All-inclusive packages are a big hit with travel affiliates, especially during recessions; All Inclusive Outlet’s travel affiliate program makes it easy for travel affiliates to tap into this profitable travel niche. Founded in 1998, All Inclusive Outlet is one of the oldest and most respected online travel agencies specializing in all-inclusive vacations. Today, this OTA […]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
All Inclusive Outlet’s Travel Affiliate Program Makes Selling All-Inclusives Easy
July 30, 2009 – 1:12 pm
Barceló Hotels Promotions Offer Great Value for Travelers and Travel Affiliates
July 29, 2009 – 5:59 pm
Barceló Hotels & Resorts is offering travel affiliates an opportunity to earn significant commissions by selling a host of discount rate programs at many of their hotels and resorts through the remainder of this year. Whether your customers are looking to vacation in Mexico, the Caribbean, Spain or the Balearic Islands, Barceló Hotels has a […]
Things I Think I Think – July 28, 2009
July 28, 2009 – 7:49 am
This week’s musings, reflections and observations about travel affiliate marketing… 1. I think Delta’s second quarter financial results underscores the point I made in last week’s ‘TITIT’ column that U.S airlines that offer travel affiliate programs are, in general, more profitable. Delta Air Lines (DL) reported a net loss of $257 million in the quarter […]
Can Millennials Prop-Up the U.S. Travel Industry?
July 27, 2009 – 7:51 pm
Here’s some good news for the U.S. travel industry and travel affiliates…while Baby Boomers and Gen Xers may be stashing away their cash as a safeguard against the uncertain economy, it appears that the ‘Millennials’ are on a travel buying spree. According to a just-released survey from STA Travel, U.S. travelers between the ages of […]
New Caribbean Travel Market Research Resource for Travel Affiliates and Suppliers
July 24, 2009 – 1:04 pm
If you are a travel affiliate or a travel supplier selling (or thinking of selling) the Caribbean, then the CHTA’s new research repository should be of special interest. The CHTA (Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association) has just launched the CHTA Data Center, a ‘members only’ resource tool which provides destination-specific market research, surveys, reports, statistics, […]
Selling Travel Insurance Benefits Travel Affiliates and Their Customers
July 23, 2009 – 11:52 am
In a travel industry where uncertainty reigns and risk is everywhere, travel insurance not only provides travelers with peace of mind should something unexpected negatively impact their travel plans, it also represents a highly attractive travel affiliate revenue opportunity. Travel insurance is a relatively large travel niche; according to a recently released survey sponsored by […]
Island Vacations Represent Great Travel Niches for Travel Affiliates – Part 2
July 22, 2009 – 11:30 am
Today’s blog post is the continuation of our posting published on July 21, 2009 Assuming that the BVI micro-niche does in fact appeal to us from a product perspective, our next step in determining if this niche is worth investing in entails two follow-on tasks: assessing the market size and competitive intensity, and identifying which […]
Island Vacations Represent Great Travel Niches for Travel Affiliates – Part 1
July 21, 2009 – 5:03 pm
The proverb ‘good things come in small packages’ often rings true for many things in life, including, in our view, the travel and travel affiliate industries. Within this context, TravelDividends believes island vacation packages are a wonderful example of this old adage and representative of the types of untapped travel affiliate opportunities available in the […]
Things I Think I Think – July 20, 2009
July 20, 2009 – 12:59 pm
This week’s musings, reflections and observations about travel affiliate marketing… 1. I think that American Airlines (AA) needs to ‘wake up and smell the travel affiliate roses’. AA just released its second quarter financials, and – surprise, surprise – they reported a net loss of $390 million. In a prepared statement to employees, Gerard Arpey, […]
Linking Travel Affiliates and Luxury Travelers
July 17, 2009 – 3:08 pm
Although the failing economy has taken its toll on the luxury travel market, for travel affiliates, this super-niche still represents one of the most lucrative segments in the global travel industry. Perhaps the best opportunity for travel affiliates wishing to sell to luxury travelers is to ‘link-up’ with Luxury Link, one of the world’s leading […]