In the middle of the insanity that is consulting and exploring social media as it relates to tourism (says she who is the *very* late adopter when it comes to some of this), I found an interesting new-to-me blog: Sramana Mitra on Strategy
Actually, I lied. I didn’t find it. Google did. Or more precisely this post on TripAdvisor and from there I found the author’s Travel & Web 3.0: Overview. Interesting stuff there. One thing I’ve definitely taken away from this class is how much larger the reach of the internet and social media in the hospitality and tourism industry is.
I think there’s still significant room for growth, however it’s hard to identify a baseline when there is such a discrepancy between levels of adoption.
Web 2.0′s Impact: The Tourism Industry
It’s not optional anymore. I think I’m going to be using a lot of this mentally for my ASP.
