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Archive for Friday 7 July 2006
Web 2.0 travel industry tools help tourism
Friday 7 July 2006 by Edward.
With over 70-90% of tourists visiting their destination online, it’s important that you take advantage of emerging internet tools:
RSS
Open APIs/Web services/Mashups
Advanced User Interfaces
Contextual Advertising
Group Forming Networks
Bob Offut and Cathy Schetzina outline what each tool is and how it fits in with new developments in empowering visitors to your website.
Roger A. Brooks Rule 3 “The Rule of Billboards and Exits” tells you to ‘Put your bait out on the highway.’
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