By my count, the PhoCusWright Conference in Phoenix last week utilized at least 49 different hashtags, but that by no means gave them a corner on the market. There were several other major conferences held that covered Word of Mouth Marketing, Web 2.0, Twitter, Innovation, Mobile, European Startups and another travel industry tradition, the New […]
Top 10 Travel-Marketing-Technology Twitter HashTags For November 15-21
November 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
SilverRail – PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit Winner
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
SilverRail – Twitter Synopsis: Aggregates global rail suppliers into a single distribution platform with rules based APIs for each carrier system and single user interface Just the Facts: Company Name: SilverRail Technologies Website: www.silverrail.com Location: Woburn, MA Judging Category: New Company Business Segment: Rail Search Product Name: Trax Demonstrated by: Aaron Gowell, Founder & CEO […]
CruiseLabs – PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit Runner-up
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CruiseLabs – Twitter Synopsis: Multi-GDS/XML capable cruise booking engine with interactive deck maps, proprietary videos and travel agent chat within shopping application Just the Facts: Company Name: CruiseLabs Website: www.cruiselabs.com Location: Plano, TX Judging Category: Emerging Company Business Segment: Cruise Booking Engine Product Name: NexWav Demonstrated by: David Tossell, CEO Company Description (from website) Plano, […]
Kony Solutions – PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit Finalist
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Kony Solutions – Twitter Synopsis: Single write-once, run everywhere mobile application platform provides device independent deployment across multiple channels & form factors Just the Facts: Company Name: Kony Solutions Website: www.konysolutions.com Location: San Mateo, CA Judging Category: Established Company Business Segment: Mobile Platform Product Name: Kony Mobile Application Platform Demonstrated by: Pico Rech, Senior Solutions […]
TrustYou – PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit Runner-up
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
TrustYou – Twitter Synopsis: Uses semantic technology to analyze/aggregate reviews across dozens of travel sites & social communities for hotel reputation management Just the Facts: Company Name: TrustYou Website: www.trustyou.com Location: Munich, Germany Judging Category: New Company Business Segment: Semantic Review Aggregation Product Name: TrustYou Analytics & Semantics Demonstrated by: Benjamin Jost, Co-Founder & Managing […]
Handicapping PhoCusWright’s Travel Innovation Summit
November 15, 2010 By 5 Comments
The PhoCusWright Travel Innovation summit provides an unparalleled opportunity for companies to showcase their latest and most prized works of development wizardry to an audience of influential travel industry leaders. Handicapping this event is a difficult challenge – There is no daily racing form, and aside from Goby participating, and Amadeus winning last year, there […]
Top 10 Travel Marketing Technology Twitter HashTags For November 8-14
November 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
Some of the world’s most important conferences in a variety of disciplines took place this week including global travel, enterprise computing, social media and search marketing, mobile, video, Microsoft and those beloved bleeding-edge startups. Here are my picks for the top ten Twitter #hashtags covering travel, marketing and technology for the week of November 8 […]
Top 10 Travel Marketing Technology Twitter HashTags For November 1-7
November 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This weeks conferences covered diverse topics including cloud computing, vacation rentals, online marketing, social CRM, crowdsourcing, advertising, conversion, streaming media, Facebook and travel blogging. Here are my picks for the top ten Twitter #hashtags covering travel, marketing and technology for the week of November 1 – November 7, 2010: Hashtag Transcript – Website Link #BlueGlassFL […]
Mastering The New Five P’s of Marketing – Tom Patty on How Not to be a Casualty of the Revolution
November 3, 2010 By 1 Comment
In 1995, Tom Patty of Chiat/Day Advertising posted an article the Five New P’s of Marketing: Paradox, Perspective, Paradigm, Persuasion & Passion. Unfortunately, the document has digitally disappeared from the Internet, so it has been recreated here to inspire a new generation of marketers. Patty’s advice was just as right then as it is today – take a look at Apple’s advertising if you want proof.
Robert Cole’s Top 10 Twitter HashTags For October 25-31
November 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
More people may be familiar with the saying “There’s an App for That,” but now I’m convinced that also, “There’s a Conference for That.” What convinced me was the Business Failure Conference this past week at Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. Specializing in Start-up failures, it is great to see the formalization of the old […]
