04/28/2007

RSS TRAIN

We expected it a long time ago ... SNCF, the french national railway, made it ! The famous orange logo is now available on voyages-sncf.com.

Who's next ?

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11/22/2006

RSS = Higher target, higher reactivity, higher loyalty, lower costs

The  Journal du Net published a spécial file today on " 10 good ideas of the e-tourisme websites"  and they took the case of Expédia which have already adopted the RSS to illustrate  their article.

They also mention that the  RSS is:

  • The proper tool to be kept updated on the continuous change of rates

  • Very easy and inexpensive to implement

  • a tool that encline the subscribee to pull the information to him. The consequence of this act is a higher information consumption.

Hereunder the feeds of some professional of the industry that we recently added to the boardinGate database and which illustrate perfectly the use of the RSS in the travel industry :

Conclusion : Adopting the RSS is an excellent idea !

A lire :

- « Travel Professionals, how can RSS help your organization ?»

-"Cinq raisons de passer au RSS pour les e-marchands"

19:46 Posted in e-tourism , Internet 2.0 , RSS , Travel and RSS , Travel Feeds , Travel Professionals , Travel Web Services | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this

10/22/2006

New functionnality: the "Feed source" of your travel

medium_RSS-SOURCE.jpgYou may have noticed it already... Since few days, the search engine have a new functionnality: the "feed source" linked to each search result.

You can now easily find the travel feeds that may interest you, and integrate them in your RSS reader such as bloglines, netvibes, myyahoo.... and hopefully, soon on boardinGate....

21:55 Posted in boardinGate , boardinGate concept , Internet 2.0 , RSS , Travel and blogs , Travel and RSS , Travel Feeds , Travel Web Services , Vertical search | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this

09/15/2006

MGM Mirage adopt the Syndication

The famous Casino & Resort chain implemented a RSS device on it's website.

A smart syndication strategy since each single resort own it's RSS feed :

You can now choose the resort that suits you the best, take out your cigar and your Ray-ban out of your pockets and hit the road to the green carpets :) !

 

14:40 Posted in boardinGate , Hotels , Resorts , RSS , Travel and RSS , Travel Conversation , Travel Feeds , Travel Professionals | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this

08/31/2006

New feature !

This Autumn, we are introducing a new search feature : the RSS feed for a search. You can now get a dedicated RSS feed for each request you make on the boardinGate search engine.

You just have to click on the famous orange logo which is now displayed at the top right of the search results page. You can obtain the RSS feed which you can integrate into your readers. ( soon in boardinGate ).

A smart and effective way to follow your travel information !

Do not hesitate to send us your feeback.

11:55 Posted in boardinGate , boardinGate concept , Internet 2.0 , Travel and RSS , Travel Conversation , Travel Feeds , Vertical search | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this

08/07/2006

AiRSS - Travel Feed Discovery

Few airline companies have already adopted RSS, among them, AA.com and Cathay Pacific. We can now see the famous orange logo on their websites.

AA proposes six feeds:

-Domestic Getaways For Next Weekend
-Domestic Getaways For This Weekend
-International Getaways For Next Weekend
-Other Destination Fare Sales
-Special Offers
-AA News And Info

16:55 Posted in boardinGate , e-tourism , RSS , Transportation , Travel and RSS , Travel Feeds , Travel Professionals | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this

06/22/2006

Record your syndication feed on boardinGate

Professionals of the travel Industry, or passionate travellers, if you have a travelogue or a website with an RSS feed, you can now submit it on boardinGate, a Travel Information search engine dedicated to your area / passion. For that matter, you just have to fill our form.

 

 

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05:20 Posted in RSS , Travel and RSS , Internet 2.0 , Travel Professionals , boardinGate , Travel Feeds | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this

06/19/2006

We are not alone anymore...

... to talk about TRAVEL 2.0 !

On phocuswright.com, you can read an article titled : "Travel 2.0 Confronts the Establishment" which deals about the gap filling between travel 1.0 and 2.0; and a conference also take place in november regarding the same topic.

There is an article as well on the subject here and here !

:)

17:45 Posted in Travel and RSS , Internet 2.0 , Vertical search , boardinGate , Travel Feeds | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this

05/31/2006

Les Explorerss : Interview !

Thanks to Claude Bénard for our 2nd interview on lesExplorers : the blog of reference for web and travel !

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Claude représents in France the dutch company Cultuzz Digital Media well known as the world leader of market travel product on eBay plateform. ( Ebay also adopted RSS , here is the RSS for vacation ! ).

*our
1st interview here.

11:25 Posted in Travel and RSS , Internet 2.0 , Travel Conversation , Vertical search , Travel Professionals , boardinGate , Travel Feeds | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this

05/19/2006

Travel Professionals, how can RSS help your organization ?

medium_rss.3.jpgmedium_rss2.3.jpgDuring your internet surf, those logos may have retained your attention. They actually imply that the site you have been through generate an RSS feed.
Those signs are showing more and more presence on the web pages, tomorrow they will be everywhere and totally democratised since they imply a revolution, a new way to access the information on the web. More precisely, they offer you the opportunity to manage the information and the communication.

This support drastically changes our way to access the news. RSS enable you to pull the information toward you. It’s a clever and customized access to the information. Every single web surfer, depending on his expectations and interests can customize his quest for information: It’s the “information à la carte”.

But what is RSS ?
The term RSS stands for “Real Simple Syndication”. It indicates the automatic and instantaneous export of contents from one site to another (content syndication).

Subscribe to a magazine or a journal and you’ll receive it in your mail box. The RSS feed offers you the same principle. You directly subscribe to a web site which informs you of its last update. The RSS feed become your subscription and the RSS reader will be your filtering mailbox. (the application is installed by default on some navigators such as Firefox).

 

10 good reasons to have an RSS feed for your company's marketing ? *

  1. RSS enable you to deliver instantaneously your content structured for RSS readers/aggregators. Your content (advertising, commercials, press releases...) can be delivered in Picture, text or video format.

  2. RSS feeds entice users of the feeds to visit the the websites mentioned in the feed, much like the links in an eNewsletter.

  3. RSS feeds complement eNewsletters by delivering content directly to readers, without having to bypass SPAM filters, etc. Content, if formatted correctly, will always be delivered to the RSS reader.

  4. RSS content does not have to compete with email and SPAM for the users' attention. It's more likely that your message delivered via RSS will get through to the users.

  5. RSS feeds work well for search engine positioning, since feeds help get inbound links from other websites. Feeds are also an excellent way to let the search engines know that there is new content to be indexed. If you are a professional of the tourism industry, your feed will be indexed by boardinGate, but also by Generalists search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Msn, Technorati, Feedster, etc,..

  6. Setting up a basic RSS feed is simple and cost-effective.

  7. To feed an RSS flow is very simple. You can o it by simply sending an e-mail.

  8. RSS feeds can be used to syndicate content to other websites, thereby expanding the original site's readership and reach.

  9. RSS is becoming more well known as a content delivery method, especially with Yahoo's! implementation of RSS aggregation in their MyYahoo! Service.

  10. Many RSS readers allow the users to forward the items in RSS feeds to their friends, family and co-workers, much like the viral marketing "forward this message" feature in eNewsletters.

    *via Tia.org

Do you see others uses ?

All this advantages lead to only one message :

TRAVEL PROFESSIONNALS, SYNDICATE YOUR SITE !

Tourism is an area where the access to the information is essential because a happy traveller is a well informed traveller. RSS will contribute to the fact that everyone will be more well informed before, during and after their travel, so syndicate your site !

You are a travel professionnal and you want to display a RSS feed ? Contact us !


More :

- RSS + TRAVEL = TRAVEL GENIE

- « Why it's time For Travel Industry To Focus On RSS »

- Rssblogsmanagement.com

16:35 Posted in boardinGate , boardinGate concept , e-tourism , Internet 2.0 , RSS , Travel and blogs , Travel and RSS , Travel Conversation , Travel Feeds , Travel Professionals | Permalink | Comments (1) | Email this

02/08/2006

BoardinGate live!

We have the pleasure to introduce you to our new service: the search specialized in the tourism industry (via the RSS feeds of the professionals of the area).

boardinGate stands as the 1st platform dédicated to travel information, and is opened to all professionals who are willing to share their information.

This service in beta version is developed in close partnership with Antidot. It is a first move in our engagement in the travel vertical search. This enhances our conviction that the RSS in the tourism area is full of promises.

We are on the verge to launch the travel conversation, and you are more than welcome to contribute to it here.

18:10 Posted in boardinGate concept , RSS , Travel and RSS , Internet 2.0 , Travel Conversation , Vertical search , Travel Feeds , Travel Buzz | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this