Great to hear @SouthwestAir's Gary Kelly compliment @AirTran's Bob Fornaro as doing masterful job in brutal industry #SWAT # Re: Antitrust "We compete less with @AirTran than anybody else" @SouthwestAir has only 19 overlapping non-stop routes #SWAT # Gary Kelly on legacy carrier competition: Great way to get into ATL. Merger allows them to start […]
Archives for September 2010
Mad as Hell About Airline Fees – How Hidden are They?
September 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’m Mad as Hell About Hidden Airline Fees and I’m Not Gonna Take This Anymore is the tag line for a coalition that is demanding that the US Department of Transportation requires airlines to prominently display all ancillary fees on their websites and to provide distribution to enable transaction of these fees through all third party channels. Upon closer scrutiny, several claims appear exaggerated, while the lack of specific proposals regarding HOW these demands can be effectively implemented ignores challenges involving business models and technical interfacing.
My Twitter Digest for the Past Week 2010-09-20
September 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
@stephenjoyce Great job on the @Prezi http://bit.ly/ahSwPb (A shame Apple doesn't allow Flash – works great on my Android) # Thanks @Hotwire – @HiltonOnline Minneapolis for 2 Nights at $185 v. Best Available Rate of $345. Don't mind saving 46%… # @kevinlukemay Tone of an American? We are a melting pot… How does one describe […]
Are Your Facebook Friends Revealing Secrets?
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Facebook’s privacy controls are much improved, but now the greatest challenge is users understanding of all those settings. without a viable method to view a friend’s privacy settings for posts made on their walls, Facebook users need to utilize tags and privacy settings normally used to manage posts made to one’s own wall to effectively control the distribution of posts on friends walls.
My Twitter Digest for the Past Week 2010-09-13
September 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
@HotelBlogs Good to push local restaurants. Guests want location, quality, variety, uniqueness. Very few hotels are islands in reply to HotelBlogs # @alexbainbridge IHG produced low tech Concierge Videos at a large number of properties. Using employee boosts authenticity # .@EliteTravelGal @wanderlust13 If SkyRider Seat is being considered, we might as well take the next […]
SkyRider Airline Saddle Seat – Is FedEx PeoplePak Next?
September 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
USA Today profiled the SkyRider – a high density airline seat that increases passenger density. The design is based on a saddle due to an unfortunate assumption that airline passengers, like Cowboys, can remain comfortable seated in saddles for many hours. To seeing that strategy through to its logical conclusion, an airline could gain further density if the passengers were shipped like cargo, but crates are too bulky. FedEx Envelopes work better. Breaking News revealed the revolutionary FedEX PeoplePak prototype over 10 years ago.
Future Trends Leading Technologies – Society of Government Travel Professionals
September 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Society of Government Travel Planners EdCon’10 Keynote Address focused on growing traveler needs for Relevance, Mobility, Personalization and Community. Developing effective strategies to address deep search, the splinternet, convenience and security will be essential. Eventual winners will be the smart, the unique and the engaged.
My Twitter Digest for the Past Week 2010-09-06
September 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
@ValynP The question is how many people would give up, change plans and try a different destination or product type… in reply to ValynP # .@adage reveals @Expedia & @Hotelsdotcom spent $5.95 & $3.3 million respectively on Adwords in June 2010 http://j.mp/dbzN7g # Not sure if these two businesses complement each other… http://yfrog.com/hqjp7uj # Smart […]
