Blogs

  • City of Jesolo, Italy, working hard to improve accessible tourism
    Guest blog by Alberto Borgato.  Alberto heads the Quality and Environment Management and Jesolo4All units . . .
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  • Grants to improve access to arts events and venues in New Zealand
    Arts organisations and venues will become more accessible this year, thanks to eleven grants provided . . .
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  • Why Tourism Can And Will Change Its Operating Model
    Anna Pollock continues her discussion on Conscious Travel and why the Tourism industry can and . . .
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  • App will allow visitors-with-disabilities to the UK to search for nearby accessible facilities
    Tourism for All UK (TFI) is a national charity dedicated to standards of world class . . .
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  • Access Tourism NZ celebrates 18 months as a member of the Global Disability Rights Library
    Access Tourism New Zealand is celebrating celebrates 18 months  as a member of the eGranary Global . . .
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  • Holiday Home Rentals…An Owners Concern
    The holiday house short term accommodation market is continuing to grow, and with this growth . . .
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  • Tourism For All UK, Tripbod join forces, rate UK tourism businesses for access
    Europes leading Accessible Travel organisation, Tourism For all UK is teaming up with the global travel . . .
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  • WIFI Can Be The Maker or Breaker
    James Hacon provides a pretty convincing list of reasons why as a tourism business you . . .
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  • Screw Tourism As Usual – 2012 is the Year to Make That Happen
    Anna Pollock offers her thoughts and predictions for 2012 regarding business, capitalism and the Conscious . . .
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  • Preview: Responsible Tourism Week 2012
    Responsible Tourism Week is an online unconference exploring down-to-earth applications of noble concepts including responsible . . .
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  • New research report on tourism, travel, and hospitality for people with hearing loss
    In 2011, the New Zealand National Foundation for the Deaf (NFD) commissioned the New Zealand . . .
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  • Conscious Travel: The What and the Why
    The operating model that has created a global tourism industry is dying and a new . . .
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  • Bristol museum receives award for digital access
    M Shed – which is part of Bristol Museums, Galleries Archives has recently received a Jodi . . .
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  • UK: Improving access to gigs for people with disabilities
    Scotland made disabled access part of its entertainment licensing laws in October this year (provision . . .
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  • Managing Media for your Business During A Crisis Situation
    Some tips from Michelle Ackers on how to deal with media management for your business . . .
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  • Evaluating the World Rugby Cup 2011: Report from Auckland
    Auckland - It’s too soon to tell about the lasting legacies of the Rugby World . . .
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  • Radio Silence
    James Hacon passes on some advice for companies that are "on holiday" from their social . . .
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  • Large ageing Boomer segment to add to already sizable disabilities market
    Baby Boomers in the USA are a quarter of the population, control 80% of personal . . .
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  • Jasons New iPhone App
    James Hacon reviews the newly released Jasons iPhone app providing some relevant thoughts for tourism . . .
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  • Queensland camping ground for PwDs in development
    Noosa, Queensland is well-known for its many spectacular beaches and sub-tropical climate.  The area is . . .
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  • What’s in store for next year? Tourism predictions for 2012…
    What’s going to happen in 2012? They’ve been saying it was the year of mobile . . .
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  • Festive Website Updates
    A reminder from James Hacon that updating your website with relevant festive and holiday information . . .
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  • Inspirational Case Studies on Video
    Some interesting tourism case study videos recommended by James Hacon
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  • James Hacon’s Social Media Content Map
    A useful Social Media Content Map created by James Hacon as discussed in his workshop . . .
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  • Summary of the eTourism Summit 2011 – Part 2 (Mobile)
    Part 2 of the 2011 eTourism Summit summaries by James Hacon, with this article focused . . .
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  • Poll: How Were Your Bookings over the RWC Period?
    It's all over now and we'd love your feedback - vote on our poll and . . .
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  • Summary of the eTourism Summit 2011 – Part 1 (Google)
    James Hacon provides a summary of the recent eTourism Summit in San Francisco which he . . .
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  • Poll: How Have your September Bookings Been?
    Now that the Rugby World Cup has kicked off and there have been thousands of . . .
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  • I take my hat off to you!
    James Hacon recounts his recent experience looking after a motel and compares it to hotel . . .
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  • Are you ready for the rugby?
    If youve been counting down the days to the Rugby World Cupfor a year or . . .
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  • TravelTech 2011: Best of Enemies
    A useful rundown from Gen at Fossick about the recent TravelTech Conference in Sydney, some . . .
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  • What Counts?
    An inspiring presentation from Hotelier Chip Conley for all business owners, leaders, politicians, managers and . . .
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  • Bizbuzz named finalist in Netguide Awards
    We are thrilled to hear that Bizbuzz is one of the five finalists for the . . .
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  • Monday Blog Blues
    Gina Paladini laments the phenomenon she calls "Blog Paralysis" for all those budding bloggers out . . .
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  • Poll: How Are Your Bookings Looking Over the RWC Period?
    We'd love you to vote and commment on our poll to find out how forward . . .
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  • Where Does Hospitality End and Tourism Begin
    James Hacon offers great tips for hospitality providers to consider themselves as part of the . . .
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  • Should home based businesses attract capital gains tax?
    Labour has signalled that if it were to introduce a capital gains tax, one issue . . .
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  • Webinar Audio: Tackling the Subject of Review Sites
    For those who couldn't join this webinar live, here are the audio replays for the . . .
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  • The Impact of Google Places on Your Website Rankings
    Why your business must be listed on Google Places with some tips on how to . . .
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  • Webinar: Tackling the Subject of Review Sites
    Join us for a New Zealand tourism webinar on 14 July 6.30pm to 7.30pm discussing . . .
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  • Topical Tourism Webinars
    We are currently developing a series of tourism webinars as a joint venture between Kiwi . . .
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  • How businesses get reinvented
    So often statistics are trotted out about the number of businesses which fail in their . . .
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  • What is the Biggest Challenge Your Tourism Business is Facing this year?
    Answer our latest poll question: What is the Biggest Challenge Your Tourism Business is Facing . . .
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  • Comments From TRENZ – Uncertain Times
    TRENZ provides a great opportunity to gauge how the industry is looking for the season . . .
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  • Using disaster as a marketing tool
    At present, its impossible to look at any media and not see something about the . . .
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  • Are you a competitor or a co-operator?
    I love watching small business owners talking to each other - especially new ones. . . .
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  • Make your income stream more robust
    One of the issues for self-employed people - and it always seems to crop up . . .
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  • Give your email addresses a little more thought
    It always surprises me that many businesses - big and small - dont seem to . . .
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  • How The Hobbit highlights employment issues for small business
    There will be few New Zealanders who are not relieved and delighted to know the . . .
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  • It's now harder for small businesses to get help
    New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has been offering government-funded business assistance programmes to small businesses . . .
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