New Welcome Copy

If you are still using the generic “Welcome” copy that we provided for your NexCite, shame on you!Β  We’ll spare you the lecture on why you need to update that text, but please take that time to personalize your welcome message on your homepage.Β  Here are a few ideas:

Β Traveling is good for the soul and [...]

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Trafalgar Supplier Highlight Page

Take a look at the updated Trafalgar Supplier Highlight page!Β  With Spring in mind, Trafalgar has selected a list of 10 Top Tours for Spring Scenery, highlighting Rome and many other European destinations.
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If you already subscribe to our Supplier Highlight Pages, this content has been updated for you automatically.Β  If not…

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Add Cruise Supplier to Your Nexcite Quick Search

Tony, one of our newest employees, has been trying real hard to impress us lately.Β  He just finished a new upgrade to the Nexcite Quick Search module.Β  Users now have the ability to add a cruise supplier to the Quick Search box on NexCite.

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Content. King.

You may be aware that we recently launched what we believe will be great enhancement to our VacationPort and NexCite website programs for agencies. It’s called ResortPort, and it allows individual properties to add their rich media content to thousands of agency websites powered by VacationPort or NexCite. ResortPort is a big win for everyone [...]

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Is Your Website Yelling “Me Too!”?

Does your web site tell your customers what makes you special? No? Why Not? Your customers are remaining loyal to you because they feel some type of connection to you. Maybe it’s the great service you provide for them, maybe it’s the fabulous deal you found them on that 14 night cruise 3 years ago, [...]

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What Can I Do With 20MB?

20MB is a pretty fair amount of space for storing things you will actually use on your site, however it isn’t infinite. Here are some comparisons on what you can do with 20MB:

20 photos downloaded directly from your camera (I’m assuming that each photo is only 1MB, which is a low estimate, so you may [...]

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Turning A Negative Into A Positive

I just got off the phone with an agent who wanted to talk more about NexCite. She said β€œDon’t you know times are bad and business is slow? No one is calling me.”
After listening to her genuine concern we did a bit of brainstorming together.Β  I mentioned how we could help her make her site [...]

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9 Tips To Improve Your Website

Make it yours. Your customers shouldn’t have to think about which site they are looking at, they should KNOW they are on your site, no matter which page they are on at the moment. Need some ideas on how to do this? Make sure your logo is on the top of every single page. Personalize [...]

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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; It’s called β€œDon’t Make Me Think” by Steve Krug. Why do I recommend this book? Because it’s a short read (less than 200 pages) packed full of information on how to make [...]

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Travel is Hot Hot Hot

What a fun month June was for Passport Online. Not only did we get to see so many of you at the Vacation.com workshops, we also saw record sales for our NexCite and VacationPort products and we are looking forward to the month of July.
We spoke with a lot of agencies last month and agents [...]

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