Tag Archives: Tourism Marketing

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.

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. [...]

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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:

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

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10 tips on what to do should a hotelier on Facebook

Posted on 28th Detlef Meyer June 2011 by Detlef Meyer

First Use a vanity URL
From 25 fans on Facebook, you can use a vanity URL for your Facebook Page. So that the address is then ihrWunschname www.facebook.com /. Go for the easy entry to www.facebook.com / username and then work through the specified sequence. Since the name of the URL in the search results appear, and also for the SEO of your website is important [...]

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Russian tourist destinations in the January to March 2011

Posted on 27th Detlef Meyer June 2011 by Detlef Meyer

The latest figures from outgoing Rostourism:

Destination
Travelers from Russia (thousands)

January
February
March
April

Germany
177.336
116.080
138.844
127.955

Turkey
45.266
57.176
76.797
171.282

Thailand
52.346
54.507
67.187
42.807

France
57.152
28.789
53.795
nn

Finland
92.771
31.973
47.195
40.602

Italy
21.110
36.399
44.799
48.731

Czechia
51.218
19.486
42.191
nn

Austria
72.900
31.477
35.518
26.310

Israel
28.200
17.800
31.300
31.700

Spain
11.236
18.924
29.355
45.411

Dubai
31.895
23.022
25.652
nn

Switzerland
23.969
14.024
16.843
11.480

Hong Kong
11.976
6.434
11.170
14.090

Dom. Rep.
11.318
8.908
9.512
9.336

Indonesia
13.082
8.914
8.579
6.405

Cambodia
9.491
7.325
7.747
5.240

Cuba
7.878
6.861
7.520
6.476

Cyprus
3.873
3.860
7.328
18.987

Egypt
247.006
6.233
6.294
111.450

Greece
1.520
2.511
6.215
31.545

South Korea
6.486
5.583
6.124
6.773

Maldives
6.256
4.346
6.038
5.205

Singapore
9.732
4.347
5.735
4.156

Bulgaria
9.274
5.806
5.461
5.038

Sri Lanka
1.940
1.524
1.913
1.364

Mauritius
1.854
1.068
1.370
nn

Seychelles
1.536
0.644
0.774
0.739

Myanmar
0.440
0.369
0.258
nn

Destination
Amendment to the same period last year (%)

January
February
March
April

Germany
29
29
35
24

Turkey
24
44
77
64

Thailand
52
80
126
110

France
27
17
24
-

Finland
15
13
46
62

Italy
46
72
56
30

Czechia
34
40
54
-

Austria
20
33
45
59

Israel
28
21
21
-4

Spain
24
38
62
64

Dubai
45
28
10
-

Switzerland
9
32
21
20

Hong Kong
53
35
59
73

Dom. Rep.
30
52
70
63

Indonesia
26
17
26
32

Cambodia
105
139
152
133

Cuba
50
97
66
75

Cyprus
30
33
69
74

Egypt
4
-97
-97
-65

Greece
22
34
83
105

South Korea
7
28
14
18

Maldives
7
32
40
34

Singapore
36
7
14
7

Bulgaria
-4
7
37
29

Sri Lanka
2
25
45
56

Mauritius
102
163
118
-

Seychelles
11
3
-13
-21

Myanmar
43
25
25
-

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Russia is building an extra spaceship for space tourism

Posted on 23rd Detlef Meyer June 2011 by Detlef Meyer

According to the Energiya company, which the spacecraft and launch vehicles built by the Russian space program, an additional fifth Soyuz spacecraft of the type will be built specifically for space tourism in the years 2013 to 2014.
Soyuz Rocket Launde cc by undertow851
Four ships of this type are needed for the operation of the international space station ISS.
The fifth ship might [...]

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5 tips on how to win more than hotel guests through the Internet

Posted on 21st Detlef Meyer June 2011 by Detlef Meyer

5 tips on how to win more than hotel guests through the Internet
Hotel's own website, Facebook Page, hotel profile on Trip Advisor or the third party (hotel portals, online travel agencies) and some more (depending on Webaffinität the hoteliers or the chain) - the contacts of the hotel with its former, present or future guests are very numerous.
How can you, although since all [...]

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Grown by 5% Outgoing - Russian tourist travel flows in the first quarter of 2011

Posted on 20th Detlef Meyer June 2011 by Detlef Meyer

Russian cathedral in Russia
photo credit: Borya
Rosturism published for the first quarter of 2011 the following numbers:
A total of 4.3 million citizens Russich traveled abroad.
Plus 5% over the previous year-quarter
Largest increases were:

Cuba - +129%
Malta - +100%
Thailand - +90%
Turkey - +70%
USA - 54%
Italy - +40%
Germany - +39%
Czech Republic - +37%
Switzerland - +37%
Norway - +37%
Austria - +33%
Spain - +30%
Finland - 26%


Biggest losses:

Egypt - -65%
Tunisia [...]

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Replaces Facebook's own site - NO!

Posted on 20th Detlef Meyer May 2010 by Detlef Meyer

This afternoon Facebook announced via the developer forum that Facebook Pages now need to be authenticated in order to have landing tabs. This means any new visitor to your Facebook Page will not be able to land on a custom tab unless you have greater than 10.000 fans or the Page administrator has worked [...]

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