How Not To Run A Travel Media Lunch





It may be that I’m hypercritical, but I don’t think so.



After the umpteenth Travel Media/Press lunch,  I declined the last few simply because  they promised to be  photostatic copies of most every other press lunch held.



In spite of some web sites that offer…

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Group Messaging: SXSW’s Hot Topic, And Good News For Travel



It’s not easy  to wrap your mind (or your body) around this year’s South by South West (SXSW)  music festival and industry conference just completed in Austin, Texas.



There seemed to be, as Allison Fenterstock writes in…

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Newfoundland: Sea, Solitude And Song





There’s something about Newfoundland, Canada, that gets under your skin.



I think it comes from the disarmingly warm and open people.



And it comes from the aching loneliness of the surrounding sea where Lilliputian…

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Three Great Non-Travel, Travel Books



Often a non-travel novel creates the vividness and depth of a town or village or city better than  travel book might.



But recommending a book is always tricky, so here are three recent reads and likes:



In Travels with a Tangerine, Tim Mackintosh-Smith  sets out to follow the footsteps of…

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The Mexican Cultural Institute  in an Antonio, Texas, or Instituto Cultural de Mexico  has one of the worst web sites I've seen, yet one of the most stunning collection of art I have ever seen.















Virtually unknown even to those who live in San Antonio, this…

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Travel Trends 2011: Truth, Myth and Pith



The bright researchers at PhoCusWright  consistently deliver quality insights and information about travel industry trends, but  translating their lofty “market-speak”  into language  travelers can use, can be  daunting.



The…

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by Wendie Hansen with Kaleel Sakakeeny



Please watch the 1-minute video postcard at the end of this Blog



It was a pilgrimage of sorts, this visit to the old North Bridge in Concord,… Continue

What  Can A Grocery Store Teach Travel?



So why isn’t the travel industry using Foursquare to increase business and build a loyal travel base the way Vons is?

 

Contrary to what the puerile think, Foursquare is not about badges and mayors.

 



The location based service giant is…

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JetBlue’s Manager of Corporate Communications, Morgan Johnston, says “The mission of JetBlue is to ‘bring humanity back to air travel.’



If that isn’t Mission: Impossible, what is?



So when I read that NY Times best-selling author and  online community expert,…

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Tango At The Rhinecliff Hotel, New York (Video Review)





Please watch the 1-minute Video Review at the end of this post



I love the rooms at The Rhinecliff Hotel. There is something special about the lack… Continue

Mixing the Business Trip With The Family Vacation



The road warrior, the business traveler represents a huge 50% or more of a hotel’s revenue, so the report just out in Travel Leaders  was good news..



The 2011 business travel survey suggested that 76% of business-focused travel agents are predicting their booking will match or exceed bookings for 2010,… Continue