Tenerife Holiday Guide Launches

TGN Blogs have launched the latest in their series of travel guide blogs. The latest blog launch is for the Canary island of Tenerife (www.travelguidetenerife.com). The Tenerife holiday guide will feature frequently updated tips and information on the island.

New content written by professional travel writers will will be added to the site on a regular basis and guest articles are welcomed.

Spring edition of Lanzarote Guidebook can be downloaded for free

The Spring edition of Lanzarote Guidebook, the in-depth island information guide, is out now. And to mark the occasion readers can enter a competition to win a villa holiday on Lanzarote, worth over £650, courtesy of the island holiday specialists Lanzarote1.

Lanzarote Guidebook is the comprehensive guide to the popular holiday island of Lanzarote. The small Canary Island that is a hot favourite with British and Irish tourists. Who last year collectively accounted for over 50% of the islands 1.37 million foreign tourist arrivals

The Spring 2010 edition is packed with all of the information tourists need to make the most of their holiday on the Island of Fire. Encompassing in depth guides to all of Lanzarote´s resorts, beaches, museums and attractions, island maps, an introduction to the work of the famous local artist César Manrique and a handy Essentials section covering all of the holiday basics, such as shop and bank opening hours and emergency telephone numbers.

Copies of the Spring edition of Lanzarote Guidebook can be downloaded free of charge by visiting www.lanzaroteguidebook.com. Whilst a further 10,000 copies are distributed direct to holidaymakers on the island entirely free of charge via car hire companies, private villas, hotels and official tourist information offices.

This indispensable, 96 guide is published quarterly so all of the information is up to date and is researched and written by locals, so providing tourists with the inside track to the real Lanzarote. Featuring some fantastic pictures of the islands dramatic scenery courtesy of photographer James Mitchell.

The Spring edition also offers readers the chance to win a fantastic holiday at Villa Mirador in Matagorda. A prize provided by the island villa specialists Lanzarote1, who offer a range of top quality rental properties in key locations across the island, such as the most popular resort of Puerto del Carmen.

The competition can also be entered online by visiting the Lanzarote Guidebook website. Where visitors will find a wealth of information about the island, interactive maps, the latest weather reports and a wide array of flight, car hire and accommodation options.

Source - TravPR.com

Kerala Tourism Expands Online Hotel Reservation System

The online hotel reservation system of Kerala Tourism is set in for a major expansion with the preparation of a strong database of around 4,500 trade partners. Launched in mid-2009, the system currently has around 200 service providers and more trade partners would join the initiative with the expansion put in place. The system has already proved to be a success with thousands of travelers availing of the facility within a short span of time.

The online accommodation reservation system offers travelers a wide range of choices from five-star hotels to homestays in remote corners of the State. Around twenty-five thousand rooms in Destination Kerala at various destinations, including Alappuzha, Kumarakom, Munnar, Periyar, Wayanad, Kochi and Kozhikode are available for reservation through the system.

With this facility, rooms can be booked online any time by visiting www.keralatourism.org. The booking can be done by using major credit cards, debit cards; through net banking and other facilities like Pay Pal. The specialty of the online reservation platform is that the payment made for reservation goes directly to the account of the property owner.

Search facility:
The search facility in the reservation system enables visitors to make quick choices in simple steps. The two types of search options viz. Simple Search and Advanced Search enable visitors to find out the most suitable choice in a matter of seconds.

“Initiatives like the online reservation system aims at providing travelers a complete holiday experience with least hassles and formalities,’’ says Dr Venu V., Secretary, Kerala Tourism. Over the years, Kerala Tourism has become an active facilitator to the industry, rather than staying as an onlooker, he said.

M. Sivasankar, Director, Kerala Tourism attributes the success of the online reservation facility to the whole-hearted support of trade partners. “The spirit of the travel and tour industry in the State to avail of modern technologies has always helped Destination Kerala to move ahead of times,” he said.

More about www.keralatourism.org
Ever since its launch in 1998, www.keralatourism.org, has played a decisive role in the branding of Destination Kerala across the globe. Over the years, the website has become the one-stop reference for travelers to the destination. The website has won several prestigious awards and honours, including the national award instituted by the Union Ministry of Tourism on four occasions.

The website is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese and in Indian languages viz. Hindi and Malayalam. On an average, the site gets 1,25,000 visitors a month and each visitor, on an average spends around seven minutes on the website.

Source: TravPR.com

New Online Holiday Guide To Menorca Launched

TGN Blogs have launched a travel guide for the Balearic Island of Menorca (www.travelguidemenorca.com). Like all TGN Blogs, the site will feature updated articles and tips on travel and holidays in Menorca. New content written by professional travel writers will will be added to the site on a regular basis.

SOPRIZ.COM OFFERING AN INSTANT DISCOUNT TO REGISTERED CUSTOMERS

Global online travel agency SOPRIZ.com announces the launch of a new promotion to its’ registered customers, who purchase low-cost airfares, hotels and car rentals from the website.

Getting a good deal on airline tickets has never been easier; but getting the best offers has probably never been more challenging.

SOPRIZ.com launches a new promotion to all its registered users for all domestic and international flights, hotels and car rental purchases online. An instant discount of up to $20 applies at the time of the purchase for all registered users buying already discounted airline tickets, hotels or car rentals from SOPRIZ.com

For the best travel deals, cheap airline tickets, discounted hotels and car rentals, we invite you to visit www.SOPRIZ.com

For advertising options on SOPRIZ.com please contact sales@soprisgmh.com

About SOPRIZ:
SOPRIZ.com (owned by SOPRIS Global Management Holding) is a global travel website powered by the latest technologies and offers an extensive selection of airlines, hotels and car rental locations with the lowest prices and best options available online. SOPRIZ.com features simple, easy-to-use interface with intuitive navigation tools and advanced filtering capabilities.

Cheap airfares from over 400 airline carriers, more than 85,000 hotels, and 24+ car rental vendors globally and worldwide travel protection plans are offered by SOPRIZ.com today.

Easy to navigate booking process, management and tracking of registered user’s itineraries, the most optimized search engine built, leveraging the advanced and sophisticated technologies and a secured way of transmitting data is what makes SOPRIZ.com a superior, unique and growing travel website in the U.S. and global markets.

Online travel booking users exceeds 30 million in China

China's online travel booking users in 2009 reached 30.24 million, increasing 77.9 percent from the previous year, according to a report released recently by China Internet Network Information Center.

Online travel booking in 2009 saw rapid development and has become a highlight of the tourism market. According to statistics released by the CNNIC, online travel booking users in 2009 increased 77.9 percent to reach 13.24 million. The growth rate is second only to online payment (80.9 percent) and exceeds online stocking (67 percent), online banking (62.3 percent) and online shopping (45.9 percent).

As of December 30, China’s web users has reached 384 million, Internet penetration rate has amounted to 28.9 percent and online travel booking rate has reached 7.9 percent. It is believed that there is huge potential for the development of online travel booking.

From Hotelmarketing.com

SOLMAR VILLAS EMBRACES SOCIAL MEDIA FOR 2010

Following on from the recent launch of a new and enhanced website design, Solmar Villas, a leading provider of holiday villas in Spain and the Algarve, has further boosted its interactive marketing reach with the launch of a Solmar Villas Facebook fan page and a Twitter feed. The company also has plans to build a dedicated Solmar Villas channel on YouTube.

These new interactive channels will provide both regular clients and new visitors with up to date information about properties, resorts, special offers and promotions. These channels will also enable customers to communicate directly with both sales and customer service representatives from Solmar Villas.

"We understand that communicating with our customers is the key to long-term business success and we are firmly committed to expanding our social media channels wherever possible" says Julie Blake, Marketing Manager of Solmar Villas. "These new channels will allow us to provide our customers with the latest company news, inform them of special offers and promotions, provide online customer support and all in a real-time environment" says Blake.

The new enhanced website design went live on March 3rd and the Facebook page and Twitter feed are now fully functional. The YouTube Channel will go live later in the year.

New Travel Guide to Lanzarote Launched

TGN Blogs have launched a travel guide for the Canary island of Lanzarote (www.travelguidelanzarote.com). Like all TGN Blogs, the site will feature updated articles and tips on travel and holidays in Lanzarote. New content written by professional travel writers will will be added to the site on a regular basis.

TURISMOTEC CHOSEN FOR NEW WINTER WEDDING WEBSITE SEO

Activities Abroad has appointed online travel marketing specialist Turismotec to implement an SEO campaign for their new winter wedding product website (www.winterweddingcompany.com)

Activity travel specialist Activities Abroad has launched www.winterweddingcompany.com as a dedicated standalone website for their highly popular and expanding range of winter weddings and honeymoons in resort destinations within Finland, Sweden, Norway and Canada.

Turismotec has been contracted to research, plan and execute a natural search marketing campaign with the objective of building high profile exposure for the new winter wedding product site in the major global search engines.

"We are very excited about the new product and website and have already taken several wedding and honeymoon bookings" says says Stephanie Eddy, Marketing Manager for Activities Abroad. "With Turismotec's help we expect the website to achieve maximum online exposure and become be a great success." says Eddy.

The natural search strategy for the winter weddings website will incorporate site content optimisation combined with content distribution, online PR and social media campaigns to ensure the site achieves maximum online exposure for the target search phrases.

"We have managed online marketing campaigns for Activities Abroad for a number of years now and we are delighted to have been asked to work on their latest project" says Mark Scriven, Director of Turismotec Ltd. "They have an excellent product offering and well designed website. Our job is to make sure that the new website gets the exposure it deserves in the search engines" says Scriven.

The SEO campaign for www.winterweddingcompany.com will commence early March 2010.

About Activities Abroad
Activities Abroad are a leading specialist tour operator for adventure holidays, activity breaks and overseas adventure travel suitable for families, single parent families, adults only, groups, couples and singles.

In response to the increasing demand for holidays and breaks that offer more than just the usual holiday experience, the company has developed an extensive programme of overseas adventure travel options in a number of different countries and featuring a wide range of sports and activities. Itineraries include exhilarating experiences as diverse as canyoning in Provence, seeing the northern lights, dog sledding in Finland and white water rafting in Turkey.

About Turismotec
Turismotec (www.turismotec.com) is a leading specialist search marketing agency for the UK and European travel and leisure industry. Turismotec has been creating and delivering highly effective online travel marketing campaigns since the year 2000 and has built up a loyal client base in many countries.

B&B SITE EXPANDS PORTFOLIO WITH COTTAGES4YOU

Accommodation website www.BedandBreakfastsGuide.com has teamed up with cottages4you to add an additional 11,000 self-catering cottages.

This is in addition to its stock of 16,000 B&Bs, hotels and apartments. Director Nigel Harris said: "We are finding that serviced apartments and cottages are proving to be very popular alternatives, particularly for families and groups who want the freedom to come and go as they please in top quality accommodation. "They are incredibly cost effective when you compare the price against multiple hotel rooms."

BedandBreakfastsGuide.com was re-launched last year with a new look and improved search facilities to ease the booking process. Director David Martin said: "We have already seen huge increases in the number of people using the site to book short breaks, but it's business bookings that are increasing the most, with many companies contacting us directly to locate and book the best deals for their employees out on the road. "This not only saves companies money but also allows them to get on with running their business.

"We now offer a 24-hour hotel booking line, which is great for people already out on the road who need to find somewhere cheaply and quickly".

Harris added: "We are aware that business clients are always looking for lower cost alternatives and simply haven't the inclination or the time to spend searching the internet, so we are very happy to do this for them.

"Because of our enormous database we have places to stay in the smallest corners of the UK and also worldwide."