This is My Advice, Touristologists!!!
Sometimes, Touristologists improving their studies abroad ask me advice about what to do next. My Advice? Look for a travel agency willing to send tourists to your native country OR for a chain of...
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Fast Data = Big Data + Real-Time Web + Human Interaction!
Jordi, Can you give us a seminar about Fast Data? Of course! - I reply!First, because I know that nowadays it is very usual that some people use different words to describe the same /old thing.Second,...
View ArticleWhy is segmentation so important in Touristology?
Not so long ago, I wrote a post about Dr. Frankenstein’s segmentation. It is a compulsory reading for the future of Touristology (I mean, My Touristologists!) . Some of them get the idea at the first...
View ArticleWhere are the future of Touristology?
Are you there?Waiting to learn Touristology’s framework…Ready to change the way we enjoy, manage and define Tourism…Ready to do whatever it takes…Loving web-engineering as a member of the...
View ArticleI Feel Like I’m 20 Years Old!!!
When My Touristologists give Wonderful presentations… I Feel Like I’m 20 Years Old!!! They get the framework, they transform it… it is not my framework anymore (never was!!!) now it’s their framework!...
View ArticleSharing? Yes! But keeping control of the chain of value!
The other day, I was lucky enough to participate in a debate about my favorite subject… Touristology!It was an interesting experience! You can listen to it here…Be aware, the podcast is in Catalan (My...
View ArticleRevenue Management helping you to deal with the sharing economy.
As you know, I like to define Revenue Management as a way to manage hotels focusing on PROFITS and coordinating all the departments of the hotel and all the members of the chain of value. I, strongly,...
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SPECIALIZED TOURISM. Why is it so difficult to understand?
When Touristologists talk about specialized tourism, we are talking about the highest level of specialization… the best one! In the first tier, you have generic/mass tourism. No segmentation whatsoever...
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Smartcities? Smartspaces? Smartareas?...SMARTChainofValue!
This summer I was playing around two potential-to-be-disruptive-topics. The first one was about BLE technology.The second was about graph databases.It wasn’t until the middle of august that I realized...
View ArticleLeaders in Tourism?
Are we Tourism leaders because we get more tourists than anyone? What kind of crazy, boring, not sustainable, not as profitable as-it-can-be business are we playing at!?!??! Not sustainable? Number of...
View ArticleOpportunities in The Sharing Economy? Can you give an example?
As you know, I love to talk about Touristology and any potential disruptor of our beloved sector. Nowadays, the flavor of the month is ….The sharing economy. You can read my previous posts OR to watch...
View ArticleCopy me? Are you sure that you have what it takes?
The other day, some of my fellow Touristologists told me… Jordi, we will have an entrepreneurial session this weekend. We will explain a good idea for a tourism product in front of potential investors,...
View ArticlePlanning a Startup in Tourism? Who is most important Developers or...
As I always say to My Touristologists, all good answers begin with three words… It depends ON…then you have to explain the “ons”!!!! How is it possible that most of the new startups dealing with...
View ArticlePut off your worries NOT your dreams!
A long time ago a wise man (one that appears here Mr. Almodovar to be precise!) told me. “Today (it was Friday) I had a strong argument. I will be very disappointed on Monday”This wise man teaches me a...
View ArticleInvisible hand in Touristology.
Not long ago, China was a communist country, nowadays it is in transition to becoming a capitalist country but, habits die hard! So far, they have being very successful combining freedom economy...
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I’m a hotelier! Why on earth do I have to sell airline tickets?
A few days/weeks ago I shared on my Twitter account this article about Mystifly... If you don’t feel like reading the article (which I strongly recommend!) Here’s a summary… In a nutshell,...
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Creating a Tourism start-up
All my life, I have been planning, experiencing, listening to, reading about people creating new start-ups. This background allow me to see patterns, to propose frameworks… using them you can try to...
View ArticleWe are Touristologists! We can choose! Can you?
Let me be clear once and for all! It is OK to use other people/companies CRS (Central Reservation Systems), OTA (On-line Travel Agencies) or SnS (Social Networking Sites) … As a matter of fact usually...
View ArticleYOU have to change the way we enjoy, manage and define Tourism!!!
Asian tourists going to a small village next to Oxford? Because somebody told them that Harry Potter scenes were shot there OR because somebody told them that they will find love when they return?...
View ArticleDon’t like THESE tourists? Bring your own ones!
The other day a journalist asked me if it was possible to have an interview about how residents were worried about the increase of Tourism and all the problems this represents.Of course - I said - I...
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