Populating TID

Today I decided to change the name of TID -Travel Information Database to – Travel Itinerary Directory (still retaining the abbreviation TID) to better reflecting the adjustment in the market place along with the changes in consumer’s behavior associated with tourism requirements.

No matter what name I attached to TID populating it still remains a hurdle that requires concentrated effort. The first time I realized that populating TID in the formatted structure I required was going to be challenging was when Neuro Nimbus (Development Company behind TID) finished their customization work in 2006 giving me the go ahead to input data.

tried inputting the information in the database manually but that was grueling, so I decide to streamline the data content to one specific geographical area leaving eight regions in TID without content.

Here are some of the options I’ve tried so far:

Visit library and photocopy business directories content then manually transcribe the information directly into TID.

Have my family browse online directories such as Yellow Pages, Toronto.com, and niche sites to copy and past content into TID.

Look into online tactics such as, scraping, mash ups, API and other extracting applications.

This is the state of TID to date; I continue to explore different options to strategically and economically populate TID.

Visionaries Required

I just posted this comment on businessweek.com

Real leaders (visionaries) don't worry about the present situation, they provide just-in time portals for RIO (ROI) with the understanding of a relaxing future paths. "Google creates we respond".

Rob Torres sees that the travel industry lacks innovation, creativity and consumer solutions for travelers and this in it self can add up to billions in revenue of (for) them. Yes, addressing travelers behavioral requirements makes sense by giving them "a destination where they can research travel plans, read user reviews, and see user uploaded videos and photos" like Torres stated but, in my view Troogle or any of the other web sites commented on this blog stops short of any real vertical breakthroughs in the tourism industry.

At this time I'm slumbering along creating a 4.0 travel concept and would welcome real visionaries to join me http://thecreationoftravelpapers.blogspot.com in providing a useful solution for travelers destination needs.

I don't usually get court up in posting comments on sites or read articles. I do see the benefits but most of the time its just social rambling or egotistic innuendo...you no... thats not totally true, like this article Google Travel Plans Posted by: Catherine Holahan on May 22 where some of the comments were so transparently defensive. Google sees them selfs as creators with no "need too at this time" go out side their true value offering.

The true question is, what do you see your self as? an innovator or a follower.

First Instinct

I’m looking to get back into blogging, the key is to find a way of being consistent with my journaling activities as I create, develop, establish synergies and partnerships with participants through the development of Travelpapers.com. The last time I blogged was some time ago and a lot has happened with Travelpapers.com since then, I feel like I could of accomplished more but however, it’s a struggle trying to live a balanced life especially when you already spend a great amount of your time on computers creating an online business from conceptual.

My goal is not to drill into specific activates happening day to day with Travelpapers.com creation but to layout the path and reasoning behind the directions I’ve taken to launch travelpapers.com as a creative value travel service.

There is a lot going on in the travel industry, actually not only the travel industry, the advertising, directory and tourism on a whole. There has never been a time or “this time is just ideal for me to launch Travelpapers.com in”, not only does it stand to make millions competing with other innovative industry concepts its sub-sector markets are starting to bud along with consumer choices.

In my last blog I was going through a decision making choice between two business consultants that could write a professional business plan for me. I decided to go with my gut instinct and I was right, Faheem Moosa – Springboard Business Consulting -

fmoosa.mba2007@ivey.ca was able to present me with a well detailed business plan with in a reasonable established time frame. The most important part about working with Faheem was we shared an entrepreneur mind set that made our working relationship all that better.

The question that comes up for me is, how important is your first instinct in creating a good business relationship?