Tag Archives: Crisis

Tourism crisis management and social media

Posted on 13th Detlef Meyer April 2011 by Detlef Meyer

[17 May 2011; 09:30 to 17:00. ] Perhaps the impression is so subjective, but apparently, the international travel industry increasingly shaken by crisis-like developments (and I do not mean the low margins). Nuclear meltdown, earthquakes, tsunamis, more or less peaceful revolutions, ash clouds, fast bankruptcy, strikes - just to name a few.

What role in the management of these situations by the travel industry social media? [...]

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Russia's air traffic recovers

Posted on 17th Detlef Meyer May 2010 by Detlef Meyer

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Following statements by Rozaviaziya were from January to April 2010 the following results (the top 20 Russian airlines):

= 13,717,536 passengers plus 31.1% over the same period last year
In April, more than 3.7 million passengers plus = 25.1%
actually reaches the pre-crisis level of 2008
309 316 flights from January to April = plus 8.6%

191 037 of them internationally = [...]

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Russians chose domestic holiday

Posted on 4th Nikita Savoyarov December 2009 by Nikita Savoyarov

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This year will be no less than 34.5 million Russians have made in the domestic holiday. This increase of 4.2% over the previous year are given a reduction of trips abroad by 17% of Russians particularly remarkable, the Chairman of the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturism), Anatoloy Yarotshkin.
Rosturism had [...] this crisis-induced change in the flow of tourists start

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Current plans and preferences of Russian tourists

Posted on 27th Nikita Savoyarov July 2009 by Nikita Savoyarov

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The polling company "Romir" has interviewed a number of Russian citizens not published freely about their plans for this year's holiday and published 14 days before the first data. Here, in bullet points, some results:

64% of respondents had their holiday plans for 2009 to reconsider because of the economic crisis

75% for those with below-average income
65% of people with an average [...]

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The week of search engines

Posted on 6th Detlef Meyer June 2009 by Detlef Meyer

What has me (and perhaps others) interested in this week what I'm tweeting as an "information chunk"?
Topic 1:
The search engines - the impetus was the start of Bing Bing with his product under Travel.

Here are some links:

First summary opinions on the industry by Bing Travel @ PhoCusWright @ uptake on http://bit.ly/2Bomj
Here Bing's Travel Blog Home Articles. Already, 28 May http://bit.ly/nQdrj
Microsoft [...]

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India, significantly fewer entries

Posted on 14th Detlef Meyer May 2009 by Detlef Meyer

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First figures of the Indian hospitality and tourism industry show the "skid marks" of the global economic crisis.
Tourist Arrivals in the financial year 2008/2009 (ending March 2009) - down from 5265 million to 5133 million - only 2.5%, but in the last quarter there were only 1461 m, 1693 m instead of -% proud 13th
REVPAR in the premium segment of the hospitality industry [...]

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Russian tour operator market - almost 30% less?

Published on first Detlef Meyer March 2009 by Detlef Meyer

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In the last few weeks discussing the Russian journalists and managers of leading Russian tour operators, the outlook for the market 2009th And the general opinion was very pessimistic (expressed euphemistically). Here are some predictions:
Vladimir Kantorovitch (President of the KMP Group): at least 20% of the tour operators will exit the market. For the market would [...]

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Rescue package for Russian tourism industry

Posted on 18th Detlef Meyer February 2009 by Detlef Meyer

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The Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR) has proposed the government to promote the Russian domestic tourism that book tourists who holiday at home 13% of the price of the income tax can deduct.
Approach is to come to the full price for the entire family. This proposal submitted ATOR in an open letter to Rosturism, the [...]

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Russia's air traffic slumped in January

Posted on 17th Detlef Meyer February 2009 by Detlef Meyer

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Rosaviazya Today has published the number of passengers last year:

more than 11.6 million passengers flew abroad (+10% on 2007),
them in regular service 6.5 million (+12%),
in the Charter> 5 million (+10%).

Most popular in scheduled traffic was towards

Germany with 735 000 passengers (+84,000),
Then Egypt 475.000,
Ukraine, 413 000,
China 313 000,
Tajikistan 246 000.
Among the most goals also were flown to Turkey, Armenia, France, Uzbekistan and [...]

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Russia and the tourism crisis

Posted on 5th Detlef Meyer January 2009 by Detlef Meyer

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According to preliminary figures, the Russian tourism industry is one of the first victims of the recession will be. Already in October, the market slumped by 25-30% in December and fell to alarming 60%.
In the past 2 months over 10% of travel agencies nationwide have had to close because of financial problems. The country is currently working [...]

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