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Everest Helicopter tour

We need to wake up early morning in Kathmandu, Drive to the domestic airport one hour before flying hours, Boundless Adventure will inform you a day before that you are going on a Helicopter tour for three to four hours. Helicopter Landing at the Kalapathar with officer and board the Everest tour by Helicopter.Max four hours Itinerary with the officer.Phase=1=Fly from Kathmandu – Lukla (fueling in Lula and take off to Pheriche) 5/10 minutes landing.Phase=2=Fly to Pheriche and landing for the…

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SEO for travel industry companies & individuals

scyther5 As a travel company - whether you're a tour operator, travel agent, hotel, transportation provider, destination management company, or whatever - or  you are certainly wondering how you can get the most out of search-engine optimization. With a well thought out SEO strategy, you can win over users. In addition, they rank higher in Google searches, which generates additional traffic. Search-engine optimization (SEO) basically includes all measures that help to improve the ranking of…

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5 of the most effective social-media sites for travel agencies

Allowing customers currently traveling to include their comments on a travel agent's social media site allows the travel agent to know right away what is happening. This has a number of benefits that allow the travel agent to: • Make any changes needed if it's a negative comment.. • Send the message to all viewers about the great experience the customer had if it's positive. • Better know what their customers want. An agent can improve customer service immediately and come out ahead of…

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Using online travel agencies to land a great lodging

A fair number of factors need to be taken into account when planning a vacation, from picking a destination to deciding upon your dates, putting together an itinerary, and booking transportation. And of course you also need to figure out where to stay - and this can be especially challenging if you are traveling to the destination for the first time. read post

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  • Tripatini November 10, 2011 at 3:31pm

    Trade media outlet seeking pros' advice to those starting out in travel industry. To reply, please click on this link to to Ask A Travel Pro, thanks!

  • George Oberle October 30, 2011 at 10:51pm

    I just finished an e-book: "Travel Agents Attack Online Marketing."

    The book covers:

    • SEO
    • Target Marketing using Keyword Phrases
    • Bloggiing
    • Facebook Marketing 
    • Twitter Marketing.
    • Posting for Web Traffic

    Download the e-book FREE for Travel Agents:

    http://www.travelblogproject.com/Travel-Blog-Project.pdf


    Enjoy the journey,

    George

     

  • Betty Austin-Ware October 30, 2011 at 3:59pm
    Thank you!  I'll check them out.
  • Jacquie Whitt October 30, 2011 at 3:57pm
    Citronella in Jamaica and Discovery Grove in St. Croix.  Small, family-owned businesses.  Can't tell you if they have availability.  You'll have to check.
  • Betty Austin-Ware October 30, 2011 at 2:03pm
    Looking for eco accommodations between Christmas and New Year's, Caribbean,  rural, or small town,  rustic but nice, internet access, erg rowing machines.  Considering Costa Rica.  Does anything come to mind?
  • Murtaza Kalender October 30, 2011 at 1:49pm

    TRAVELSHOP TOURS

    GET A LISTING AND PROMOTE YOUR TOURS, HOTELS, CRUISES, RENT A CAR AND VILLAS  ON OUR WORLDWIDE WEBSITE!


    INTERNET HAS BECOME THE MOST POPULAR WAY TO BOOK TOURS, HOTELS AND OTHER TRAVEL PRODUCTS, AND NOW TRAVELSHOP TOURS OFFERS YOU THE CHANCE TO EARN COMMISSION FOR ONLINE BOOKINGS AND SELL YOUR OWN TOURS ON OUR WEB SITE BY USING OUR XML  SYSTEM.


    BECOME A MEMBER FOR FREE TO SELL MORE THEN 10.000 TOURS, 50.000 HOTELS, 5000 CRUISES, 1000 VILLAS AND MORE OF YOU NEEDED.

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  • Jacquie Whitt October 25, 2011 at 3:10pm

    8-Day Guided Amazon Trip - June 18 - 25, 2012 (unadvertised - private tour)

    Tambopata National Reserve

    We have up to 4 available spaces remaining.  Cost is $1390 includes meals and domestic flights from Lima to Puerto Maldonado.  Does not include international flights to Lima. Optional 4-day extension to Machu Picchu.  Please contact info@adiosadventuretravel.com ASAP for full itinerary. 

  • Murtaza Kalender October 7, 2011 at 9:50am
    www.travelshopturkey.com

    Dear Colleague,

    How are you? Hope you had great business in 2011.

    These days, we are excited about our international web-page that we recently finalized working on. With this new web-page, we can do incoming and outgoing together.

    Moreover, agencies and hotels has the opportunity to promote their services for free via our new system. You can also promote your agency, hotel, or yacht company from our web-page by being a member for free!

    Travel Agency Sign Up Form:
     
    Hotel Sign Up Form:
    www.travelshoptours.com/hotel_sign_up/

    I would like to give you little information about us.

    We are the Incoming and Outgoing Tour Operators, member of ASTA American Society of Travel Agents member, ETOA European Tour Operators Association, ATTA Adventure Travel Association, TURSAB Turkish Travel Agents Association, TIES The International EcoTourism Society  and WRTA World Religious Travel Association members..

    ETOA WorkShop or WTM London

    If you will attend the ETOA Workshop or WTM London, we can meet with you to talk about this new system in a more detailed way.

    Please visit us at WTM London between 7th and 10th November 2011, our stand number is EM 803
    Proposal for invitation to World Travel Market 7th - 10th November 2011,     ExCel London

    Thank you for your interest in working with us. We look forward to doing business with you in the future. For additional information please do not hesitate to contact us - please see details provided below. 
     
    Best Regards
    Murtaza Kalender
    Travel Shop Turkey
     
    Web    www.travelshopturkey.com  Email  headoffice@travelshopturkey.com
    Member of TURSAB , ASTA , ETOA , ATTA and WRTA
    Tel:   +9 0 212 529 77 08  Faks:+9 0 212 632 27 02
    9008661682?profile=original
  • Vikas Tembhare September 27, 2011 at 8:45am
    Happy World Tourism Day to All Industry Friends and Partners.
  • Medieval Bhutan Tours September 17, 2011 at 3:10pm
    Bhutan Tour itinerary 2012 is ready for distribution. Interested travel agents/ tour operator can write to druk_t@medievalbhutan.com for a soft copy.
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