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Why the future of tour operating could rest with the smartphone
By Kevin May
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February 19, 2015
The tour operator industry has faced a number of challenges over the past five years. NB: This is an analysis by Ashish Sahasrabuddhe, co-founder of FlexiTech Solutions. As the global financial
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Is dark social destroying your travel marketing strategy?
By Nick Vivion
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February 19, 2015
Dark social is digital sharing of content that's untraceable using traditional tracking methods. For example, when someone copies a URL and pastes it into a chat message or other direct communicati
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The modern technology world will drive your brain totally nuts
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February 17, 2015
In an era of email, text messages, Facebook and Twitter, we’re all required to do several things at once. But this constant multitasking is taking its toll.
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Beware marketers - the humble emoji :) could find you in court ;(
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February 16, 2015
Emoji are the language of our online era, the thumbs-up to a question, the wink to our wit, the peach to our eggplant.
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Delta Airlines' Facebook page was hacked, shared obscenities
By Sean O'Neil
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February 10, 2015
Delta Airlines' Facebook page shared obscene and questionable content Tuesday afternoon after it was hacked. Rather than the usual content marketing about travel destinations and photos of planes,
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Facebook and TransferWise - a match made in heaven
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February 1, 2015
There has been plenty of buzz this week surrounding the $58 million investment in Transferwise.
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Facebook to offer real-time video ads during Super Bowl
By Nick Vivion
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February 1, 2015
Outside of the World Cup and Olympics, the Super Bowl is one of the most watched viewing events on the planet. And given that most people no longer just do one thing at a time, many viewers are also p
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Travelers love social media — and here's what travel brands must do to keep up
By Nick Vivion
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January 26, 2015
Travelers continue to use social media as a key part of the travel experience, and yet travel brands are not evolving with more sophisticated approaches to the platform, Facebook says in a new report.
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Social media is over-hyped (and some data to perhaps prove it)
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January 19, 2015
If we're honest, we have all probably wondered whether social media is a case of the Emperor's new clothes.
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Here's some free geeky knowledge from Silicon Valley's engineering elite [VIDEO]
By Nick Vivion
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January 14, 2015
One advantage of working for a growth-stage company is the many educational opportunities that are institutionally available. And thanks to the general open ethos of many startups in Silicon Valley
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Facebook still king of popular kids on social media, with highest engagement
By Nick Vivion
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January 12, 2015
Much has been made about the impending demise of Facebook, most especially when considering the platform's waning popularity among teenage users. The stats related to the network's slowing user gro
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Messaging services are killing SMS, but what comes next?
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January 12, 2015
WhatsApp revealed last week that it now has more than 700 million monthly users.
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How teenagers view social media (written by an actual teenager)
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January 9, 2015
I read technology articles quite often and see plenty of authors attempt to dissect or describe the teenage audience, especially in regards to social media.
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Social media as we know it is over
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January 4, 2015
Fred Wilson, investor in a string of social media brands, says "the social media phase of the internet ended" in 2014.
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The story of a promising social travel startup now up for auction
By Kevin May
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December 8, 2014
What do you need to ensure a social travel site can keep going in the face of huge competition? Many of these types of websites have never revealed some of the key metrics they work towards, so it'
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