Jul
30
.travel
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
No, no, this is not a mistake: there are websites with the dot travel domain.
Actually, the domain is intended exclusively for to people, organizations, associations, and private, governmental and non-governmental agencies in the travel and tourism industry. But only those who have successfully gone through an independent review process. The list of industry types include
1. [...]
Jul
24
SlideShare and presentations
July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Interested in marketing? Here are two presentations for you from SlideShare: Creating Buzz and How to create devoted customers.
Please note how disturbing spelling mistakes are in the first one and the various visual communication strategies used in the second one.
BTW, registration at SlideShare is free. Why don’t you share your presentations too?
Jul
23
Preposition world
July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Getting your prepositions right in a foreign language is not as simple as ABC. If you need more practice, here’s a wonderful website for you.
It’s called WERTi (you need to log in but it’s free – just type in anonymous and hit ENTER). You can then practise your prepositions with the help of Reuters news [...]
Jul
16
Information technologies and travel
July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Let me share some of my recent finds.
I enoyed playing with Tripbase. You just say what your preferences are and they come up with suggestions for your next holiday. Lovely and fun. It’s just a pity that the great majority of the destinations are in the USA.
Interested in watching travel videos? Here’s a site for [...]
Jul
15
Fast Track on budget airlines
July 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Those of you who are interested in budget airlines may find this week’s Fast Track worth watching. Fast Track is a weekly programme about tourism on BBC World. Check BBC World Schedule for the showing times in your part of the world.
