End of the Guidebook 2?
Earlier in 2013 I wrote “The End of the Guidebook?”, inspired by the BBC’s sale of Lonely Planet (LP) and some other stories I read …
digital travel
The End of the Guidebook?
It’s hard to imagine life without the Internet. What’s more intriguing is how quickly much of the world has not only come to depend on …
Technological Travel Distraction
In October 1999, around the time I moved to Thailand, I met a very peculiar Dutch man who was already a long time resident of …
The Digitization of Travel: Part 12 – Final Thoughts
Sometimes I think it’s incredible that any of us continue working in the travel industry. Despite it being exciting, extremely high-touch, and of course we …
The Digitization of Travel: Part 11 – Trends
Almost everyone interviewed for this report felt the next big thing in travel is the continuing rise of smart-phones and tablets. From being able to …
The Digitization of Travel: Part 10 – Travel Writing
As long as people have traveled they’ve written about it. The printing press brought an ability to transmit to a great audience and the advent …
The Digitization of Travel: Part 1
Following is a paper I produced in Fall 2011 about how technology is shaping the travel industry. It was published in 10 parts in Travel …