by Bruce Turkel | Apr 12, 2007 | Branding
As the marketing of travel and tourism continues to change, two travel sites are taking a cue from YouTube and distributing consumer-created video content on their sites. Travelistic.com and LonelyPlanet.tv are both offering users and tourism bureaus the opportunity...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
You can credit the Internet for another major change in travel marketing. Thanks to sites such as TripAdvisor, happy and unhappy guests can immediately post their opinions for all the world to see. As Michele Higgins writes in The New York Times, “The Web Gives Hotel...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
After 350 years of accepting that an apple will inevitably fall because of gravity, Steve Jobs has created his own theory. ABC News reports that Apple has now broken into the travel industry by negotiating deals with several airlines to make their planes “iPod...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 21, 2007 | Branding, Marketing & Advertising
We sell Miami as the hippest, hottest, most fashion-conscious place in the world, using beautiful models dressed in beyond trendy fashions enjoying themselves in a variety of uniquely Miami settings. And it works — over the last three years Smith Travel has...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
When I’m not traveling around speaking on building great brands, I run an advertising agency that is charged with creating and selling some of the best brand names in the world. We’ve worked for Discovery Channel, HBO, Sony, Miami and other wonderful companies that...
