Views from a Corner Suite

Improving The Amazing Race with Experienced Travelers

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:05-05:00May 23rd, 2010|Polls, Views from a Corner Suite|

The Amazing Race Dream Team is a two-person team who would be considered unbeatable in a race around the world for a $1 million dollar prize. Who are the ideal candidates to compete in The Amazing Race? Twenty-five pairings of travel experts with varied backgrounds have been nominated including Twitter celebrities, travel writers, journalists, nomads and travel industry executives. What team would be the favorite to beat the others to the finish line? Voting closes May 31.

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Nominate Uber-Travelers for Amazing Race Dream Team

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:05-05:00May 9th, 2010|Polls, Views from a Corner Suite|

The Amazing Race Dream Team would be the ultimate two-person team to beat in a race around the world for a $1 million dollar prize. Nominations are being taken for a Twitter poll to discover who the Twitterverse believes would be the toughest competition. Who are the ideal candidates to compete in The Amazing Race? Travel writers, road warriors, travel industry executives, travel agents, tour guides? It will be interesting to see who gets nominated, and who ultimately wins.

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What Event Could Have the Greatest Influence on the Future of Travel?

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:05-05:00April 30th, 2010|Polls, Views from a Corner Suite|

This poll is designed to identify the news story from the past week that has the greatest potential to shape the future of the travel industry. Complicating the voting are some stories that are not based on fact at this point, but reflect unsubstantiated ideas or concepts. Some stories involve increasing the market share of leading organizations through mergers or acquisitions; others technological advances that could shift the balance of power between various players within the industry. The results will indicate the "Inflularity" of the event that voters feel create the greatest impact. The question for this week's RockCheetah poll is "What Event Could Have the Greatest Influence on the Future of Travel?"

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What is the World’s Best Luxury Hotel Brand?

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:06-05:00April 23rd, 2010|Polls, Views from a Corner Suite|

This poll is designed to identify the best luxury hotel in the world. The best hotel chain is not measured solely by the beauty of its views from suite balconies, the thread-count of its sheets, or the price of its rooms. The secret sauce for these properties comes down to service - the magical ability to anticipate guest needs and provide personal service in an efficient, yet understated manner. The results will indicate the "Luxularity" of the luxury hotel brand that voters feel provide the best overall experience. The question for this week's RockCheetah poll is "What is the World's Best Luxury Hotel Brand?"

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What Las Vegas Casino Hotel Does Social Media Best?

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:06-05:00April 16th, 2010|Polls, Views from a Corner Suite|

This poll is designed to evaluate the most popular casino hotel in Las Vegas when it comes to social media. The results will indicate the "Socularity" of the Las Vegas casino hotel that those surveyed feel engages their community most effectively through social media. The question for this week's RockCheetah poll is "What Las Vegas Casino Hotel Does Social Media Best?"

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What is Your Ideal Method to Book Leisure Travel?

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:06-05:00April 9th, 2010|Polls, Views from a Corner Suite|

This poll is designed to evaluate the most popular, IDEAL, method for booking leisure travel arrangements. The results will indicate the "Bookularity" of the preferred category comprising the booking method and type of travel seller that those surveyed feel provides the greatest value in the leisure travel reservation process for airline, hotel, car rental and attractions. The question for this week's RockCheetah poll is "What is Your Ideal Method to Book Leisure Travel?"

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Say Anything… Fast Times at Social Media High School

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:06-05:00April 8th, 2010|Social Media, Views from a Corner Suite|

Relationships are the foundation of social media. Relevance, engagement, honesty & trust are the four cornerstones when establishing interpersonal relationships. The same factors impact social media relationships. Parallels can be drawn between the perspectives on relationships provided in Say Anything..., the seminal coming of age film about the complexities of teenage relationships and the business-customer dynamics in social media relationships. Social media appears to have matured to a point where it is about to graduate from High School.

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EXCLUSIVE: Sordid Tales of Power and Corruption Plague Tnooz Editor Kevin May!

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:07-05:00April 1st, 2010|Humor, Views from a Corner Suite|

Described by many as the most dangerous investigative journalism assignment in the history of news, the story that must be told has now come to light. Kevin May, undeniably the most powerful individual in global travel lives an existence that can only be described as a cocktail of narcotics, firearms and sex - with a full measure of maniacal drive for world domination. Hiding behind the facade of his Tnooz news service, May orchestrates his iron fisted oversight of every aspect of the global travel industry.

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Who is the Most Trusted Authority in Online Travel?

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:07-05:00March 25th, 2010|Polls, Views from a Corner Suite|

Online travel, technology and social media conferences around the world are all focusing on the need for travel sellers to earn the trust of consumers. But who does the travel industry trust to provide insight and expertise in an industry that is getting increasingly complex? With analysts, leaders of online travel sites and global distribution systems, influential bloggers, twitter personalities, association executives and journalists all providing their opinions, the question for this week's RockCheetah poll is "Who is the Most Trusted Authority in Online Travel?"

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Google Maps Hotel Prices: Fear & Loathing in Online Travel

By Robert Cole|2019-01-05T19:20:07-05:00March 24th, 2010|Technology, Views from a Corner Suite|

Google's announcement that it is testing the addition of the hotel price to Google Maps search results resulted in fear and concern within the travel community. Google appears to be testing the water on the Maps platform in preparation of launching the hotel price integration into the Universal Search results on all Google results pages. The end result is that advertisers will be able to link more directly and deeply to relevant content from a search results page.

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