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 […]
Tag Archives: Travel Affiliate Program
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
All-Inclusive Resorts Allure Travelers and Travel Affiliates
July 15, 2009 – 7:36 pm
If we were playing the TV game show Jeopardy!, and the clue to the ‘question’ is…‘sun and fun vacation at a resort with miles of sandy beaches, gentle trade winds blowing and a smorgasbord of fine food and seemingly limitless activities and entertainment’, then most contestants (and travel affiliates) would offer “what is an all-inclusive” […]
Travel Affiliates Could Play a Big Role in getaroom.com’s Success
July 9, 2009 – 1:11 pm
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
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 […]
Things I Think I Think – July 6, 2009
July 6, 2009 – 2:40 pm
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 […]
Sports Toursim: A Ready Market for Travel Affiliates
June 30, 2009 – 9:16 am
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
June 29, 2009 – 9:26 am
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 […]