For the past few years the local market gained more weight for the Cypriot hotel occupancies. Cypriots travel abroad a lot but also stay in Cyprus a lot. According to Cyprus tourism Organisation the local market produces approximately 1,500,000 (one and a half million) bed nights to the Cypriot hotels...
I would like to thank Max Starkov for bringing up the courageous decision of Choice hotels to leave the conversations with Expedia. Yes finally we have a big player in accommodation supply to stand up and protest actively against the “Market Dictatorship” of a portal that acts as hotel rooms...
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Blogging Petros
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Petros Mavros
on 29 Oct 2009
Filed under: Cyprus Airways, Cyprus Tourism, Hotels in Cyprus, Cyprus Hotels, Big Tour Operators, Cyprus Tourism Online, Cyprus Airports, Choice Hotels, Expedia
The internet has become the first ally of Tourism Companies to fight Crisis. In the last months there is an increased interest from Cypriot travel companies to get trained on E-Marketing. This interest is mainly visible among the big travel related companies who are keen to have their top level marketers...
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Blogging Petros
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Petros Mavros
on 15 Oct 2009
Filed under: E-tourism forum, Cyprus Tourism, Cyprus, Cyprus Hotels, Online Tourism Destination Marketing
A new report is out and is indicating that the main tour operators that operate in Cyprus have an increase on their online platforms. • In the year to September 2008, 33% of TUI UK's mainstream business came from online, making it the tour operator's biggest sales channel. • Thomas...