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The Travel Marketing Digest
22nd July 2013 - Volume III, issue 1
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IN THIS ISSUE.....
Dear Industry Colleagues and Friends,
In this edition of the Travel Marketing Digest we cover:
- CMOs InTravel, introducing our new Blog
- Speaker update for The Global Travel Marketing Forum
- Worried about privacy? Concerned about corporate cyber theft? Take the opportunity for a free trail of a secure smart phone communications application and reduce your phone bill at the same time.
- The Travel Marketing Directory to be launched soon.
Best regards,
Duncan Alexander
Director
The Travel Marketing Store
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Introducing our new Blog: CMOs InTravel
"The Forum for Travel Marketing Specialists"
We have been encouraged by the feedback that we have received on the way that we are filtering the vast amounts of Travel Marketing News into a digestible form. Some have, however, asked us to provide a more immediate service by highlighting important and interesting news as we see it in a format that creates greater interaction. We have therefore created our first Blog, CMOs InTravel.
This is linked to our Twitter and Facebook accounts so readers can choose which medium they wish to follow us on.
We have also created an invitation only LinkedIn Group with the same title where we will approach leaders in Travel Marketing to join, share ideas, issues, solutions and network.
Our first set of Blog Posts are entered below:
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
"The Complete Visitor Economy" 
The Global Travel Marketing Forum
Dubai Madinat Jumeirah
25th September 2013
"the marketplace for travel marketing services"
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: get an early booking discount before August 25th
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Cleartrip confirm their participation
Our current confirmed speakers for The Global Travel Marketing Forum are as follows:
Martin Craigs: CEO of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
Dan Cross: Middle East Head for TripAdvisor
Walid Driss: Middle East & North Africa, Facebook
Alan Hewitt: Business Development Director, Porton Group
Antoine Medawar: VP Middle East & North Africa, Amadeus
Hany Mwafy: Managing Director, Middle East, Brand Finance
Rick Helliwell: VP Corporate Leadership Development, Emirates Airline & Group
Alan Simpson: Director of Talent & Resourcing, Jumeirah Group
Tarique Khatri :Senior Vice President, Business Development Cleartrip
Further details will follow on the conference programme.
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Upcoming Events
The Global Travel Marketing Forum 2013
Wednesday September 25th, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM GST
"the marketplace for travel marketing services". The Global Travel Marketing Forum is an annual conference and exhibition based in Dubai that brings together Travel Marketing thought leaders. The Forum provides a platform for travel marketing suppliers to promote themselves through sponsorships, presentations and dedicated meetings with buyers.
Madinat Jumeirah Conference Centre, Mina A' Salam, Dubai.
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Secure communications on the move Part II
by Duncan Alexander
In our last Travel Marketing Digest we highlighted a new smart phone application that enables secure communications. Since then the bad news about inter-government and business to business cyber crime have continued to dominate the headlines.
If you are in any doubt about the seriousness of the issue listen to the recent BBC radio series:
 SeeCrypt is a downloadable application that costs as little as $3 a month and allows users to make encrypted voice and text messages using military strength encryption. The application is provided by Porton Group, a privately held venture capital firm specialising in commercialisation of military technologies. The timing of their roll-out could not be better. The application currently runs on Apple, Android and Blackberry 10. It enables Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls for free with the added benefit of the best in cryptology, key management and information security. Two users can make unlimited calls and messaging from anywhere in the world at no additional cost.
ENJOY THE APPLICATION FOR FREE FOR SIX MONTHS WITH THE TRAVEL MARKETING STORE REFERRAL CODE:
1. Download Seecrypt from the Apple/Google store (depending on your device).
 
2. Register with your email address and set a new password.
3. Enter this referral code: FLYSAFE.
4. Go to your email and verify your email address (very important) - click on the link.
5. Log in to your Seecrypt account to check all your details and active devices.
6. Invite your colleagues, family and friends to create your own secure network.
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Seecrypt Mobile
The Privacy Solution
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Porton Group are the main sponsor of The Global Travel Marketing Forum. They will present and discuss this important issue for those involved in the travel industry and in the wider private and government sectors at our event.
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Coming Soon: The Travel Marketing Directory
 The Travel Marketing Store has teamed up with D2i SYSTEMS to build the next phase of our business and to provide an online Directory of Travel Marketing Suppliers.
 This will provide a facility for user generated content and automated subscriptions for Travel Marketing Services Suppliers to list and promote themselves.
The directory comes with three levels of participation:
- Free: basic company listing with contact details
- Standard: $300 per annum: logo placement and additional space for promotional copy
- Premium $800 per annum: logo, extra copy space, ability to load corporate presentations/video clips, links to your corporations social marketing sites, ability to book appointments at our events and outside of our events.
The directory is divided into five broad categories with over 30 sub categories of marketing services.
Further details will be made available soon as we prepare for the launch of The Travel Marketing Directory.
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The Travel Marketing Store
Nicky Baxter
Editor
The Travel Marketing Digest |
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