Sunday 1 October 2006 by Edward.

Pink Foot Awards for my favourite postings in September 2006.

BEFORE the visit post: Flybe online flight change tool
DURING the visit post: rent-a-GPS
AFTER the visit post: none awarded this month
Favourite tourist tool/idea/web: Vail, Colorado, wheel experience

30SEP2006 A 3-megapixel camera for your keychain

29SEP2006 Kim possible tests cell phone game at Disney

28SEP2006 Tourists can now rent a GPS by the day

27SEP2006 Tourist Brochures leading way to online multimedia

26SEP2006 Enjoy Philadelphia’s Flavorhoods

25SEP2006 Counter Test

24SEP2006 Buy your rail tickets online at the iWay cyber Cafe

23SEP2006 TripConnect: a travel advice network

22SEP2006 Tourism blogging partnership created

21SEP2006 Flybe tool allows on-line flight changes

20SEP2006 The Tourist Experience relaunched in USA Today

19SEP2006 Internet Tourism Partnerships 2.0

18SEP2006 Free WiFi access spreads rapidly

17SEP2006 TurnHere for Tourism on Google Earth

16SEP2006 Tech predictions for the hospitality industry

15SEP2006 Tourists never need be late again for a UK train

14SEP2006 NZlive.com connects New Zealand to the world

13SEP2006 Wirelessly charge your cell phone .. with SplashPower

13SEP2006 Go! Worldspan desktop tools for travel agents

12SEP2006 Tourism tracking with SkyTRX mini-GPS tracker

11SEP2006 Tourism post 9/11

11SEP2006 It’s a dog-eat-dog travel agent world out there

10SEP2006 Tourists find off-season vacations increasingly attractive

09SEP2006 Vail, Colorado, gives tourists a wheel experience

08SEP2006 The world’s largest destination guide: WikiTravel

07SEP2006 Internet’s “word of mouth” tourism tools

06SEP2006 British Airways uses Google Earth

05SEP2006 Galveston.com wins Interactive Media Award

04SEP2006 lastMinute.com uses ResponseTek customer service

03SEP2006 Rest stop WiFi numbers growing in the USA

03SEP2006 Convert “lookers” into “bookers” with BookSure

02SEP2006 Speed your way through travel websites

01SEP2006 Pink Foot Tourist & Tourism Technology Awards. August 2006

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Friday 1 September 2006 by Edward.

Pink Foot Awards for my favourite postings in August 2006.

BEFORE the visit post: Barcelona apartment availability
DURING the visit post: NodeExplorer tour of the Titanic
AFTER the visit post: Spain looks “fat”
Favourite tourist tool/idea: new Milan street sweepers

31AUG2006 North Wales Movie Map attracts tourists

30AUG2006 Barcelona uses GoogleMaps to locate available apartments

29AUG2006 Be careful what you read in Wikipedia

29AUG2006 No liquids on board flights. No problem

28AUG2006 Flyspy predicts best time to purchase flight

27AUG2006 Traffic 2.0 for tourists

26AUG2006 Tourism 2.0 podcasting

25AUG2006 Bournemouth, England 2.0

24AUG2006 Count calories, steps and beats with the W710i

23AUG2006 Love those icons on UK’s Tourist Info Map

22AUG2006 Farecast.com says buy now. No, wait.

22AUG2006 Exposing the smaller tourist accommodations

22AUG2006 Hotels and resorts explore GPS for guests

21AUG2006 Spain looks “fat” on Tourism Profit Map

20AUG2006 BuddyMapping. One cool tourism tool.

19AUG2006 Tourist photos. OK in Saudi Arabia. Not OK in Australia?

18AUG2006 FirstLuggage business booming with airport security

17AUG2006 Add maps with Windows LiveWriter

16AUG2006 Toronto audio tour with CitySurf

15AUG2006 Norwegian Asona, an iPOD alternative

14AUG2006 Mobile GIS-GPS field data collection

13AUG2006 Belfast launches NodeExplorer tour of the Titanic

13AUG2006 World Travel Market Travel Tech Awards

12AUG2006 Cell phone most likely tech tool found in traveller’s bag

11AUG2006 Tourism 2.0 for the tourist experience

10AUG2006 Bikely bike routes. Yours to share and discover

09AUG2006 Mobile blogging for tourists

08AUG2006 Tourist landmarks 3D warehouse opportunities with Sketchup

07AUG2006 ClockLink countdown to your tourist event

06AUG2006 Podcasting microbreweries for tourists

05AUG2006 Davis Square, Somerville, Massachussetts, USA

04AUG2006 GPS sticks. Sony vs TrackStick

04AUG2006 Community-based websites focus of Traveltech conference

03AUG2006 No tickets for tourists’ parked cars in Milan?

02AUG2006 Visualize the great outdoors with viewranger on smartphones.

01Aug2006 Pink Foot Tourist & Tourism Technology Awards. July2006

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Tuesday 1 August 2006 by Edward.

Pink Foot Awards for my favourite postings in July.

BEFORE the visit post: 1trip3.com
DURING the visit post: Disney Mobile
AFTER the visit post: Trip Tracker
Favourite tourist tool/idea: GPS on a stick

31July2006 Tourism eBrochures complement traditional print media

30July2006 Picasa Album Update

30July2006 Malta tourism benefits from website

29July2006 USB WebCam with telescope

29July2006 RFID use in leisure and sports ranks high

28July2006 Travel writers can use USB dictionary stick

28July2006 ShowMe Cyprus

27July2006 Dial ** for Skype VoIP long distance bargains

26July2006 Google Maps Mobile for tourists

26July2006 LocalWeekender shares ‘off-the-beaten-path’ places

25July2006 Earthclimber shows rock climbing spots with Google Earth

24July2006 Automatically ‘recharge’ your RFID pass/ticket

24July2006 Waterproof shake flashlight … look, no batteries

23July2006 Gadget: rugged wrist-strapped digital camera

23July2006 GeoWeb2006 begins 26 July

22July2006 1Trip3.com and Home&Abroad use contrasting approaches to trip planning

22July2006 Alaska’s Grizzly WildCam provides a rich tourist experience

21July2006 Datastorm user group tracks RV-ers locations with MapPoint

20July2006 Melaka, Malaysia, uses Google Earth for tourists

20July2006 Gadget: Birdsong Identifier

19July2006 Indiana has easy-to-use interactive travel guide

19July2006 Gadget: GPS on a stick

18July2006 Wikipedia inspires Dutch cyclists to create own route planner

17July2006 UNWTO and Microsoft to create “Windows on Africa” portal

16July2006 Disney: Do you know where your children are?

15July2006 Fix photos, audio, drawings, and more, to a geographic point

14July2006 Survey: mobile phones are most valued high tech tool

13July2006 Visual Box Office “revolutionizes” event ticket purchases

13July2006 Trip Planner vs Trip Tracker

13July2006 Schmap freeware serves up online Destination Guides

12July2006 Nova Scotia Tourist Guide is now in PDF format

11July2006 New book: Progress in Tourism Marketing

10July2006 GeoWeb 2006 Conference, Vancouver 24-28July2006

10July2006 Belinker: see where your friends are while touring

09July2006 Schmap!!

09July2006 Scientific Tourist experience

08July2006 Are you an “experimental traveller”? Do the quiz

07July2006 Web 2.0 travel industry tools help tourism

06July2006 “Live Map” broadcasts global webcams on Google Earth

06July2006 Track Tour de France cyclists in Google Earth

05July2006 Sheraton Hotels & Resorts share guests’ stories– online — front and centre!

05July2006 Book a taxi online with Where2Guv

04July2006 Bookstore Tourism Blog

03July2006 Create a travel journal with TripTracker

02July2006 The Queen Mary installs BPL for its tourists’ internet access

01July2006 Oregon wineries partner to create a Google-based tourist Map

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