FAM trip to Armenia

Posted on 3rd Detlef Meyer August 2011 by Detlef Meyer
27th October 2011 to First November 2011
Third November 2011 to 7th November 2011

Dear tourism partners,

We wish you a trip to Armenia, the first Christian country in the world, the land of apricots, invite the home of the brandy and shashlik.

We believe we can sell the best that you know yourself and what one is enthusiastic self.

This fam trip shows you the highlights of the country - the capital Yerevan, Sevan lake, four UNESCO World Heritage sites and the stunning nature of the Caucasus.

Make yourself an impression of this gem in the Caucasus. You will be amazed.

Dates:

10/27/11 to 11/01/11

or

11/03/11 to 11/07/11

Description of the FAM trip to Armenia (pdf)
Yerevan Farmers Market

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Tnooz webinar on Reputation Management

Posted on 23rd Detlef Meyer August 2011 by Detlef Meyer

Thank you Kevin:

TripAdvisor Tnooz-webinar: Reputation management and beyond from Tnooz on Vimeo .

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Philadelphia CVB uses YourTour

Posted on 11th Detlef Meyer August 2011 by Detlef Meyer

Your tour will be integrated travel planning tool as a white label on the website of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitor Bureau.

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This application allows travelers from around the world their trip to Philadelphia to plan, book and share it with others.
After answering some basic questions (when and where) the customer will receive within 15 seconds of an initial travel package. In a detailed itinerary and hotel accommodations are recommended attractions. The presentation takes place on maps (Google Map). On this basis, the customer can specify his preferences. Travel budget, preferred activities, specific attractions or hotels are included in an updated travel plan. This gives the customer a very personalized tour proposal. If you like it then he can book all hotels with one click. Of course he can share his travel plans with friends in social networks.
In the autumn of this year, the website will go online.

Faneuil Hall, Boston

CC by Tony the Misfit

your tour is based on a very sophisticated technology. This trip planning tool considers making availability and price of hotels, travel times between the hotels and visit the various points and opening times of attractions at a travel proposal, which corresponds to the interests of the customer best.
Currently, your tour is in use for the following destinations: France, Spain and Florida. Rapid City is in the works.

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Jeffrey H. Boyd, president and CEO, Priceline.com Inc. with PhocusWright

Posted on 9th Detlef Meyer August 2011 by Detlef Meyer

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Russian tourists in June 2011

Posted on 8th Detlef Meyer August 2011 by Detlef Meyer

Here are the latest figures, while the Russian tourists arrived in June 2011:

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And here are the figures for the first half of 2011:

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Deal between Thomas Cook and Intourist is completed

Posted on 14th Detlef Meyer July 2011 by Detlef Meyer

Thomas Cook and VAO Intourist agreed to form a joint venture have been completed. The joint venture will be assigned to the tour operator and travel agency business of Intourist.

Ice Breaker. Moscow

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TC receives 50.1% of the shares of Intourist, which previously belonged AFK Systema, in exchange for $ 10 million in cash and 35 million USD in TC-shares (1,697,548 shares = 1.95% of share capital). Put and call options have been agreed.

Intourist is now looking even in the second Half of 2011, a strategic partner for the remaining fiscal Hotel (13 Hotels in Russia and other states). As a buyer, the Ukrainian "Premier International" is traded, stand behind the two Russians Yevgenij Gijn (President of the Moscow football club CSKA) and the State Duma deputy Alexander Babakov.

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How much money does a tourism manager in Russia?

Posted on 13th Detlef Meyer July 2011 by Detlef Meyer

Maybe not the most vital question we must ask ourselves here in DA-CH, but perhaps of interest.

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Creative Commons License photo credit: oarranzli

Monthly salaries of a tourism manager (similar to group leader or destination charge) in €

  • Moscow - 875
  • St. Petersburg - 750
  • Volgograd - 400
  • Yekaterinburg - 550
  • Kazan - 425
  • Nizhny Novgorod - 450
  • Novosibirsk - 500
  • Omsk - 400
  • Rostov on Don - 450
  • Samara - 450
  • Ufa - 425
  • Tsheljabinsk - 475

Graduates with more than 3 years of work experience can count on a higher salary:

  • Moscow - 1750 €
  • St. Petersburg - 1550 €
  • Rostov on Don - 1000 €
  • Samara - 1000 €

The typical Russian tourist managers are female (88%), high school graduates (66%). 81% are younger than 30years and 36% speak English fluently.

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Tourism between Turkey and Armenia

Posted on 12th Detlef Meyer July 2011 by Detlef Meyer

A joint venture of two Turkish tourism companies (Tower Turizm and bags Turizm) plans for August this year, organized group travel from Turkey to Armenia., Although the border is closed between the two countries since 1993rd
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For several years Turkish tourists traveling through Georgia to Armenia. Basis for these services are the regular flight connections between Istanbul Tower Turizm UNSD Yerevan (twice weekly) and Yerevan and the seaside resorts of Antalya and Bodrum (weekly) runs.

An all-inclusive package will cost € 960-1200. 15 Turkish tourists have already made reservations for these tours.

She is already since 1915 (beginning of the expulsion of the Turks by Armenieer) tense situation between the two countries since the beginning of the ongoing Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Tajikistan still more complicated. Dikran Altun, the owner of Tower Turizm says that people do not know each other, for in spite of existing in two states passion trips. The first question is always whether such a trip to the neighboring country (whether Armenian or Turk) was at all safe ..

I find this very important initiative. You can contribute also shows the contribution of tourism to understanding between peoples and individuals. I press the two courageous businessmen both thumbs.

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Tanzania stops the Serengeti Highway

Posted on 11th Detlef Meyer July 2011 by Detlef Meyer

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The Tanzanian government should work on the heavily criticized Serengeti Highway have stopped. The USD 840 million project would cut through the northern part of Serengeti, over 300 miles, thereby disrupting the world famous migration (migration) of more than 1.5 million wildebeest and half a million zebras and antelopes in part.

Conservationists and tourism companies have fought this plan from the start and struggled to preserve this UNESCO World Natural Heritage.

According to the Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, which was distributed by the tour operator Abercrombie & Kent, the one planned route will not cut through the Serengeti National Park.

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Facebook Clone Vkontakte IPO plans for 2012

Posted on 29th Detlef Meyer June 2011 by Detlef Meyer

Russia's largest social network Vkontakte has begun, according to Bloomberg talks with investment banks about an initial public offering next year in New York.
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Vkontakte was started 2006th The profit for 2010 should have amounted to 94 million USD. For 2012 iwird expects a further increase in profit by 30% to over $ 120 million. The monthly number of users have to have amounted in April 2011, according to TNS Web 23.5 million to 139 million registered users.

The Mail.ru Group, which hold 32.5% of VKontakte, Vkontakte estimated in November, when it topped up its share by 7.5% to 112.5 million USD, USD 1.5 million Earths.

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