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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 05:05:20 -0700
From: Marcus L. Endicott <mendicott@igc.apc.org>
Subject: New Book: The Electronic Traveler
THE ELECTRONIC TRAVELER:
DIRECTORY OF TOURISM INFORMATION SOURCES
copyright 1994 M. L. Endicott all rights reserved worldwide
With a Forward by Steven K. Roberts
of Nomadic Research Labs
as the title says, The Electronic Traveler is a directory of tourism
information available to everyone with a computer and a telephone: it
is a guidebook to travel information sources on the emerging
information superhighway.
Although the much touted "information superhighway" is under
construction, its principal components are already in evidence and
many lanes are open for use. As this historic technological
convergence and social restructuring takes place right before our
eyes, The Electronic Traveler provides signposts, empowering you to
participate in this process. It explains exactly what travel and
tourism information is available on the information highway and how to
access it. It covers the vast Internet, popular proprietary
interactive systems, Computer Reservation Systems (CRSs), independent
bulletin board systems (BBSs), and commercial fulltext databases. It
is for everyone who loves travel and the world: from the traveling
public to the industry that provides them with services and products.
The Electronic Traveler will help you learn of and about destinations
and how best to get there, including buying transportation and
accommodation. It will help you find people and places, organizations
and events, restaurants and stores, museums and libraries, historic
sites and scenic vistas, entertainment and adventure to satisfy your
individual needs and desires. It will help you amuse yourself in
transit, as well as keep you in better contact with home while away.
It will help you connect with travel partners. The Electronic
Traveler will not only do all this and more but will also help you get
the best value for your time and money.
ORDER FORM:
The Electronic Traveler: Directory of Tourism Information Sources
Publication Date: June 1, 1994
Format: Spiral Bound, approx. 130 pages
Cost: U.S. $50.00, postpaid (priority mail U.S., airmail outside U.S.)
Enclose check or money order payable to M. L. Endicott with order form and
mail to:
M. L. Endicott, P.O. Box 20837, Saint Simons Island, Georgia 31522-0437,
USA
Number of Copies:
Amount Enclosed:
Your Name:
Street Address or P.O. Box:
City and State:
Postal Code and Country:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0.0 Introduction
0.1 Origins Of The Information Superhighway
0.2 Origins Of This Book
0.3 What To Expect From This Book
0.4 What To Bring To This Book
0.5 Short List Of Useful Books And Periodicals
0.6 Overview Of The Matrix
0.7 About The Internet
0.8 Some Major Online Functions
0.9 Information Technology In Travel And Tourism Today
1.0 Internet/Usenet/Bitnet
1.1 Newsgroups
1.2 Mailing Lists
1.3 F.A.Q.s: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FILES/GOPHER/WORLDWIDE WEB
1.4 List of Travel Related Worldwide Web and Gophers on the Internet
2.0 Proprietary Systems
2.1 America Online (AOL.COM)
2.2 CompuServe (CompuServe.COM)
2.3 Delphi (Delphi.COM)
2.4 eWorld (eWorld.COM)
2.5 GEnie (genie.geis.com)
2.6 Institute for Global Communications (IGC.APC.ORG)
2.7 National Videotex Network (NVN.COM)
2.8 Prodigy (prodigy.com)
2.9 TogetherNet (together.org)
2.10 Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (well.com)
3.0 Computer Reservation Systems/Consumer CRS
3.1 Eaasy Sabre
3.2 OAG Electronic Edition
3.3 WORLDSPAN Travelshopper
3.4 TravelFile/ORG
4.0 Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)
4.1 BBS Software Support BBS
4.2 List of Travel-Related BBS Listkeepers
4.3 BBS Networks
4.4 Travel BBS List - Short
4.5 Travel BBS List - Long
5.0 Commercial Fulltext Databases
5.1 General Fulltext Databases
5.2 Travel Periodicals Online
5.3 Travel Databases
6.0 International Telephony/Connectivity
6.1 Where-To
6.2 How-To
6.3 What-To
7.0 Travel Information Technology Trade Organizations
7.1 HEDNA
7.2 ITTA
7.3 CASMA
8.0 Bibliography
8.1 Travel Information Technology Books
8.2 Internet Books
8.3 Travel Information Technology Periodicals
4.4 Travel BBS List - Short
Active as of April 1994:
Access America 918-747-2542
Alaska Information Cache 907-373-3205
American Travel Network 704-567-0893
Back Lounge of the Tour Bus 908-637-6336
Backpacker's Wilderness 305-245-7601
CABB (Consular Affairs Bulletin Board) 202-647-9225
Cave God BBS 513-890-6261
ChicAAgo Hanger & The Eagles Nest BBS 708-980-1613
Colorado TravelBank 303-671-7669
Digital Inn 303-296-1300
DirectLink subscriber-only
Europe Through The Back Door(ETBD)BBS 206-771-1902
Export-Import (ExIm) Bank BBS 202-566-4699
FAA Headquarters BBS 202-267-5697
FedWorld Gateway 703-321-8020
Fountain Travel BBS 0273 584827
Gaia Passage 912-265-0784
Hawaii DBED BBS 808-586-2496
Home Exchange Network 407-869-5956
Immigration Law BBS 718-463-1091
Independent Travel Technology Association (ITTA) BBS
(c/o ARINC BBS) 410-573-3244
LeisureTyme Free Travel Club 401-943-7093
Modern Traveller 7-0562-425901
National Park Service 215-597-2710
OSSN BBS subscriber-only
Outdoor Almanac 206-363-0195
Outdoor Education BBS 216-374-8850
Outdoors BBS 317-887-9466
PCTravel 919-831-4848
Sun Vacation & World Travel 914-758-2485
Time Traveler BBS 886-4-276-0160
Travel Connection 415-691-0954
Travel Friends Information Service 800-328-2427 (Interspan)
303-573-1800 (US West)
Travel Info Net 519-428-9287
Travel Mates BBS 708-928-0281
Travel Online (St. Louis Online) 314-973-4073
314-625-3874
314-625-4045
Travel Online Recreation Info System 708-830-4BBS
Travel Search BBS 914-358-0480
Traveller-Box 49-7664-95185
Travelmatic 39-11-502423
USCS BBS (U.S. Customs Service) 703-440-6155
Vacation Source 800-868-7555
303-738-0972
Vacationland (New Hampshire) 603-444-0701
World Travel Online 212-717-5922
Worldwide Brochures 218-847-3027
Apparently defunct:
Airline BBS/DFW (System One) 817-540-2794
Alexair Travel 513-836-8170
AlpineTrail Source 206-882-0110
Belize Tourism 011501233711
Boundary Waters BBS 218-365-6907
Game & Travel BBS 415-221-6456
International Travel Briefing Service n.a.
ModemCity/Europe-On-Line n.a.
Premier Vacations & Travel BBS 619-741-2392
The Traveler BBS 804-420-9573
The Traveler 305-944-4394
US Information Agency Bulletin Service
(USIA) BBS n.a.