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FOLLOW IN OUR FOOTSTEPS

21 Aug 2007

So my idea is fairly simple. As well as advising on and selling travel, I obviously love to travel too. I run a number of specialist travel websites but my journeys also take me to other places which I never get to share with anyone....until now. I've decided to create a new section to this website called "Follow in our footsteps". After my own travels, I will add some information about the places I've visited. I'll include why I chose to go there, what I booked and what it was like along with any other information I think you may find of interest. To see what I thought of Cuba, visit the new "Follow in our footsteps" page

NEW VENTURES

26 Mar 2007

In the last couple of weeks, I've signed an agreement to offer overseas properties for sale. The website domain is registered and hopefully, it will be up and running shortly. I'll give a fuller update when its ready. Another new website has also been launched which allows BBM Explorer customers to book their travel online. I've added a line to the main page and the direct URL is www.bbmexplorer.explorertravel.co.uk.

The dive show at ExCeL was another useful exercise. I had further conversations with one particular company who I hope to take on as a preferred supplier. Again, I'll give more information once it progresses. I also met up with Emperor Divers and had a useful chat with them.

My new African travel website has been submitted and is awaiting construction. It will cover travel in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar. There are also options to add extensions to the Indian islands resorts in Mauritius and the Seychelles.

I've also been working on the Sports Fan Explorer website which will provide package trips to various sporting events such as the Formula 1 Grand Prix, Tour de France and the Paris Airshow. Once its all complete, I'll provide all the details.

PROGRESS IN EARLY 2007

5 Mar 2007

Since my last update back in December, things have progressed nicely on all fronts and time has flown by. I've been steadily marketing my Egypt and Russia travel and early results are giving me a lot of encouragement that I have moved into good markets. Although it's up and running, like any website my Rodina Explorer website www.rodina.explorertravel.co.uk still needs a lot of fine tuning. I'm fairly happy with the Egypt website www.redseaexplorer.com so I've been spending more time developing other areas of the business.

I've been spending a lot of time and money developing my flights website, www.flyghts.eu This website is designed to be an information source for people look for flights to various destinations. From the main page, click on the "destinations directory" or the direct link is www.flyghts.eu/routes.php From there, select a country and airport and you will see a list of airlines and destination you can fly to from your chosen airport. I originally planned to limit this to low cost airlines but with many scheduled airlines also offering great prices on tickets, I decided to include them too. Obviously, this has meant a huge increase in my work load but eventually, it will be a very useful tool for travel agents and travellers alike to help plan journeys.

My proposed trip to visit Ypres fell through at the last moment but the website is practically ready for market, just a few amendments are needed. Next, I'm turning my attentions to my new website covering Southern Africa. Africa is such a fabulous destination so I'm really excited about setting up a new website to cover travel there. I would expect the website to be up and running by the end of March.

My sports travel website, Sports Fan Explorer, is also pretty close to launch although it will be small scale compared to Egypt, Russia and Africa. I'll focus mainly on selling flight and accommodation packages to people so it's a matter of keeping an eye out for the bargains and letting people know about them.

This weekend, I'm off to the Dive Show at Excel in London. It barely seems 6 months since I went to the show at the NEC. I've already got a couple of contacts I need to speak to and hopefully, I'll track down some new leads while I'm there.