Flight price advertisements I don’t know about you, but if I see a flight advertised for a certain price, I want to be able to book a flight for that price. And the sooner the travel industry gets to grips with this the better. Flight availability One of my major bugbears when trying to [...]
Auto-recliners My recent return journey to the Seychelles was a four leg affair (London – Doha – Mahe and back again), and each time I had the misfortune to sit behind the type of airline passenger I most despise: the auto-recliner. Seat selfishness We’ve all come across these people. They’re the ones that put [...]
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Amazon innovation It’s an innovation that has, largely, slipped under the radar. But it could have a big impact on how the travel industry deals with social media. I’ve a feeling that Amazon may have just changed the game. Amazon affiliate program For those who haven’t a clue what I’m talking about, forgive me: [...]
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The internet: killing travel journalism? A while back, I weighed in with my thoughts on how the internet is supposedly killing travel journalism. At the bottom, I made a small point which I didn’t think too much of at the time, but I am increasingly coming to think may be important. Travel companies as [...]
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Tourism potential of Samoa As some of this blog’s readers will know, I spent a week in the Pacific nation of Samoa last May. It goes against the grain of this blog to say it, but I found it the most extraordinary place I’ve visited this, and possibly any other year. When there, I thought [...]
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Travel industry rent-a-quotes By travel industry standards, I am by no means a catch-all rent-a-quote expert. Certainly not when compared to the Independent’s Simon Calder or Travel Supermarket’s Bob Atkinson, by any chalk. Areas of expertise But in certain areas, I’m pretty damned good. I know Sheffield well and I know Australia extremely well. [...]