Tourism & Travel Trends: Five Tips for Building a Successful Website

Tourism and Travel Trends

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Summary
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The web continues to transform the tourism and travel industry.  Travelers rely on the web as a trusted source of information and many now prefer to book their trips online. In fact, 2007 was the first year that U.S. consumers purchased more travel online than offline*. 

So how can you improve your website to increase online bookings?  What features should you consider adding to your site to keep audiences engaged?

Join us for this free webinar featuring a panel of speakers delivering insights into what it takes to be successful on the web.  We will discuss five tips that you can use to improve your website.  We will also review a number of case studies and take questions from our audience. 

Featured Speakers:

Jeff Sinclair, The LevelJeff Sinclair
Jeff is CEO of The Level, a software company helping organizations in the tourism and travel industry achieve great things on the web.  The company's enterprise web content management system is relied on by tourism and travel clients to deliver exceptional online experiences.  Clients include Vancouver2010.com and Coast Hotels & Resorts. 

John Starkey, FCVJohn Starkey
John is President of FCV Technologies, an interactive agency with extensive experience delivering customer experience, social media and web development projects for clients in the tourism and travel industry.  Clients include the Canadian Tourism Commission, Expedia and Tripharbour.ca.  John was previously director of business development at Expedia.

Linda FrancisLinda Francis
As founder of Fandango Consulting, Linda specializes in user-centred design and has 15 years experience helping tourism and travel organizations with web strategy and implementation.  She has helped a number of clients roll out new web applications and integrate with on-line booking systems and print publishing.

Date & Time:
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
9:00 AM Pacific Time / 10:00 AM Mountain / 11:00 AM Central Time / 12:00 PM Eastern Time / 5:00 PM GMT
Duration: 45 minutes

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* SOURCE: PhoCusWright's U.S. Online Travel Overview Seventh Edition - November 2007
Status:
Announced on: August 12th, 2008