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American blogger explores booking engines in Africa

Muzi Mohale — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:30:05 +0000

There are quite a few “booking engines” or “online travel agencies” available to help you perfect your search for your dream vacation. Many of them are quite helpful; while others seem more concerned about the fees they can tack on to your total every step of the way. There are plenty of ways to get [...]

Kulula unveils Secure Instant Deposit for flight bookings

Muzi Mohale — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:37 +0000

kulula has introduced a new online payment mechanism called Secure Instant Deposit (SID) that will help speed up and simplify internet transfers. SID is an assisted electronic funds transfer which allows our fans to safely transfer cash directly to kulula using their existing Internet banking facility as an alternative to using a credit card. “SID is [...]

Results of the 4th Benchmark Survey on Hotel Internet Marketing

Muzi Mohale — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:46:24 +0000

With 2009 over and hoteliers feeling more optimistic, HeBS sees two very different approaches to hotel Internet marketing in 2010: on one side, some hoteliers are still extremely cautious when spending marketing dollars; on the other, hoteliers are hitting the ground running with more expansive online marketing budgets and an enthusiasm to participate in new [...]

The Great Debate: In-house vs outsource revenue managers?

Jean Francois Mourier — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:35:48 +0000

There has been some very interesting discussion lately about the value of outsourcing revenue management operations. With technology available that can manage multiple sales channels, adjust rates in real time based on demand, generate optimal pricing targets determined by competitors’ rates and historical data, and intelligently control yield to maximize RevPAR, many would ask what [...]

FNB to partner PayPal, small tourism entrepreneurs will thrive

Muzi Mohale — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:19:29 +0000

The current news that First National Bank is about to announce their official partnership with PayPal, is definitely music to my ears and will be a HUGE benefit to small tourism entrepreneurs. South Africans have been able to partly use PayPal, limited only to paying for services and products purchased online. However now with the First [...]