Media & blogger information

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

Twitter
Follow @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