Former Google engineers have launched a new search engine called Cuil.com ("cool").
Cuil.com claims to index more of the Web than any other search engine:
Lonely Planet surveyed 2,000 travelers from the UK and Ireland on their most-likely travel destinations, and the USA was at the top:
There are many ways to analyze a competitor's website. Here are three simple and free methods for getting some interesting data on another website:
LonelyPlanet.com partners with Hostelworld.com and Expedia.com:
Lonely Planet...has joined forces with two of the world’s leading accommodation providers, Expedia and Hostelworld.com, to deliver a unique accommodation booking service.
Lonely Planet is opening up retail stores beginning with a concept store in Sydney International Airport in 2009:
Finnish hotels/hostel nights up in May 2008 over May 2007:
HI USA's Golden Gate Council is having a writing contest in honor of their 50th Anniversary.
Search engines see websites much differently than humans. As mentioned in my free hostel marketing ebook earch engine crawlers can't effectively see Flash content, JavaScript, or text that is embedded within images.
The Elenydd Hostels Trust, which operates two hostels in a remote area of Wales, is delighted to announce that their grant application for £82,000 to improve the structure and amenities at Dolgoch has been successful!
STA Travel is closing 48 of its 65 retail locations in the USA.
The store closings and new online capabilities will enhance STA's ability to succeed in an increasingly competitive marketplace that favors buying travel online, it says.
