Stephen Joyce

Stephen A. Joyce has been working as a travel & tourism technology consultant since 1995. In 2005 Stephen and his company, Sentias Software Corp., began development on Rezgo.com, a next generation Web 2.0 tour and activity booking engine for SME travel suppliers and tour operators. In June of 2007, Rezgo.com was officially released and now boasts a user base of 900+ companies. Stephen is also very active in fostering tourism technology and is the founding President of the North American Chapter of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT North America). He is the publisher of the Tips from the T-List books, a series of ground-breaking books that bring together travel industry bloggers from around the World. The success of the book has resulted in workshops and speaking engagements on Social media and User generated content around the World. In addition to his tourism initiatives, Stephen is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Website Subcommittee for Vancouver’s NorthShore Tourism Association, Executive with the Canadian E-Tourism Council, and formerly on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Club and the COHO Society of the North Shore. Stephen is a graduate of Capilano University, is a certified Commercial Pilot, and holds a certificate in IT Management.

Visit Stephen Joyce on the web at: http://tourismtechnology.rezgo.com

Stephen Joyce contributes to the following category:

• Independent Travel
• Travel Industry News

The Last 10 Posts by Stephen:

• If I was going to start a travel and tourism business…, (01 May 2013)
• Promoting Your Tour / Activity Business Using LinkedIn’s Company Pages, (17 Apr 2013)
• Sell and distribute your tour and activity inventory through the Owned Inventory Merchant Model., (15 Mar 2013)
• Who should hold the bag in terms of API integration?, (07 Dec 2012)
• A mobile booking platform is the next big opportunity in the $27B Tour & Activity Market., (06 Nov 2012)
• Distribution Strategies and the ATDW, (04 Oct 2012)
• What happened to the good old fashioned hello?, (03 Aug 2012)
• Credit Card Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility, (15 Jun 2012)
• Payments in Travel and Tourism are a Real Challenge, (02 Jun 2012)
• How do you start a travel business that becomes a $500M company?, (18 Apr 2012)

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