First of all I wanted to thank everyone for the contactivity events, I think we all had a very nice time during all four of them either organizing or participating.
I forgot to ask you yesterday..( how strange because I never forget anything :P), if you would like to play "secret santa". If you decide you do, and its ok with everyone else, I will put all of our names into a bag and have each of us pick a name out of it. On the day we're having dinner at Bar Amsterdam we can give out the presents, I was thinking of 10 euros?? I think it would be nice.
But im not the only one in class, so let me know if you would like to do it.
Have a good "study weekend", dont get too stressed...
We use the group feature in Flickr.com to share our pictures as this will keep each and everybody in control of their pictures through their own Flickr.com account. This way we can all add pictures, remove them, now or years from now. <click here for help>
Hereby, a useful article explaining the handling of social networking in personal level:
How Social Networking Can Work For You
by Christi Langquist (www.peoplesearchnews.com)
So now you're a little more familiar with what a social networking site is, but a little business planning can help you get started in the right direction. By signing up for a social networking site, you are given the opportunity, just like the friend seekers, to set up your profile, invite others to join your contacts list, and join the "friend base" of others. This is a great starting point, but what next?
i hope you all enjoyed the trip in Mallorca despite the fact that bad weather was following us. I dare to say that it was a very interesting and enriching trip. I was impressed from the Mallorcian hospitality and the bold intentions of the local government to promote quality and top services in the island.
I was also very enlighted in terms of embracing new hospitality concepts and specially from boutique - design hotels. The combinations of colours, shapes and designed objects gave me new insight and ideas that will help me in my future plans. Food was fantastic, traditional and our hosts everywhere honoured us with their valuable time and smile.
The first e-business system was developed by the airlines in the 1960’s and facilitated electronic Business-to-Business commerce in the 70’s when the airlines realized that the very manual seat-by-seat sale of a plane by travel agents all over the world was extremely inefficient. Today, the ubiquitous internet has created a new ways to reach potential customers, and several companies, like Expedia, LastMinute and Opodo, cater to the needs of the online customer of travel products. They provide information, allow for product comparison, and in essence, are the internet travel agents or internet department stores with travel merchandise. Within the European hotel market, it is a fact that most hotels are not electronically connected and that they are not able to sell their inventory electronically. The Mediterranean leisure hotels are no exception and tend to do their business as usual. The last year, however, has shown clear indications that hotel distribution is extremely dynamic. This article explores what the Mediterranean hotel market might look like in one to two years and how hotels and companies providing services to hotels with regards to electronic distribution can best position themselves.