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My Wishlist predictions for 2010

I wish you all of YOU…
12 Month of Happiness,
52 Weeks of Fun,
365 Days Success,
8760 Hours Good Health,
52600 Minutes Good Luck,
3153600 Seconds of Joy…
and to make things happen to change even a small thing in our World
You know, Epsilon, is part of the process of great things!

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Claude | décembre 30th, 2009 | Continued

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PhoCusWright OnLine Ticket: Watch live from your home or office

This year I can’t come to PhoCusWright, but I will watch the conference and interact, thanks their great online ticket system.
For the French market, I have a special dedicated discount code, if you are interested.
Just leave a message or a comment, and I will send you the PDF file with explaination and discount code.
In the [...]

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Claude | novembre 15th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Am joining Tnooz contributor team

I am proud to be included in TNOOZ as one of the Nodes (contributor) and eager to write and exchange in such an esteemed group.
Tnooz provide news, analysis, commentary, data and business services to the travel, tourism and hospitality industry, but you know, with the TNOOZ touch
Tnooz focuses on technology, digital distribution, media [...]

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Claude | septembre 25th, 2009 | Continued

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EEZEER®: “NOW REVIEWS” from real travelers ON FLIGHTS

AIR VALID takes off on the US market with EEZEER®
It’s the 1st social network dedicated to travelers who can now Tweet, post comments, photos and reviews directly from their mobiles or iPhone.
The “NOW reviews” concept and marketing is very interesting and a good surf on actual WorldWilde trend.

According to Air Valid:
“NOW reviews” coming from real [...]

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Claude | juillet 6th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #5

EZ Yield President and Co-Founder interview. Ed St. Onge Jr give us an international view on hotels behaviors.

EZ Yield President and Co-Founder, Ed St. Onge Jr is always with good tips and great views about the Worldwide hotel industry.
With thousand of hotels and revenue manager who use the EZ Yield channel manager to manage daily their distributors and wholesalers, it was interesting to ask Edward St. Onge Jr about the trends and [...]

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Claude | février 14th, 2009 | Continued

About this Site

Claude started his career in tourism as a technical sales manager for a tour operator in Marseille (France) and worked with the network of travel agency in the south of France.
In addition to his work, he completed training at the University in Business Administration with Université de la Méditerranée (Aix-Marseille II) 1992
He then spent 6 [...]

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Personal message: Act now to save Taro life. (it’s legit)

it”s personnal message for my readers, in direct from this blog or in all my syndication network.
If you are connected, I think you are aware of the challenge that’s face Daniele Beccari (VP Europe Isango) with is brother in law, TARO.
Taro has been struck by a sudden liver cirrhosis (NOT from alcoholism), leaving him with [...]

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27 jan 2010 | Claude | 0 comments | Continued

Hoteliers: 10 tips to manage your reputation online

Thanks Laureen, Ulrike and Sian from Trivago team, I had a chance to give some tips for the hoteliers in the Trivago newsletter.
I copy my stuff and you can also read the complete newsletter here
Featured market voice of the month:

October 2009
Claude Benard, Consulting & training for hotel and tourism players - Hotelitour
10 tips to [...]

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7 nov 2009 | Claude | 4 comments | Continued

Travel Insights 100 launch today with interesting Travel Twitter Survey

Travel Insights 100

Travel Insights 100 Survey Reveals How Twitter is Being Used by the Travel Industry

-UpTake, Tips from the T-List and BootsnAll Kick Off Travel Insights 100 Program-
- Results Show Twitter Widely Adopted by the Industry, Experts Recommend it for Trip Planning and Deals-
-Respondents Give Predictions for the Future of Twitter -
September 2

1, 2009–A survey [...]

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21 sept 2009 | Claude | 0 comments | Continued

PhoCusWright Blogger Summit 2009

PhoCusWright conference will be in Orlando this year.
Unfortunatly, I can come this year, was at the same date speaker at the main French DMO’s event about etourism.
So, will see you next year or at PhoCusWright ITB Berlin in March 2010
Bruce, tell us more about the PCW blogger summit event:
We all know the key to a [...]

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21 sept 2009 | Claude | 0 comments | Continued

Twitter Search in Plain English. A great video on YouTube

How Twitter Search creates new opportunities for business feedback, tracking news in real time and discovering trends.
In Travel & Hotel industry, you can track lot of real time conversations from the customers, before, during and after their trip.
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27 août 2009 | Claude | 0 comments | Continued

Augmented Reality, Augmented advertising: The Next Big Travel Thing?

We all know the Nitendo WII game and the interaction between the human body and the TV screen, but Augmented Reality (AR) is far more and open new possibilities…
Augmented reality, will further blur the line between what’s real and what’s computer-generated by enhancing what we see, hear, feel and smell.
For travel, Wikitude is the Augmented [...]

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17 août 2009 | Claude | 3 comments | Continued

With HouseTrip, be one of the first 100 hosts and earn €1′000, for free!

HouseTrip team are on the starting block and the web site will be online soon.
Arnaud, Housetrip CEO, told me about a great opportunity if you want to rent your villa, guestroom, condo, B&B, …via the HouseTrip platform.
Here all the explanations.
Start soon, it’s a opportunity for only the first 100 HouseTrip host!

Dear reader,
Are you interested to [...]

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11 août 2009 | Claude | 1 comment | Continued