The founders of hotels.com, Bob Deiner and David Litman, today announced the launch of getaroom.com, a new hotel booking site which aims to offer travel consumers the benefits of hotel discounts offered by opaque travel sites, but in a far more transparent process. Getaroom.com promises not only to be a boon for travel consumers, but […]
Hot Summer Deals Add-Up for Travel Affiliates
For the travel industry, summertime connotes peak season, the time of year when many American and European travelers head off to take their main vacation. Whether it’s a leisurely stay at some beach-side resort for ‘sun & fun’, a traipse to take in the culture and history of some storied city or countryside in a […]
Online Travel Agencies are ‘Banking’ on Travel Affiliates
Creativity has always been a hallmark of both the online travel agency (OTA) sector and the travel affiliate marketing channel. Case in point: look no further than Expedia Affiliate Network and One Travel Partner Network, as each is ‘banking’ (literally and figuratively) on affiliate marketers to grow their private label businesses. Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN) […]
Things I Think I Think – July 6, 2009
This week’s musings, reflections and observations about travel affiliate marketing… 1. I was thinking recently about the short- to medium-term fate of the US dollar and its subsequent impact on the travel and travel affiliate industries, particularly in light of the recent run-up in the price of oil, the seemingly bottomless pit that is referred […]
Exploring Travel Affiliate Opportunities with iExplore
What might make the ‘perfect’ adventure travel affiliate partner site? Thousands of pre-packaged adventure and experiential tours to choose from? Exclusive content that can be customized into privately-guided tours? A personalization engine? Telephone access to real, live expert and non-biased adventure consultants and seasoned world travelers for advice? Low price guarantee? A travel affiliate program […]
Capitalizing on US Traveler Vacation Trends – Insights for Travel Affiliates
The short-term prospects for the US vacation market seem a bit more promising, according to two just released surveys from Ypartnership, the travel and leisure industry advertising and public relations agency specialist. This is good news for travel affiliates and travel suppliers alike, and a look at the two survey’s findings can help both groups […]
Why Hostels Are a Good Play for Travel Affiliates: Follow-Up
Last Friday, June 26th, we published a feature story on the burgeoning hostel industry which included an overview of several of the major booking sources for hostels worldwide, and the opportunities this travel niche represents for travel affiliates. We received a lot of positive feedback about the post, as well several comments from our readers […]
Sports Toursim: A Ready Market for Travel Affiliates
If you are involved in the sport tourism travel affiliate industry, or are interested in doing so, you should consider booking travel reservations to Johannesburg, South Africa for July 5th – 9th, 2010. That’s when the World Sport Destination Expo, the first-ever international sports tourism conclave, is scheduled to be held immediately preceding the biggest […]
Things I Think I Think – June 29, 2009
This week’s musings, reflections and observations about travel affiliate marketing… 1. I think it’s great that more and more executives in travel companies up and down the travel value chain are jumping head-first onto the ancillary revenue bandwagon…for many companies, this is a ‘no brainer’ as selling ancillary revenue sometimes is the difference between making […]
Why Hostels Are a Good Play for Travel Affiliates
The hostel industry is celebrating its centennial this year, and unlike some other industry segments that have come and gone since the first hostel was opened in Burg Altena, Germany in 1909 (does anyone remember the days when people crossed the Atlantic on ocean liners and not airplanes?), not only have hostels managed to survive, […]