Travel is a trillion dollar global industry. Here in the U.S. there are 2 billion trips taken annually, 1 billion of which involve at least one overnight stay. 25% of those trips are for business purposes. GBTA just published a new paper about the impact of the Fiscal Cliff on the Business Travel Industry that …
The Fiscal Cliff – If the fall doesn’t kill you….. Read More »
Leading up to GBTA, I started blogging a lot. It paid off, because there were many new subscribers to my blog, which is gratifying. Thank you for your loyal visits to the site. My next event is a fun, surprise event at The Beat Live in Las Vegas. While it might seem natural to keep …
A short sabbatical to write the Multi-Channel Distribution Manifesto Read More »
5 And if the technology choices were not confusing enough, it takes a scoreboard to tell who is suing who, who has reached a truce and where new connectivity options could provide a new business model option to the various players in the travel ecosystem. It is NOT business as usual. from: Direct Connect: The …
GBTA Update: Travel Distribution: The Picture of Chaos Read More »
From the good old days, when it was simple to connect to 500+ airlines, 40,000 or more hotel properties and virtually every car rental company worth renting from worldwide through a single GDS to now, the picture is a tad more chaotic. If you have visited the trade show floor hear at GBTA you will …
GBTA Update: Travel Distribution: It Looks a Bit Chaotic Read More »
Having just spend the last 48 hours in Denver at GBTA, hearing the rhetoric about ancillary fees, merchandising and transparency, I felt it was time to update the venerable “If Airlines Sold Paint” parody, originally written by Alan Hess. He now the President at Hess Travel in Salt Lake City. 2011 Version: If Airlines Sold …
If Airlines Sold Paint AND Ancillary Services (2011 GBTA Update) Read More »
Today I was doing my final preparations for the Direct Connect HOT Seat panel that I’m moderating next Monday at GBTA in Denver. I put together a couple of slides based on ARC’s 2nd quarter data that I would like to share with my loyal blog readers as a “sneak peak” at the airline channel …
With all the rhetoric about which technology is best, fastest, state of the art, preferred, suggested, recommended, demanded – I believe we have all been focusing on the wrong thing in our quest to improve sales and profitability for the industry. Click here to PRE-ORDER (publication planned for August) As I was updating my book …
The travel industry “booking machine” – Have we all missed the boat? Read More »
