El Questro Homestead, Luxury Lodges of Australia, Western Australia A few weeks ago, I spoke with the owner of one a small boutique hotel connected to TXA. It’s in a destination popular with both international and domestic tourists. We discussed the challenges of the last few years and what’s happening right now. [...]
Like it or not, we operate our tourism businesses in the digital age. Your website serves as a virtual storefront, giving visitors a glimpse of the travel experience they are considering booking. Crafting a captivating website is crucial to attracting and engaging potential travellers. You only get one shot at a first impression, so [...]
As summer approaches, it looks like being a ‘cracker’. Long and hot! Now’s the time to gear up for an influx of ‘bookers’ eager to soak up the sun, surf, and the unique experience your holiday home can offer. Your task is to ensure that your property is summer-ready to attract guests and provide [...]
If there is one social media platform you should use for a tourism business, it is Instagram. And when you use it, you need to think strategically when creating your profile, sharing content, and connecting with your audience. Here's a list of things to consider that will help you set up and actively manage [...]
In pretty much everything, but especially tourism, a picture is worth a thousand words. And with travellers, that translates directly into bookings. In a social media dominated society, where tourists rely heavily on visual cues to make travel decisions, attracting customers equates to the power of captivating photos. Striking imagery, that catches the searching [...]
V3 announces the launch of a new distribution partnership with Ctrip. The integrated two-way XML connection provides Australian and Indonesian tourism operators access to China’s booming online travel market. Ctrip is China’s largest online travel service provider, and this places V3’s TXA and ITX clients at the forefront of the rapidly increasing outbound Chinese [...]
RAA, one of Australia’s largest automobile associations, and South Australia’s most pervasive tourism retailer, has chosen V3 as its technology partner to transition its extensive travel business away from legacy manual systems into the automated online market. RAA is looking to lead the local industry, and their members and customers, into booking dynamic experiential [...]
Booking Boss and V3 are pleased to announce the integration of Booking Boss to the power of TXA distribution. Booking Boss and TXA today launched a live real time two-way connection between Booking Boss and TXA’s diversity of over 200 unique Distribution channels. Shane Crockett, CEO of V3, described the integration as “a win [...]
Over 7,000 tourism industry suppliers reliant on Tourism Exchange Australia (TXA) as part of their distribution strategy are pleased to learn that the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) and V3 have agreed to continue Australia’s unique national booking exchange platform, TXA. The continuation of TXA will ensure distributors and operators can continue to increase [...]
The Australian Tourism Booking Widget (Booking Widget), a government funded project delivered through the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) in partnership with its technology supplier V3 will remain free to access for Australian Tourism Operators in 2015. The Booking Widget has been a successful project facilitating online bookings for small tourism operators who for [...]