New Technology & the Travel Industry
One of the new ways to market your travel business is by the use of email. Fast delivery is the key to a successful campaign. The first thing you need to do is to get permission to send these emails by having an opt-in describing the future content of your mails and the other is to have an opt-out in the actual emails that you send to prospective clients. You should follow guidelines set out by mailbox providers to ensure that your emails get past their spam blockers.
Have you ever heard the term SEO (search engine optimization)? If you haven’t, you should sit up and take notice, especially if you have your own web site. SEO is a broad term which encompasses various methods of optimization including conducting sometimes exhaustive keyword research and the improving hyperlinks that link back to your own web site. For a travel web site, the best back links would be from other travel related web sites.
If you have your own travel web site you should spend some time spreading your links across the internet by submitting your URL (universal resource locator) to as many travel and holiday web directories as possible. You can also link to other related travel sites and reciprocate this by linking back to them, though it is always better to have a one way link that points to your site.
One of the most important features a travel company needs on their web site is the capability for users to search for holidays, flights; cruises etc and be able to book them online. Any travel web site worth its salt now has these features and their number of sales reflects this. More that 80% of travelers who plan their holidays make their bookings online. See www.barrheadtravel.co.uk for an example. These back-end programs though are not for the novice web programmer to construct and unless you are used to producing server code I suggest you outsource for this complexity of programming.
Blogs are the latest thing to hit the internet. These can be a very potent marketing tool that can reach out to new customers. People love to be told travel stories and blogs allow you and others to post new content and update it quickly.
Podcasts are yet another way to reach your customers. Podcasts can contain video and audio so you could shorten or use sections of your promotional holiday video and make it available for download by the millions of people who own an iPod.
In brief, if you are in the travel industry, if you don’t embrace all the technology that is at your disposal, you may be left behind.
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If you live in or are traveling to Miami and have kids, there is one place you need to take them. The Miami Children’s Museum. It is a wonderful attraction where you can take your kid to play and learn. Continue reading to find out a little bit about the museum and what makes it such a great place to visit.
The Miami Children’s Museum was originally founded in 1983 but opened up a brand new building on Watson Island on September 7, 2003. The huge new facility has under its roof galleries, classrooms, a gift shop and even a 200 seat auditorium. The purpose of the museum is to simply enrich the lives of children. It does this by offering interactive exhibits and programs designed to introduce children to art and culture.
So what kind of exhibits do they have. One exhibit is called the Castle Of Dreams. Children can climb into a two story sand castle and examine sands from around the world. Another exhibit is called Pet Central. In this exhibit kids can see how to care for pets and can find out what the perfect pet for them is. Yet another exhibit is called the Television Studio in which children can become a news anchorman or anchorwoman, a weather forecaster or even a television camera operator. This just scratches the surface of what is available at the museum. There are dozens of other exhibits for children to explore and learn from.
If you would like to visit the Miami Children’s Museum you can find it at 980 Macarthur Cswy. For information on current hours and admission prices you can call the information line at 305-373-5437.
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Winchester has been a popular tourist destination for over 300 years. Once, a favourite summer residence for London’s aristocracy and leading socialites, Winchester is now a year-round destination for people from around the world.
Winchester was once the ancient capital of Anglo-Saxon England; it was the capital city of a region of England called Wessex. The city’s rulers spent large sums of money on building churches, palaces, parks, and of course, the Cathedral. The city is rich in history and many famous figures from English history have visited, lived, worked and died in Winchester. The city is now the administrative capital of the county of Hampshire - a county that many regard as being the quintessential English county, with rolling hills, downs, pretty villages and crystal clear rivers.
Winchester has many attractions for the visitor. The first port of call should be Winchester Cathedral. The cathedral is probably England’s most beautiful. It’s setting, just off the High Street, is idyllic, being surrounded by a park with tree-lined avenues. Construction of the present day cathedral began in 1079. There is a small admission fee but one really should go inside to appreciate the beauty of the cathedral. Also, you can see the tombs, of some ancient Kings of England as well as the tomb of Jane Austen, the famous novelist. Winchester Cathedral Choir is recognized as one of Britain’s leading cathedral choirs, both for its singing of the services and in concert. The Choir comprises sixteen to twenty choristers and twelve lay clerks, whose numbers are augmented when larger forces are required. If you have the chance, you should go to one of their concerts.
St Cross Hospital is a short, but beautiful walk, from the centre of town. St Cross was never a hospital in the modern sense of the word; rather it has its name from the word ‘hospitality’. St Cross was founded in 1132 by Bishop Henri du Blois. The Bishop is quoted as saying that the establishment would be for `thirteen poor men, feeble and so reduced in strength that they can scarcely or not at all support themselves without other aid
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