I just finished reading excerpts from Forrester Research’s latest analysis of the U.S traveler’s online travel shopping experience, and to put it simply, the picture this noted market research firm paints is not pretty. This rather scathing report, Using Digital Channels To Calm The Angry Traveler, essentially calls for travel suppliers, online travel agencies and […]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Things I Think I Think – August 10, 2009
August 10, 2009 – 10:38 am
This week’s musings, reflections and observations about travel affiliate marketing… 1. I think several of the recommendations proffered by distinguished Center for Hospitality Research at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration as to how hotels and resorts worldwide can maintain rate integrity and avoid price wars carry particular relevance and importance for travel affiliates. […]
Travel Affiliate Sales Opportunities in the Escorted Tours Niche – 3
August 7, 2009 – 9:58 am
This is the last of three articles in this week’s blog posts which highlight travel affiliate opportunities in the escorted tour operator niche. Just about every tour operator (TO) offers their products and services on both a ‘bricks and mortar’ and online basis. However, a small – but growing – number of TOs limit their […]
Travel Affiliate Sales Opportunities in the Escorted Tours Niche – 2
August 6, 2009 – 1:40 pm
This is the second of three articles we’re featuring in this week’s blog that focus on Escorted Tour Operators that also offer Travel Affiliate Programs. One of the reasons why the tour operator travel industry segment represents a great opportunity for travel affiliate marketers is the breadth and depth of the products available across the […]
Travel Affiliate Sales Opportunities in the Escorted Tours Niche
August 5, 2009 – 3:50 pm
This is the first of three articles we’ll be featuring in this week’s blog that focus on Escorted Tour Operators that offer Travel Affiliate Programs. Because of their intrinsic value, all-inclusive travel packages are one of the easiest and most profitable travel products that travel affiliates can sell. Among the most popular types of all-inclusive […]
CruiseDirect.com Offers Travel Affiliates a Direct Line to Cruise Bookings
August 4, 2009 – 2:00 pm
If you are one of the many travel affiliates looking to sell cruises, but have been stymied by the inability to directly access cruise product, then Travel Dividends suggests you look into CruiseDirect.com’s travel affiliate program. The cruise industry is generally acknowledged to be one of the fastest growing segments in the travel industry. According […]
Things I Think I Think – August 3, 2009
August 3, 2009 – 2:59 pm
This week’s musings, reflections and observations about travel affiliate marketing… 1. I think Mexico City’s bid to resuscitate its flailing tourism industry by offering free travel insurance to tourists is a terrific idea, one that should be copied by other travel destinations that have likewise been crippled by tourists’ fear of swine flu or other […]