Sunset Resorts uses Social Media as Travel Agent Training

Sunset Resorts Jamaica has several videos on YouTube that are packed full of information for travel agents.

OK, so Steve is very excited about his property. And he does a good job providing plenty of sales information for travel agents, but I wonder if he could have provided the same info for the travelers, so agents could also use the video as a sales tool?

Coummunity Service

Every year I offer a free web site to a none profit organization as a community service.

It’s important for all businesses to give back to the community whenever possible, to support social services and programs, education, spiritual or religious beliefs, the arts and other activities that add to the community.

What to expect from your web site:

• A simple website to explain your organization’s goals & mission, and that can expand as your organization expands.
• Photo albums
• Blogging, including rss (real simple syndication) feeds.
• Access for 1 or several employees or members to add to or change information.
• Form pages for creating an email list (managed by you or someone else), or gathering information from viewers.
• A donation link with Paypal or a bank of your choice.
• No limit on how many pages you can create or pictures (well maybe not over 10,000 pictures) you can upload.
• 50 free email addresses, more can be purchased at a minimal fee.
• Off site links.
• A Calendar for listing events.

Our guarantee is simple and to the point. From the date of publication of your web site, WebSailingDesigns.com will modify all pages to meet your final satisfaction for a full year. We will modify text, images, colors and links to assure your goals are met for your web site.

The only requirement is that you are a nonprofit
community service organization.

If you have a community service organization in need of a website, please contact us so that we can discuss the project and whether or not we can be of assistance.

WordPress Updating

WordPress is adding a new description to their Resume:
I Always thought blogging was social, but now Wordpress will take it to a new level. The goal is to leave MySpace and FaceBook in the dust.

Matt Mullenweg says;
The world doesn’t need another social network, it needs a thousand networks that let you own your data and interconnect using open standards. We invest countless hour giving our data to networks like MySpace, essentially sharecropping on their land for the privilege of being able to connect to our friends. It’s our friends, our time, our connections, our data — it should be our software.

It make sense to have control of the look and feel of your design, but also what and who you share your pages with.

The update has been extended for another week to March 17th +/- a day or more, and it maybe a couple of more days before it finally gets to your browser. You can expect there’s going to be some work to the themes and plugins to upgrade to the new 2.5.

Because of the extra time it will take before all the plugins and themes are ready there will be some time to do some preparation & cleaning including:

1. Change and clean the navigation: I always recommend a well thought out navigation system and looking at my own sites, well Its a good time to re-think the categories.
2. Fix broken links internal and external links.
3. Make sure each page has all the meta tags, title, keywords, and description tags.
4. Check for missing image tags: alt, height and width tags.
5. Add a contact pages.

I do back ups weekly and it will be part of the requirements for upgrading to the new WordPress 2.5 so it you haven’t done that in a while know is the time, and check it to make sure it’s readable.

Fam to France

A river cruise through the Burgundy region.

Dates: April 5 from Paris, cruise only.

Length: Six nights aboard the Libellule on the Saone River.

Sponsor: Abercrombie & Kent, Oak Brook, Ill.

Cost: $1,088 per person, double. All meals onboard, motorcoach transfers, sightseeing and entrance fees are included.

Noteworthy: Companions are eligible. Upper-deck accommodations are $250 additional. The single supplement is $400. Roundtrip Paris-Lyon/Dijon-Paris rail transfers are not included and are $300 additional. Agents must fax to Grace Porter a copy of the agency IATA list, their business card and a letter from the agency owner or manager authorizing participation.

Contact: fax: (630) 954-3324.