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Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Some of you may have heard about SFBO - Small Fish Big Ocean - already. It is a global community for small tour operators and niche travel agents that we run.

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Here are some of the latest discussions…… come and join in!

  • Peter wants to discuss how best to work with strategic partners in the adventure tour operator sector [See thread]
  • Paul would like some feedback on what makes the best email newsletter tool - what tool do you use? [See thread]
  • Tom wonders whether running a fully bonded UK tour operator is worth the expense - would it be better to form his company overseas but still sell to the UK market? [See thread]
  • Stan has a question about Chinese debit cards for hotel bookings….. still no solution yet [See thread]
  • No one really knows about whether there is such as thing as a “Trade Descriptions Act” in the USA. There is in the UK (governing how you describe your products) - Paul is running a UK company selling into the USA and needs some advice [See thread]

And some old but classic discussions….

  • How do you promote a website that is “subscriber only” - and ensure that people are interested enough to sign up [See thread]
  • TOPP vs TTA - which bonding mechanism is best for new small UK based travel companies to join? [See thread]

So come along and join in!


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This blog is about travel ecommerce with a focus on topics of interest to tour operators & travel companies

Alex has previously started up a small tour operator (5 staff) and also worked for leading "dot coms", airlines, hotel chains and tour operators advising and project managing web, ecommerce and reservation system projects.

Alex is available for travel ecommerce consulting via Travel UCD. Travel UCD also operates TourCMS - a web based reservation system for small tour operators


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Alex Bainbridge: Hi Pete The times I would have found this useful (PocketComms) I really wouldn’t have wanted to put an iphone into someone elses hands! For example negotiating with a people smuggling ship in...

Pete Meyers: I think the best innovation is a combination of great ideas and succinct execution. To your example about the PocketComms, it was a good idea that fermented for a number of years, yet who’s to say...

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