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People buy holidays and leisure entertainment online. It is the biggest e-commerce sector and it is a huge market - £20 billion in Europe in 2006 just on holidays and leisure.

If you don't use a computer to market your business and take sales online you may not be here in a few years time.

Yet despite all the mystique, planning a website, getting it built and promoting it really isn't that difficult. Use the menus to find out now, and submit your technology queries to us for future articles and topics in this section.

 

Technology In Tourism
Find out what technology could mean for your tourism business and why it is an opportunity, not a threat.


Online Selling & E-Marketing Regulations
Know what's required by law, promote your business and sell online safely and legally.


Your Website
The complete guide to planning, building and promoting a cost-effective website that really works for you. This topic covers design, planning, search engines and choosing a web designer.


Desti.ne
Desti.ne is the North East's very own tourism e-business platform. Available to all businesses in the visitor economy, Desti.ne helps you streamline your processes, promote your business, sell online, distribute information and availability to multiple websites and manage relationships with your customers.

 

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