While it's no secret that the Internet is playing a significant role in business and leisure travel decisions -- including online bookings, it seems that few sites exist to provide quality perspectives about the experience and needs of the business travel community. Of course, as is the case with any shifting industry, it's important to sift through the volume of sites and identify those sites that share useful information from those that do not.
The good news is that BusinessTravelDestinations.com is a site that recently launched, and may offer exactly what business travelers want. "In creating BusinessTravelDestinations.com, I wanted to establish a content-rich site for business travelers and others who organize business travel. This site shares selected information about hotels, restaurants, event venues and more in various cities around the world," explains Rob Hard, travel guide and publisher for the site.
BusinessTravelDestinations.com develops destination profiles for the U.S., Europe and elsewhere based on Hard's travel reviews and destination site visits. The site also maintains a regular blog that highlights issues faced by business travelers and planners, and shares content focused on six business travel topics: airline news, business travelers, event planning, event jobs, hotel news and travel news.
Embracing a web 2.0 feature, the site includes an extensive community forum section where readers can post comments and questions. And individual travelers may take advantage of the site's booking engine, which does not add any additional fees beyond the basics of booking, unlike other booking sites, offering its travelers the best leisure travel rates offered as a Travelocity partner.
The intent of the site is to continue developing more services that are focused on both business travelers and travel suppliers -- without compromising content.
"I travel quite a bit to various travel and meetings industry conferences and trade shows -- as well as individual site visits. And I have gained a strong sense for the innovation that tourism offices and others want to promote themselves. Just like the travelers who they are targeting to attract, tourism suppliers are searching for trustworthy online sites that share a perspective that understands the challenges and rewards of business travel and this industry," Hard adds.
This means that BusinessTravelDestinations.com will not share a watered down version of destinations and business travel experiences. And it also means that BusinessTravelDestinations.com will not serve as a site that just echoes the complaints and frustrations of travelers. "Business travel is about helping organizations achieve their business objectives, and my role is to help travelers and planners know best destinations and travel venues that will help achieve those objectives,"
http://BusinessTravelDestinations.com continues to develop its content, and will soon develop an online supplier database that allows organizations in the travel and tourism industry to promote themselves in the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions industry. Rob Hard is a business travel columnist who has also organized hundreds of corporate events, including meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions. He has a passion for exploring the best cities, regions and resorts around the world. Hard will continue to spend time on the road, share his journals, and narrow suggestions for business travel itineraries.
