Vayable - Tours, trips and other things to do on vacation Vacation & Short Term Rentals conmemoró día mundial del Turismo Responsable Como una manera de contribuir a la actividad turística del mundo entero, es que la Organización Mundial de Turismo (OMT) afirma que el desarrollo del turismo sustentable responde a las necesidades de los turistas y de las regiones anfitrionas presentes, a la vez que protege y mejora las oportunidades del futuro. En este sentido, la celebración del día mundial del turismo responsable, es una de las ampliaciones del turismo sostenible y se basa, principalmente, en un programa de difusión que llama a actuar responsablemente con las distintas aristas del turismo. “Entendemos el Día Mundial del Turismo Responsable como una activación que invita a que cada visitante actué con las conductas orientadas a un programa de sensibilización, respetando las costumbres y tradiciones locales, apoyando a la economía local, respetando el medio ambiente y siendo un viajero informado ”, dijo el Director Nacional de Sernatur, Álvaro Castilla. ¿Cómo ser un Turista Responsable?
24me | Smart Personal Assistant Yapta | Track flight prices and check for airline refunds Tours and activities: Still looking for breakthrough company This is part two of our three part series on the online tours and activities market, focusing on the buzz around venture-backed startups in the space. Part one here. There are only a handful of companies that matter these days in selling tours and activities, and they are a mix of old-guard established companies, a hungry wannabe, and an online travel agency making some overtures. And, although there has been venture capital money funneling into the sector, the track record has seen a paucity of success stories. “There are never any winners in the space,” one experienced travel-industry investor chimes in, dismissing the tours and activities sector. Viator’s long wait Case in point, observers say, is Viator, an established online player, founded in 1995, that has raised some $20 million in funding from investors, including Carlyle Venture Partners and Technology Venture Partners. GetYourGuide makes boasts and enters new markets Old guard Gray Line trying new stuff
Réservez des activités partout dans le monde - Good Spot Ultimate Guide to Sustainable Travel @ National Geographic Traveler Planning 1. Pack Your Environmental Ethic A 2007 survey commissioned by ELEMENT Hotels—an eco-friendly, extended-stay brand that Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide launched in early 2008—found that most people ignore their normal environmental habits when traveling, including turning off lights and using less water. According to the telephone survey of 1,041 travelers conducted by the research firm STUDYLOGIC, 60 percent reported that they are more likely to leave the light on when they leave a hotel room compared to when they leave home. "Why?" When traveling, Wilt says, remember to walk your talk, no matter where you are staying. 2. Responsible traveling begins at home. "As much as 10 percent of the electricity used in your home is wasted energy burned by adaptors, chargers, computers, and other appliances that we leave plugged in when we're not using them," says Thomas Kostigen, co-author of The Green Book (2007). 3. For many travelers, e-tickets soon may be the only option. 4. 5.
The Daily Muse Expands From A Community For Professional Women To “The Muse,” A Career Destination For Everyone The Daily Muse is rebranding today to serve a wider audience. The company has expanded and is going under the name The Muse now, which includes job listings, company profiles, and a career advice publication under the old name, The Daily Muse. The Daily Muse originally targeted women in their twenties and thirties, but The Muse will now offer content for all professionals. “As we grew, we began to notice something we didn’t expect: People we didn’t intend to find us, who we didn’t think would need or use our resources, came in droves,” the company wrote in a blog post today. The site, founded by ex-McKinsey analysts Kathryn Minshew, Alexandra Cavoulacos and Melissa McCreery, launched in September 2011. Minshew says one reader said he used the site every day for a month or so before realizing that it was targeted at women; he likened the experience to going to the bathroom and realizing there aren’t any urinals there.
TripIt Owner Concur Invests $5 Million In Flight Price Tracker Yapta Travel and expense management company Concur, which earlier this year acquired TripIt and GlobalExchange, has invested $5 million in Yapta, a provider of airfare and hotel rate tracking services. The investment brings the total of capital raised by Yapta to $13.8 million. As part of the investment agreement, Concur and Yapta have entered into a partnership under which Concur will exclusively use Yapta’s airfare price tracking and price assurance services for its TripIt Pro users. The parties also plan to explore additional opportunities for integrating Yapta’s services with Concur’s travel and expense management solutions. Last April, Concur struck a similar deal with Indian online travel site Cleartrip, in which the company invested $40 million. According to the press release, Yapta’s technology has conducted more than a billion price checks on millions of flights, revealing more than $350 million in savings for travelers.
Priceline’s Booking.com triples mobile booking transactions - Mobile Commerce Daily - Revenue The Booking.com Kindle Fire app Priceline’s Booking.com has seen the total transaction value of mobile hotel bookings rise from $1 billion in 2011 to more than $3 billion in 2012. In addition, more than 20 million mobile applications have been downloaded to date. The latest data is proof that mobile bookings are growing – especially because of its convenience. “The success is related to two major factors: the quality of our service with our broad reach in terms of accommodations, languages, guest reviews etc., and the quality of our mobile products on the various platforms,” said Olivier Voute, director of mobile marketing at Booking.com. “Having said that, the real driver of success is mostly related to the consumer shift towards mobile and our ability to offer them a great service on the various platforms with our apps on mobile sites,” he said. Driving bookingsThrough the booking.com mobile app, consumers are able to view their account, sign-in and browse their credit card details.
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