User:(WT-en) Stephenjoyce

Stephen A. Joyce.

About
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Contact Information:

Sentias Software Corp. 92 Lonsdale Avenue Suite 200 North Vancouver, BC Canada V7M 2E6 Phone: 604-983-0083 Email: info[at]sentias.com

Profile:

I have been working as a creative and technology consultant since 1995. Prior to co-founding Sentias Software Corp. maker of the Rezgo.com web based reservation system, I was a Managing Consultant with marchFirst, Inc., a large IT Consulting company in Chicago as well as a Creative Director at Communicate.com, one of Vancouver's premier web development studios. I am active in ongoing business improvement and sit on the Board of Directors of several community advocacy groups, primarily those located in North Vancouver and West Vancouver. One of my pet projects at Sentias is the Karma Exchange, a web application designed to promote everyday acts of goodwill. The Karma Exchange can be found at www.karmaex.com.

News:

January 2008 Very exciting news! I have been asked to stand as the Chair of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce for the upcoming 2008-2009 year. I am very excited by this development and I look forward to being able to help develop and foster a positive business environment in North Vancouver. In addition, the North America Chapter of IFITT is now fully incorporated and our first mandate is to engage the academic and industry communities in order to build a strong membership in the U.S. and Canada.

December 2007 I worked with an incredible team to publish the first travel industry book based on the collective works of bloggers from around the World. Over 25+ blog authors from North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia contributed their content for the "Tips from the T-List" book project. The book was launched at the Canada-e-connect conference in Vancouver in November 2007 and was subsequently distributed at the Travolution conference in London, PhoCusWright Conference in Orlando, and the Web-in-Travel Conference in Singapore. The book has also resulted in several speaking and workshop opportunities at major International conferences including ITB-Berlin, the largest travel industry conference in World to be help in March of 2008.

Travel Technology:

I am the founding President of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism, North America Chapter. IFITT brings together Academics, Industry professionals, and Government in an open discussion about information and communication technologies and their impact on the travel and tourism industries. As the founding President of IFITT North America, I hope to bring more regional and national attention to tourism technology and provide a uniquely North American perspective to issues surrounding distribution, intermediation, and online marketing.

Blog Roll:

Stephen Joyce - Travel Technologist

Travel & Tourism Trends

Amazing Tours

Tourism INTERNET Marketing

Travolution Blog

Tourism Tide

British Columbia
Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Okanagan Valley, Tofino, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo, Sechelt, Powell River, Williams Lake

Alberta
Red Deer

Washington State
Seattle, Bellingham, Olympia, Tacoma.

Oregon
Portland, Bend, Klamath Falls, Great Rock Climbing at Smith Rock

California
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Anaheim.

Florida
Orlando

Nevada
Las Vegas.

Arizona
Grand Canyon.

New Mexico
Albuquerque, Los Alamos.

Illinois
Chicago, Schaumburg, Oakville.

U.K
London, Windsor, Oxford, York, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Peterborough, Brighton.

Germany
Frankfurt, Berlin

Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Greece
Athens

Cyprus
Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol

Austria
Vienna Innsbruck

Netherlands
Amsterdam

Switzerland
Zurich

Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Japan
Tokyo

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kuala Trenganu

Singapore
Singapore

Indonesia
Jakarta

Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca

United Arab Emirates
Dubai

Kenya
Mombasa, Nairobi

Morocco
Agadir, Marrakech, Rabat