mloovi translates your RSS feed / blog into 24 languages using Google Translate.

Complete the 4 steps and paste the widget code into your site.

No replacement for a human translation but a simple and quick way to open up your blog/feed to an international audience.  Could be useful for destination event feeds or travel offers. (via Techcrunch UK)

Will install on this blog and report back.

• Following on from their Family Fun website, Enjoy England have launched a similar campaign at www.monsterfamilyfun.com/

• UK based weather2flights.com lets visitors browse holiday destinations based on climate, routes and flight duration.
• Google Translation Center, a New Human Translations Service in the Making

Only a week in possession but here are my three favourite travel apps/sites so far.

1. Tube Status

View a one page status overview of all lines on the London underground. Includes detailed line messages.

Also found this useful London Underground Map formatted for the iPhone.

2. iQype

Taps into Qype’s review network on the move. Covers 600 locations across 5000 categories and more than 200,000 reviews.

3. Live UK Rail Journey Planner

Timetables and easy to use departure and arrival times across the network.

Any others you’d recommend?

Tourism Montreal
Jean-Nicholas Lacoste got in touch about two websites Tourism Montreal have launched. www.play-montreal.com broadcasts a weekly podcast and www.ifoundmymontreal.com gives visitors the opportunity to share their experiences of the city and read/comment on what other visitors have said.

Lessno.com
Scott Ziber contacted me about the launch of Lessno.com, specialising in discount air fares for international travellers.

A quick surf around their site and blog this morning voice these brand values. The bright bold blog concentrates on personal and shared insights on the places to be, and a link on their home page profiling the world’s ugliest planes.

The home page is simple, concentrating on a large and clear fare search – the two other main links are to a blog post and survey on whether travel prices are fair. They are using a ‘Live chat’ feature, another excellent way to communicate with site visitors. I’d like to see a FAQs section and a predictive airport feature on the form.

Tourism 2007 Conference
Couple of things on this fast approaching conference that I mentioned in July. An email update on the conference shows a strong emphasis on using online marketing to drive sales. Of note they’ll be looking at integrating traditional and Web 2.0 campaigns, building brands with social media tools and making the most of new trends in search engine optimisation.

They also plan to keep the conference site updated with podcasts – hear a summary from Oliver,the conference organiser.

E-Consultancy interview with Warner Breaks’ Mat Finch on silver surfers.

‘Marketing Travel Online is discussed on TalkShoe.com – some Highlights‘ – Alicia Whalen’s podcast summary on brand building with social media.

Yahoo! launches Trip Planner in the UK

Two reviews of the recently launched widgets from STA Travel, Alex Bainbridge and Futurelab