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- Alex Bainbridge (CEO) is often quoted in travel industry trade press and is happy to be contacted. He also writes about travel technology for Tnooz and is a regular speaker at travel technology conferences
- With over 400 specialist tour operators using TourCMS as their backoffice we have a great network of companies that we know very well. If you are looking for a small tour operator / activity company perspective on any story then if we can't provide it we know a customer who can
- Often great stories come up from the SmallFishBigOcean forums around practical issues that small tour operators face
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TourCMS in the Media
- 3 reasons why tours and activities are ripe for rich pickings - EyeforTravel
- TourRadar says that tour operators can provide their trip details, departure dates and prices via the a few integration methods, such as in real-time via reservation platforms such as TourCMS - Tnooz
- “There’s just too many good companies in this business already, with TourCMS [...] offering robust, proven systems” - Tnooz
- TourCMS claims mobile fraud detection breakthrough in tour and activities sector - Travolution
- Turning the ugly duckling of the travel industry into a beautiful swan - Tnooz
- A brief history of travel technology – from its evolution to looking at the future - Tnooz
- How much is on the table with destination services for travel companies? [Hint: it's huge] - Tnooz
- Special Report: Tours and activities market is looking for a big star to match big investments - Skift
- The tour industry takes a big step into the 21st century - Skift
- Another leap forward in tours and activities as Gray Line reveals live availability push - Tnooz
Worlds largest operator of tours Gray Line announces move to live availability powered by the TourCMS Marketplace. View press release.
- Ahoy the Pirates of Penzance [Travel Industry Disruption version] - Tnooz
On coming 2nd in the travel innovation competition at EyeForTravel Travel Distribution Summit, London, 2012
- The path of least resistance designing GO Activities - Status Digital Blog
Design agency Status Digital blogs about their experiences building the GO Activities website
- Launch of GO Activities by GO Outdoors (powered by TourCMS) - Travolution
Travel technology blog Travolution covering the launch of the GO Activities (by GO Outdoors) website, GO Actiities back office extranet is powered by TourCMS
- Hunt for non-execs goes to unlikely places - Financial Times
- The best booking systems for small tour and accommodation operators - Much Better Adventures Blog
- The best new travel technology - The Telegraph
National UK newspaper The Telegraph takes a forward look at travel technology, including TourCMS
- TourCMS builds Marketplace for niche tour operators - Tnooz
Travel technology blog Tnooz covering the launch of the TourCMS Marketplace
- Ask the CEO #1 - Alex Bainbridge - Hotel Blogs
An interview with our very own Alex Bainbridge
Keep up to date with TourCMS
TwitterFollow @TourCMS. We also have @TourSift, @sfbo and @AlexBainbridge
On the @TourCMS account we have a good list of TourCMS customers on Twitter.
Product blog
Mainly covering release notes and other detail designed for customer / public attention. See product blog
The product blog also has an RSS feed: http://feeds.tourcms.com/tourcms
Forum
We have SmallFishBigOcean forum for general travel ecommerce, social media, marketing, product discussion. If you are media or a blogger feel welcome to come and join in on SmallFishBigOcean.
Account owner email
Account owners (companies with free / upgraded TourCMS accounts) receive email on an ah-hoc basis. These tend to be single topic focussed emails relating to new functionality, forthcoming webinars, new Marketplace agents etc.
Marketplace RSS feeds
Both new channels (tour operators mainly) and new partners (travel websites mainly) have (filtered) RSS feeds:
http://feeds.tourcms.com/TourCMS_mp_channel
http://feeds.tourcms.com/TourCMS_mp_partner
TourCMS & Gray Line
In November 2012 TourCMS and Gray Line announced a partnership- Combined TourCMS / Gray Line press releases
- Overview of how we built the new GrayLine.com website
- Gray Line Connect - Partnership microsite
Interesting information
Our goal is that all our information is available on our website. This includes manuals, prices, customer testimonials etc.- Company background
- Statistics (more available if you ask)
- Case studies & testimonials
- TourCMS logos - Tidy versions of our logo