Augmented Reality: The Future of the Travel Guide
Posted on February 25, 2011 - Filed Under Video, Misc., Tech & Science, Travel Biz | Leave a Comment
Augmented Reality has been around for a couple of years but it is finally showing some sign of growth. I am playing around with Layar for Android. Check Out This Video Demo
Read More..>>Trazzle Dazzle
Posted on February 23, 2011 - Filed Under Travel Biz | Leave a Comment
Novel concept that web site Trazzler actually pays travel writers: $500 for a group of stories about a destination. Created by the same people who did weekend getaway site 71 miles, it is VC funded. How sustainable it is without outside bucks, however, I can’t tell by looking by the site itself. Is it advertising? [...]
Read More..>>Tweaky Travel Trends
Posted on December 6, 2010 - Filed Under Culture, Travel Biz | Leave a Comment
It is like the Eurovision Awards that gave rise to Abba. Every year I look forward to learning what tweaky travel trend the research firm Euromonitor comes up with. Each November at World Travel Mart in London it issues a report that usually defines some off-the-wall reason people step forth into this wonderful weird world. [...]
Read More..>>Sustainable Tourism: Video Demo of our Intro to Travel and Tourism Course
Posted on October 27, 2009 - Filed Under Video, Sustainable Tourism, Travel Biz | 1 Comment
Take a look at a demo (with a short piece on sustainable tourism) of our new edition of “Travel and Tourism: Opening Doors for Your Future,” an interactive course that introduces the Travel and Tourism industry as a serious career path to high school or entry-level college students, people who are about to enter the [...]
Read More..>>Giving Wings to Grandma: An Interview With Joe Sutter, The Father of the Boeing 747
Posted on February 10, 2009 - Filed Under Audio, Tech & Science, Travel Biz | Leave a Comment
Joseph Sutter- Photo© 2005 Russell Johnson Airlines come and go. But one airplane, put in service in 1970 by Pan Am and designed and built by Boeing is still flying, still being manufactured and, like Swiss Cheese or a Brooks Brothers suit, still looks the same. It is that ubiquitous, bulbous Cyrano of the skies, [...]
