This week....CWT goes bowling, the top 4 holiday destinations for Brits and Google goes into space
on 16th May 2011Welcome back to ‘This week’! Everyone at CWT Digital is always striving to keep up to date with what’s happening in the worlds of travel and technology, and we’ve chosen our picks of the most important news and developments from the past week to share with you. Are you eager to find out about the latest trends in the travel industry? Would you like to know more about how technology is shaping the future of the travel industry? If so, then read on!
CWT Digital news
See photos from our latest staff social event! 16th May – For our quarterly staff social, the whole CWT Digital team visited our local bowling alley last week and enjoyed a bit of friendly competition. You can see all the fun that was had by visiting our Facebook page and taking a look at the photos.
Travel news
Tourism in Dubai gets off to a strong start in 2011. 12th May – Dubai has seen an increase of almost 14% in hotel stays in the first three months of the year, reports TTG Live.
Cruise news: new performers on P&O ship, new Portsmouth terminal opens and Norwegian Epic to host Nickelodeon stars. 13th-17th May – TTG Live reports on the announcement of Derren Brown and Russell Watson as performers on selected P&O cruises. Plus, breaking Travel News cover Vince Cable opening the new Portsmouth cruise terminal and NCL revealing the Nickelodeon stars to feature on Norwegian Epic’s summer cruises.
Four countries account for half of Brits’ holidays. 16th May – New research by the Co-operative Travel reveals that over half of holidays taken by Britons are in just four countries: Spain, Greece, Turkey and the USA.
Azerbaijan sees interest increase by over 4,000% following Eurovision win. 16th May – Breaking Travel News have responses to the news that interest in Azerbaijan on TripAdvisor increased by 4,662% following the country’s victory in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Technology news
Google’s travel strategy goes into space! 11th May – Google’s UK strategists have produced a fun animated video which takes a look at how travel technology could change and improve our travel experiences in the future.
Half of UK teenagers haven’t heard of location check-in services. 14th May – TNooz has reported on research which suggests that 48% of 11 to 18 year olds are unaware of check-in based travel services, and that nearly two thirds of those that are aware of such tools view them as unnecessary.
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