New Years Eve is a time for us to reflect, as well as look to the future, and along with that comes the typical New Years resolutions. If you are looking for a resolution that is different from the typical “loose 20 pounds” or “clean out the garage”, .travel has some resolution ideas for the Travel Industry.

1. Register your business with .travel! It is time for travel and hospitality businesses to register and use their .travel names. With a price tag at approximately $100, .travel is THE solution to aid in these economic times and beat the competition.

Great .travel names are available: cheapbeachtrips.travel, discovereurope.travel, bestofsanfran.travel, exploreafrica.travel, ofertas.travel, trips4U.travel, weddingtrips.travel, moscowtrips.travel, rometours.travel, praguetours.travel, viajesandmore.travel, and thousands of others. To check if your chosen .travel name(s) is available, please click here…

2. Be satisfied with your career. If you are looking for a job, consider using www.job.travel, a new employment website specifically for the travel and tourism industry. It has launched in over 100 cities so far!

3. Travel more! There is always somewhere new and exciting to discover. Some interesting places to discover: ElSalvador.travel, SantaCatarina,travel, and Slovakia.travel.

4. Skip the paper check-in for flights, and use online check-in. You can check in 24 hours before a flight, and even get better seat options. Online check-in also allows you to bypass standing in line and go straight to security if you are not checking bags. Some companies are now even making a cell-phone check-in available, where the e-Ticket is sent straight to your PDA device. Check out 2go.travel, a website that allows you to upload your trip itinerary, pictures, and much more!

5. Become more environmentally responsible in your travels. Many hotels are adopting the idea of being a “green hotel” by using energy saving measures such as fluorescent bulbs, and low-flow showerheads. Consider re-using your towels and bed sheets instead of having them changed everyday to contribute to the movement.

Some great .travel websites with more information include: www.GreenSpot.travel, ReduceMyCarbonFootprint.travel, ClimateSolutions.travel and www.EarthLung.travel.

Have a happy and safe New Year!

.travel on the Road Again….

To ETOA and WTM with New Tools

With only one month and counting to ETOA and WTM in London, the shipping and final planning are taking place, but the final packing will be a bit different than past years. For those of you that have ordered another cell phone capable in the U.K. or carried laptops to keep connected at WTM, this year it is different -you have another option. That is why the entire .travel team will be traveling with iPhones. Handy and much lighter than a laptop to walk the immense halls of ExCel or riding on the Tube, the .travel team will stay connected, organized, and in touch with this pocket-sized computer with so many cool tools.

In fact, the .travel team stumbled upon a newly launched iPhone site called 2Go.travel. Designed as a travel manager that fits all in the palm of one’s hand, 2Go.travel can incorporate all of one’s reservations for a trip into a single itinerary page. The time to say goodbye to all of the printed confirmation emails is now. 2Go.travel and its additional tools: currency convertor, trip journals, photo gallery, and travel deal alerts, make traveling easier. Check it out at www.2Go.travel

Let us know what other tools you are using to make traveling easier…and see you at ETOA/WTM next month.