From Then to Now, Part II: The Travel Industry's Major Players
By Nick Ostdick on Sep 1, 2016 9:45:27 AM
In the first entry of our series on the evolution of the travel industry since 2002, we looked at the traveler and how their needs, desires, tools, and buying behaviors have shifted during the last 14 years. We examined how advances in personal and industry technology have made it eas …
From Then to Now, Part I: The Traveler
By Nick Ostdick on Aug 30, 2016 10:30:00 AM
Today on the blog we begin a three-part series examining the evolution of the travel industry during the last 14 plus years. Since 2002, a number of seismic shifts have taken place within the travel industry that have had a massive impact on how companies operate and travelers experie …
Mobile Bookings by the Numbers
By Nick Ostdick on Aug 25, 2016 9:11:41 AM
It’s no secret mobile bookings are a major force in today’s travel industry. Travelers - particularly millennials and digital natives - are more tech savvy and connected than ever before, and they’re using mobile capabilities to research, book, and review travel experiences at unprece …
How Travel Agents Should Be Using Social Media
By Nick Ostdick on Aug 23, 2016 9:34:35 AM
In a recent entry, we discussed why younger travelers - millennials in particular - are coming back to travel agents in recent years to help coordinate their travel plans and bookings. Reasons for this return include the first-hand perspective or ‘on-the-ground’ knowledge travel agent …
How Travel Companies Can Appeal to Digital Natives
By Nick Ostdick on Aug 19, 2016 9:32:01 AM
Digital natives. It’s an odd sounding phrase but one that is rapidly gaining momentum in discussions across today’s travel and tourism industry. As the travel business diversifies and more specific segments of the general market appear, digital natives is perhaps the newest demographi …