PhoCusWright and Compete suggest travel supplier and other online travel sites are bucking the broader travel industry downturn, but can travel affiliates claim the same? According to the just published Online Traffic and Conversion Report, a new study conducted by PhoCusWright (PCW) in partnership with Compete Inc., transactional website monthly traffic and conversion rates are […]
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Is Your Travel Affiliate Website Performing as Well as Other Online Travel Sites?
September 25, 2009 – 10:34 am
Are Your Travelers Seeking Knowledge and Discovery on Their Overseas Trips?
September 16, 2009 – 12:17 pm
According to new research from Mintel, UK travelers are increasingly traveling overseas to improve their knowledge or learn a skill…as American travel affiliates and travel suppliers, do you see the same trends with your customers? The British are unquestionably amongst the world’s most peripatetic travelers, so when market research powerhouse Mintel suggests that ‘fly and […]
Will the Rising Wave of Travel Agent Service Fees Bring a Surge in Travel Affiliate Cruise Sales?
September 2, 2009 – 5:50 pm
Travel affiliates, listen up: according to a new survey, travel agents are increasingly levying client service fees; if this trend continues it may provide the impetus for more cruise lines to set-up travel affiliate programs. What prompts TravelDividends to make this prediction? Basically a somewhat ‘throw-away’ line in a survey we recently read about the […]
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 […]
All Inclusive Outlet’s Travel Affiliate Program Makes Selling All-Inclusives Easy
July 30, 2009 – 1:12 pm
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 […]
Interview with Viator’s Rod Cuthbert and Ken Frohling
July 16, 2009 – 8:00 am
Today we’re privileged to have Rod Cuthbert, Founder and Chairman, and Ken Frohling, Director of Business Development and Manager, Partner Programs, for Viator, the world’s leading online resource for bookable at-destination travel activities, tours and experiences. Viator is renown not only for the quality and value of their product and service offerings, but also is […]
Travel Affiliates Should Follow American Travelers’ Wanderlust
July 10, 2009 – 11:15 am
The latest Harris Poll was just released, and it reveals that Americans are once again dreaming of traveling to far off lands. While these aspirations may be mere whimsy for some U.S. travelers, for others it’s an ambition that they are enthusiastically realizing. By understanding the American consumers’ innermost travel desires – and designing product […]
Hot Summer Deals Add-Up for Travel Affiliates
July 8, 2009 – 11:58 am
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 […]
Travel Affiliates Should ‘Think Global, Book Local’
June 18, 2009 – 7:10 am
As the complexity, opaqueness and uncertainties associated with travel consumers booking air, hotel and car reservations online has all but been eliminated by the technological advances adopted by travel suppliers, OTAs and others, the thrill, anticipation and luster that used to surround the planning of vacations and holidays for most travelers has all but evaporated. […]
How Travel Affiliates Can Capitalize on the Rebound in Caribbean Travel – Part 2
June 11, 2009 – 7:46 am
Please note that the following is a continuation from yesterday’s Blog post. Axiom Number 2: When You Come To a Fork in the Road, Take It If a hotel/resort or intermediary offer the same product, at the same price but at different travel affiliate commission levels, it stands to reason that travel affiliates follow ‘the […]