Fix the 7 Weaknesses of Traditional Tour Marketplace & Operator Models Tours as relevant, integrated parts of the travel experience are becoming an essential part of the travel value proposition for many travel companies. It’s because tourists expect more from companies, something many travel companies can’t deliver. There’s opportunity then for innovative, audacious entrepreneurs, to…
🚗Top Tour Marketplaces Online The tour industry has grown in leaps and bounds, as global travelers search eagerly on Google, Bing and tour company websites for interesting travel experiences. Travelers want something invigorating or interesting to do for a sense of personal meaning, and a feeling that they’re immersed in these wonderful places. It’s all…
Navigating Challenges and Threats Through the Next 5 Years Without good insights into demand, trends, challenges and threats, it might be hard for travel agency owners, DMO chiefs, and hotel managers to feel really confident about their travel marketing strategy — whether for 2025-2026 or the long view. With the stakes high, going down the…
🤩 The Essence of Stellar Travel Content Arguably, the biggest weakness of most small travel companies online is shallow, mundane content. Much of it fits “best practices” in style or topics but doesn’t seem to build brand loyalty or captivate an audience enough to make a booking. And in terms of a great content experience…
📒 Travel Marketing Software Good travel marketing needs the right travel marketing software. Dedicated solutions help you gravitate from outdated legacy marketing processes that actually are threatening the viability of your travel business. If you’re piecing together 10 different marketing tools that require a lot of manual intervention, you might enjoy better integration/automation through these…
Getting Faster Results for Small Travel Companies As we enter 2025, small business outlook still remains somewhat subdued. It’s creating inertia and making travel company owners cautious about investing in travel marketing excellence in 2025. However, given President Trump has won and is implementing a very strong Pro-US business agenda, with balanced trade and lower…
Tour Radar – Innovation in Business Tour marketplaces are big business. Very lucrative but challenging to make successful. In this post, you’ll discover one firm which was spawned in the booming travel sector, innovated and grown, learned from their mistakes, upgraded their sales channels, and adapted their business model to fit the actual, real, not…
Targeting Bleisure Travelers Every year, more travelers are fusing business and leisure travel and becoming aware that they can and should get more from their business travel. It’s a travel trend that keeps growing and a market that travel companies should pay attention to and develop products for. The business and leisure (Bleisure) customer profile…
Keys to Affordable but Strong Travel Marketing Your travel agency, tour company, or travel management software won’t market itself. Instead, you’re going to need some creative ideas (like Red Cows) to grab the attention of travelers. Build your value proposition with some great promotional messages. Create and brilliant content and publish it via affordable yet…
SaaS Travel Marketing Software as a Service platforms, connected apps, and SaaS partners have helped to revolutionize modern travel. It’s easy to say that the travel industry couldn’t have evolved without the amazing travel products and services which the cloud has enabled. This new technology and strong global travel demand is driving the ambition of…