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A brief guide to managing and protecting the digital assets of a hotel
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A brief guide to managing and protecting the digital assets of a hotel
By Viewpoints | August 4, 2014
One of the most crucial aspects of running a hotel or a lodging business is asset management. The same efforts and energy should be used when it comes to your hotel’s digital assets. NB: This is Read More
What Facebook and Google can do to break out of their own monopolies
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What Facebook and Google can do to break out of their own monopolies
By PhocusWire | July 30, 2014
MARKETING: The dominance that Google and Facebook have over search marketing and social media respectively is, on the one hand, a prime example of two companies executing their core principles to ma Read More
Google Maps to offer Explore functionality in direct competition for local discovery
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Google Maps to offer Explore functionality in direct competition for local discovery
By Nick Vivion | July 24, 2014
The travel space has long been in search of a winner in the local discovery space, especially as the smartphone fuels more local and contextual interest. Apps like Foursquare are evolving to focus Read More
Social sharing and logins: Who's winning user engagement on social media?
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Social sharing and logins: Who's winning user engagement on social media?
By Nick Vivion | July 22, 2014
Engagement is the currency that drives transactions - this applies especially to social networks, where keeping attention is challenging-yet-essential for successful social media marketing. Two way Read More
Marketing watch: Viral videos capture spend and Facebook ads across devices
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Marketing watch: Viral videos capture spend and Facebook ads across devices
By Nick Vivion | July 21, 2014
Viral video spend is set to increase and Facebook will soon track users across devices to deliver a seamless ad experience. Advertisers spending more on viral videos TalentPartners released the Read More
Hard Rock, JetBlue, and Texas Tourism tap Olapic to filter the Instagram firehose
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Hard Rock, JetBlue, and Texas Tourism tap Olapic to filter the Instagram firehose
By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2014
Users of Instagram, the image-sharing platform, have tagged 14 million photos with the #vacation hashtag -- a number that's grown by 4 million since the start of the year, according to digital service Read More
Yes or no - has social media turned out to be a waste of time?
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Yes or no - has social media turned out to be a waste of time?
By PhocusWire | July 16, 2014
SOCIAL: Despite the constant presence of social media in the lives of millions of consumers, some businesses still question its relevance for brands against other forms of marketing, such as offline Read More
TripAdvisor lets users post reviews direct from hotel Facebook pages
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TripAdvisor lets users post reviews direct from hotel Facebook pages
By Kevin May | July 15, 2014
TripAdvisor wants to make it easier for hotels and other services to get reviews, with a major upgrade to its Facebook widget. The system was originally launched in December 2012 as module which co Read More
Everything you need to know about content marketing for hotels
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Everything you need to know about content marketing for hotels
By Viewpoints | July 15, 2014
The hospitality industry remains extremely competitive, especially since OTAs have managed to capture the lion’s share of web traffic. To establish and maintain a competitive advantage in this comp Read More
Updated analytics and advertising options on Twitter and Facebook
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Updated analytics and advertising options on Twitter and Facebook
By Nick Vivion | July 14, 2014
The past few days saw two significant updates for advertisers from Twitter and Facebook, which are relevant to all social media marketers. Twitter analytics vastly improved Twitter continues to Read More
Wake up, Western hotels: Chinese travellers prefer Weibo and WeChat to Twitter and WhatsApp
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Wake up, Western hotels: Chinese travellers prefer Weibo and WeChat to Twitter and WhatsApp
By Karthick Prabu | July 4, 2014
With the Chinese expected to soon become the largest outbound tourist market on the planet, you would expect grateful recipients in the West to be gearing up for the influx? Sadly not. Whilst a Read More
TripAdvisor to let hotels chat directly with travellers before a trip via Q&A system
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TripAdvisor to let hotels chat directly with travellers before a trip via Q&A system
By Kevin May | June 18, 2014
TripAdvisor is testing a new service so that hotels can take queries about a property from potential guests before they travel. The Questions & Answers system will be available on a hotel's mai Read More
Germany crushes the US when it comes to radical innovation in technology
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Germany crushes the US when it comes to radical innovation in technology
By PhocusWire | May 28, 2014
SYSTEMS: In the slightly blinkered world of the popular tech press, if you've invented Twitter or Google or Facebook then you're one click away from a Nobel Prize. Except in the real world of techno Read More
A scientific look at how viral marketing works
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A scientific look at how viral marketing works
By PhocusWire | May 27, 2014
MARKETING: PRs are forever saying a new campaign is expected to "go viral" (when it fact it will rarely hit the heady heights of a organically produced clip or image) - but there are some techniques Read More
Are travel brands taking advantage of the selfie phenomenon?
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Are travel brands taking advantage of the selfie phenomenon?
By Kevin May | May 19, 2014
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