Are you ready?

The Hyperconnected: Here They Come! is the name of a new IDC study of global communications habits commissioned by Nortel. They interviewed 2400 working adults in 17 countries. This will have implications on how business is being conducted as this group expands at a rapid pace and travel will certainly be affected. Their demands on the user experience will be higher than those of the less connected. They will also very likely be more willing to post their comments and reviews, good or bad, to their social network and beyond.

The study can be downloaded from the article page. Better get ready!

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Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond

This is a great presentation of some of the key developments that have already arrived or are on the horizon. It's clear that they will have an impact on the online travel industry, with search being one area in particular where innovation will happen based on what's called the semantic, or intelligent web. Another area will be recommendation systems where things are moving ahead with improved results noticeable to users.

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10 Future Web Trends

as covered in Read/WriteWeb

provides us with a glimpse of what is coming down the pike and it sure sounds exciting. I've stated many times before that on the web "we ain't seen nothing yet" and reading these ten trends confirms this. It's going to be exciting to watch which existing companies will take advantage of these new innovations and introduce successful new services based on them and what new ventures are going to appear on the scene. Can only say, stay tuned!