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CouchSurfing: profile of a virtual community of travellers

February 14, 2008 Written by: Julianna Priskin

The accommodation sector is experiencing an intense diversification phase, where establishments worldwide continue to distinguish and redefine their image by incorporating themes amongst other things to create an authentic visitor experience. The same process of diversification is also present in the cyber travel community CouchSurfing, where authenticity has a meaning that goes well beyond traditional [...]

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Building a customer database

December 6, 2007 Written by: Jacques-Yves Toulemonde

To begin with, customers are the very heart of your organization; they keep your company alive. Without your customers, you would not be in business. LL Bean, an outdoor equipment and apparel company in the United States, displays this saying on its office walls: “A customer is not dependent on us, we are dependent on [...]

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A new trend: Culinary team building

December 5, 2007 Written by: Maïthé Levasseur

Much in demand by companies, culinary team building activities were named one of the top ten meeting trends of the year by Benchmark Hospitality International. On the menu: challenges like creativity, communication, conflict resolution, time and resource management and cooperation. The result: new friendships, a more unified team and delicious meals! This trend is closely [...]

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Making service decisions at a destination

November 2, 2007 Written by: Maïthé Levasseur

Not all travel planning is done prior to departure and many decisions are made en route to or upon arrival at a destination. A recent study reports some facts and figures about this decision-making process and the information sources used at destinations and how the process is influenced by trip purpose and visitor origins. In [...]

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Wireless access in hotels: luxury or necessity?

May 18, 2007 Written by: Claude Péloquin

Over the past few years, hotels have invested heavily in order to satisfy their clients’ internet access needs. However, although the demand is obvious, customers’ willingness to pay is less so. Also, because a growing number of clients now travel with laptops, wireless networks are becoming increasingly popular. Do hotel owners have to resign themselves [...]

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