fitting their pre-concieved business plans2) Internet fatigue - could it really be that many travel sites dont have the content and functionality that make a user enjoy their site - afterall if users suffered from fatigue then PPC, Digg, StumbleUpon,

Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-23126546271672731522008-02-05T14:01:00.000Z2008-02-05T14:03:04.928ZEarthware.co.uk visit the travel tech for the first time!

Travel Tech show has been a great way to find partners to work with on our Travel mapping solutions. Its been interesting to see what is already in the market and explore the future possibilities in a new and exciting technology.Brian NormanTechnical Directorwww.earthware.co.uk

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Blue Sky Travel Systems.

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It is the first time for me attending this show,it is really nice and busy.i like to visit it again next yearOsama Kofahi

Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-45677188384752145262008-02-05T12:13:00.000Z2008-02-05T12:15:13.302ZI don't know where I'm going...

We've been wandering around for about half an hour now. The highlights have been the interesting Galileo solutions Navitas do and a chicken club sandwich.No other stands have really grabbed me yet apart from one where a lady made me write this...Off to the expert panel discussion thingy later to see what the experts have to say for themselves.

Travolution@TTS2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/07577172874639803638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216827049532245700.post-74420059271308024822008-02-05T11:48:00.001Z2008-02-05T11:55:42.869ZIt seems quite busy

The show seems somewhat busier so far than the first morning of the show last year.Maybe online travel is set to buck the economic trend, as confidence (well bravado at least) seems high at TTS.

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