Category Archives: Website Design
Keep your NexCite Up To Speed
The web is abuzz today with various articles discussing a recent Akamai/PhoCusWright study on travelers online shopping behavior.Β The most important finding shows that consumers are growing more and more impatient with technical glitches and loading times on travel websites.
According to tnooz, the study (of nearly 2,800 US travel buyers in the US) found that [...]
Stop Hoarding on your Home Page
Your home page is one ofΒ the most important pages on your website.Β It is the great entryway to your business, the identity of your brand, andΒ the most compelling sales pitch to your customer.Β Or at least it should be.
Since the home page is valued so highly, it also tends to be the page that is [...]
Travel Website Ideas (Part Two)
Last week, Scott Klososky had a great presentation on designing travel websites at the Travel Weekly virtual tradeshow (you can see a summary of his top-10 ideas). I want to mention something that Scott did not touch on. Iβve heard a lot of debate over the last few years regarding consumer online booking of βcomplexβ [...]
Travel Website Ideas (Part One)
I listened to Scott Klososkyβs session on website design at the recent Travel Weekly virtual tradeshow, and would like to give you a couple of my own thoughts on this topic.
Iβve had the pleasure of participating in several Travel Weekly Leadership Forums over the last year or so, and have heard Scott speak multiple times. [...]
Scanning The Pages
There is one book I recommend to anyone involved in building, updating, maintaining or even using, a web site in the travel industry; Itβs called βDonβt Make Me Thinkβ by Steve Krug. Why do I recommend this book? Because itβs a short read (less than 200 pages) packed full of information on how to make [...]