tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193368082011-12-30T22:18:56.570-08:00Blog for folks in the tourism sector - particularly adventure tourism. We will aspire to keep you up to date on new industry statistics, new trends and technology. The blog is managed by Adventureengine.com a leader in online reservation systems and distribution for the outdoor travel industry and distributors wanting to sell it! We look forward to your feedback. To visit us go to www.adventureengine.comAdventure Enginehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331525910735258096noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336808.post-25801681644902493842011-10-13T23:26:00.000-07:002011-10-14T07:36:07.596-07:00

Adventure Engine's new SUMMIT system offers more agent features than ever before, allowing you to expand your distribution network without the hassle of juggling seat availability.Track-able Online Shopping Carts: Create unlimited shopping carts for your agents / partners. They can book their customers into your trips by simply checking availability and processing the customer's credit card.

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Join the group today to participate in conversations about new trips, industry news, agents seeking tours, tour operator seeking partners and much more!http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1926114

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Position: Junior / Intermediate PHP Developer Date Posted: Feb 16, 2007City: Rossland BC An exciting growth position with a start up company, this position is for a PHP Developer. The initial FT employment contract is for 4 months but opportunity for long term full time exists. Work effort will focus on and combination of 1) completion of a large development build and 2) IT client support

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If you have a tourism operation with complex needs we have the solution.Contact us for a free demo and calculate your savings by switching to an online system today.

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Adventure Engine will be showcasing the new summit system at the conference... come visit us. http://www.americaoutdoors.org/vacation/confluence.phpAttend the Active Travel Industry's Best Marketing and Management ConferenceÅ Management RevolutionDec. 7-9, 2010 - Salt Lake City, UtahGrowing Your Business in the New Economy!Don't wait for the market to cycle back to your product! * Learn new

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Now over 1600 adventure tourism professionals LinkedIn group discussions include: - agents looking for trips- evnts - partnership requestsand much more ... join today at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=1926114

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The Adventure Travel and Tourism LinkedIn professionals group has a very active community with new conversations, tours and events shared daily. Press and agencey queries are also going out almost daily now. Most recently the group decided to review the concept of online confrences where tour operators could mingle in real time and keynotes can share their products with the crowd. Join us and

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As always there are lots of conversations going on in the LinkedIn group ~ here is one...Hi All, I'm writing a book on the "undiscovered" Yucatan Peninsula. Would like info on any unusual, out-of-the-way trips or adventures in that area--cenotes and caves especiallyCheck the discussion and share your knowledge at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=1926114

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Join this fast paced, cutting edge company!Skill Set:Energetic‘Multi-tasker’Writing skills – Marketing material, website copy, system manual, client correspondenceKnowledge of Microsoft Office applicationsBookkeeping – Simply Accounting, invoices, cash receipt reconciliation etcFAST typing skillsExcellent organizational and analytical skillsDepartments:AdministrationCustomer Service OngoingClient

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The Adventure Travel professional group on LinkedIn is buzzing these days with partnership requests,job postings and journalists looking for stories. Its free to join here excerpts from recent discussions: "Looking for partnerships with non-competing adventure travel companies that could benefit from our database of active clients.We deal with around 15-20k clients per year and have enquires from

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We will be hosting a free webinar on how to use LinkedIn to promote your business - July 13th 12 noon Pacific time! The LinkedIn Adventure Travel professionals group has over 900 members in the adventure travel field. Just last week there were discussions like agents looking for womens only programs, journalists looking for bike/hike stories, queries on biking in Greece and more.This is a free

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Feeling the need to keep up with travel industry using online sales but unsure if your company can easily take advantage of the benefits? Will your products, business methods and staff be successful online?Join our free webinar, online reservation systems explained, to get the answers you need.There are a lot of different tour operations out there and online reservation systems need to be able

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Learn how to use LinkedIn!We will be hosting a free webinar on how to use LinkedIn to promote your business - July 13th 12 noon Pacific time! LinkedIn is a free business networking service and has millions of user world wide. You can use this network to promote your tourism business, find agents and partners, post jobs and share your product.This webinar will teach you how to:- set up an account-

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The Adventure Tourism and Travel Professionals online forum has over 900+ members including agents, operators, journalists and tour providers. It is free to join and share your latest trips, stories, partner and build networks. Click here to visit LinkedIn

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Feeling the need to keep up with travel industry using online sales but unsure if your company can easily take advantage of the benefits? Will your products, business methods and staff be successful online?There are a lot of different tour operations out there and online reservation systems need to be able to handle both the simple and complex aspects.How will the system work?How easy it is

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In this short video we review how Adventure Engine allows tour operators total control over design and function of the forms clients complete upon check-out.One of key features is rule setting such as will this question be answered by all the participants in the group or just the group leader.This functionality was created based on feedback we received from tour operators who needed a lot of

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Feeling the need to keep up with travel industry using online sales but unsure if your company can easily take advantage of the benefits? Will your products, business methods and staff be successful online? There are a lot of different tour operations out there and online reservation systems need to be able to handle both the simple and complex aspects. How will the system work? How easy it is to

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LinkedIn is an powerful, free tool for professionals in any industry. It allows you to connect with your industry peers, network, quickly share news, events, find partners and much more. Adventure Engine hosts a LinkedIn group that has over 800 members from the adventure tourism and travel industry. The group is moderated and only those with industry connections are permitted to access the group

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EverGreen Escapes is the Pacific Northwest's premier local and sustainable adventure travel company based in Seattle, Washington USA. EverGreen Escapes specializes in crafting upscale nature, active and education based experiences throughout the Northwestern U.S. & British Columbia, Canada. Whatever the pursuit-bird watching, hiking, sea kayaking, cycling, snowshoeing, rock climbing or wine

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Adventureengine hosts a very active community of tourism professionals in the online community LinkedIn. Currently there are several operators looking for ground tour providers to represent. "Looking for high quality operators targeting particularly on the age 40+/higher end market with programs focused on learning, culinary, voluntourism, soft adventure experiences.We are currently hosting trip

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An important part of any marketing campaign is the aftermath - analyzing the return on investment. So how do you know what works and what falls flat?Sarah Greener from Bay of Islands Rock Cruises had already integrated Google Analytics with her website, but she wanted to go a step further and track her customers' behavior in her Adventure Engine shopping carts.By adding Google Analytics to her

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The Adventure Travel Professionals LinkedIn group has a lot of discussions going on - journalists looking for stories, agents for trips and tons of industry news. Here is a snippet http://bit.ly/cUBnjS

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We will be reposting conversations from the LinkedIn group as well as other valuable industry news.

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If you have not joined yet you should definately check our Adventure Tourism and Travel professionals group at linkedIn. Conversations are raging about insurance, best practice, writers looking for stories, agents picking up new trips and more...Check it out here Highlight: company looking to represent hiking, biking and kayaking trips click to view

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Many regional tourism associations are turning to technology to boost their local tourism economy. "Over 85% of North Americans are researching leisure travel online and 55% of those people are now BOOKING online. If you are not offering this feature, you could be losing sales. "- Yahoo Marketing 2006Entire regions recognize the need to get their products online to provide a seamless booking

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