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Ivor Ambrose Linked Blog: Ten Reasons Why Travel Training is Going Online

If you are interested in issues concerning education and training, take a look at this thought-provoking blog entitled Ten reasons why travel training is going online. The author, Anna Stenning, has in the past wanted to begin a travel training course and has now settled for experience travelling around the globe. To share her interest within the travel industry log on to… Continue

Added by Ivor Ambrose on December 3, 2009 at 9:25pm — No Comments

Biserka Stamatovic II ENAT CONGRESS

To all ENAT Members, I wish you successful incoming II ENAT Congress in Vienna ! Best regards, Biserka Stamatovic, Msc ENAT Member Continue

Added by Biserka Stamatovic on September 29, 2009 at 10:54pm — No Comments

Ivor Ambrose ENAT Code of Good Conduct - ethical, accessible principles we share

ENAT launches its 'Code of Good Conduct' for tourism businesses at the International Congress in Vienna on 1st October. The scheme is open to ENAT members only - helping to mark them out from the rest, as enterprises that are seriously committed to delivering better access. The Code sets out 8 principles which tourism businesses and organisations should follow - to help them be better at p… Continue

Added by Ivor Ambrose on September 13, 2009 at 9:12am — 1 Comment

meenakshi choudhary Car Rental Tips – Hiring a Car in India

Going to India for a holiday or tourism is a great experience of lifetime. Road transportation in India is excellent, so it can be more delightful experience of your vacation in India if you explore the fascinating destinations of the country by hiring a car from a reputed car rentals agency. When it comes to choosing a vehicle rental company in India for your transportation needs, you should always consider hiring a car from reputed agency otherwise you may pay a heavy price.

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Added by meenakshi choudhary on August 27, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Ivor Ambrose Tourism Accessibility Standards in Europe: Visitor Accessibility Survey

Please circulate widely! Thank you. (With apologies for multiple postings) ------------------------------- Subject: Via Libre Pilot Study: Tourism Accessibility Standards in Europe: Visitor Accessibility Survey To: Tourists with disabilities and others who have particular access needs, when travelling for business or leisure 2nd July 2009 Dear Sir or Madam, Via Libre, a member of the Fundosa Group, Spain (ONCE Foundation) is conducting a pilot study about the use of accessibility standards i… Continue

Added by Ivor Ambrose on July 3, 2009 at 12:02am — No Comments

SEO Secrets Travel Industry SEO Secrets for Travel, Tourism & Hospitality is Available Now!

Hello fellow travel and tourism companies and bloggers. After you got to know me in the last 2-3 months while giving you free tips and advice on improving your rankings in search engines, I would like to take a few seconds to let you know I just launched my fresh product "SEO Secrets for Travel, Tourism & Hospitality". I hope I have given you enough free tips to allow myself to send out this commercial message. If you are n… Continue

Added by SEO Secrets Travel Industry on June 18, 2009 at 2:15pm — 1 Comment

Ivor Ambrose Looking forward to the ENAT Congress in Vienna

I hope that as many people as possible will be able to attend the ENAT Congress in Vienna, 30 September to 1st October 2009. This is the bi-annual Congress organised by the European Network for Accessible Tourism and the Austrian ENAT Coordinator, IBFT. The theme of the Congress is "Trends and Perspectives for Accessible Tourism" - looking ahead in other words! Early booking rates are now available until 30 June 2009. Go to the Congress website to… Continue

Added by Ivor Ambrose on June 16, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

SEO Secrets Travel Industry Travel SEO Basics - for Hotels, Resorts and Travel Agents-

Do you work for a hotel or resort and want to set the best foundation for your SEO efforts? Follow these steps!

In each hotel marketing plan there is a chapter for SEO nowadays. Which is good news. But do hotels know how to set the right foundation for SEO? Only then amazing results can be achieved.

Let’s walk through this step-by-step summary of everything you can do to make sure your SEO efforts can take off.

#1 Creative Keyword Research

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Added by SEO Secrets Travel Industry on June 6, 2009 at 9:07pm — No Comments

Scott Rains The 2009 Geotourism Challenge

A few of us who promote tourism for people with disabilities liked the philosophy of Geotourism defined by National Geographic magazine and disseminated by Ashoka's Changemakers:
National Geographic defines geotourism as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place -its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents. Geotourism incorporates the concept of sustainable tourism -that destinations should remain unspoiled for f
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Added by Scott Rains on May 26, 2009 at 6:10am — No Comments

SEO Secrets Travel Industry Travel SEO: Quick Startguide for Linkbuilding

Getting started with linkbuilding for travel websites can be tough. Many people’s first thoughts are “Where do I start and how should I do it?”. Let me answer that question for you. #1 Submit your website to travel directories Go to the following websites and submit your travel site: * www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel * www.hoteldirectory.ws * www.wizz.travel #2 Submit your website to forums Visite these forums and post some threads and replies related to your keywords. Use yo… Continue

Added by SEO Secrets Travel Industry on May 19, 2009 at 11:55pm — 1 Comment

Jennifer Hello

Hello everyone! Would love to hear from you. Regards from a hot and sunny Spain. Continue

Added by Jennifer on May 8, 2009 at 12:20pm — 1 Comment

Ivor Ambrose Orientation visit to the Athens-Pireaus waterfront with Sherri Backstrom

26 April 2007. This morning my partner, Katerina, and I met Sherri Backstrom at her hotel in downtown Athens and took a drive to the Athens - Piraeus coast. Sherri is visiting Greece ( - her first time here!) to meet and get to know yacht charterers and other contacts, with a view to developing her global yacht charter-brokering business, Waypoint Charter Services. We visited the… Continue

Added by Ivor Ambrose on April 26, 2009 at 10:59pm — 1 Comment

Jonny Wiilkinson Accessible tourism in the South Pacific

Hi, my name is Jonny Wilkinson and and my organization is entering into discussions with tourist operators and government organizations with a view to making Northland (the very top of New Zealand) into a desirable destination for disabled tourists. I would be interested to see if any of you have heard of any demand for disabled Europeans to travel down to this neck of the woods. Continue

Added by Jonny Wiilkinson on March 18, 2009 at 3:00am — 1 Comment

Marie Clapot The Art Beyond Sight International Conference on Multimodal Approaches to Learning

Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York City Art Education for the Blind (AEB) and The Metropolitan Museum of Art have set Friday and Saturday, October 16 and 17 as the dates for their third biennial international conference on multimodal approaches to learning. The conference will further address the challenges faced by educators, artists, museum professionals, architects and designers to create learning opportunities and inclusive learning environments that bette… Continue

Added by Marie Clapot on February 27, 2009 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Ivor Ambrose Re-focusing "Accessible Tourism": A Network for Small and Medium Sized Tourism Enterprises

Ning Network Status Check: 19 January 2009 All is quiet on accessibletourism.ning.com I guess, too quiet! We have 20-something members, almost all of whom joined during the first flurry of setting up these pages back in late 2007 and early 2008. As coordinator/moderator of this network, I made a start at encouraging postings from members but having the management of the ENAT project and… Continue

Added by Ivor Ambrose on January 19, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Scott Rains ICAT 2007 - Bangkok Recommendations on Accessible Tourism in Asia and the Pacific

We have just released the Conference Recommendations from the Second
International Conference on Accessible Tourism held November 22 - 24,
2007 at the United Nations in Bangkok, Thailand. Text below and at

RollingRains.com

I hope we have written it in a way that integrates well with CRPD promotion campaigns.

A conference report will be released by Disabled Peoples' International - Asia Pacific Region.… Continue

Added by Scott Rains on January 18, 2008 at 1:24am — No Comments

Scott Rains Brazil Makes an All Out Effort at Inclusive Tourism and Launches Inclusive Destination Development Initiative

Excuse the Portuguese folks but this news is just too exciting to translate completely before sharing it.

Brazil has committed to training 200 PwD in tourism as a strategy to upgrade their service to tourists with disabilities. They have contracted with the French group Tourisme & Handicap to do infrastructure audits and upgrades according to EU standards. They have launched a campaign to upgarde accessibility of public restrooms.

We are making a difference!

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Added by Scott Rains on January 16, 2008 at 6:00am — No Comments

Scott Rains Text of the Opening Keynote ICAT 2007: "Global Trends in Inclusive Tourism"

Dedication

Before I begin I would like to dedicate my comments today to my friend Topong Kulkanchit. I met Topong in 2005. We decided to work together to see that a conference was held in 2007. Mostly through his hard work early preparations were made so that Saowalak Thongkuay and Sawang Srisom their team could make this event a success. Thank you. I look forward to our next gathering in Singapore in 2009. I challenge everyone here to continue the work that Topong poured… Continue

Added by Scott Rains on November 27, 2007 at 7:28am — 2 Comments

Scott Rains A Resource for Reviewing Hotel Room Accessibility: VibeAgent.com

Several days ago I had the opportunity to interview the CEO of the new hotel booking and review site called VibeAgent.com. The site allows you to write reviews - and even upload your own photos. The CEO is interested in having the tools at the site used to create a trusted database of accessible venues.

In Australia Simon Darcy has been doing research on what kind of information is needed by PwD as they select a hotel. Photos, floorplans, and us… Continue

Added by Scott Rains on November 27, 2007 at 12:30am — 3 Comments

Dimitrios Buhalis Please visit my blog http://buhalis.blogspot.com

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Added by Dimitrios Buhalis on November 26, 2007 at 11:49am — No Comments

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