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TLabs Showcase - myTab

By Kevin May | June 6, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based travel gift and planning platform myTab. Read More

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Royal Jordanian Airlines and the on-board tweetup, on the ground

By Kevin May | June 3, 2011

Middle East carrier Royal Jordanian is claiming credit for hosting the first official aircraft tweetup in the Middle East, part of a project to raise its social media profile in the region. Read More

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KLM launches GiggleJiggle promo, all sorts of folk found dancing

By Kevin May | May 31, 2011

Dutch airline KLM clearly has plenty of resources to pour into off-kilter marketing campaigns - this time with an online postcard mailer which places the user in destinations on the network. Read More

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Travel industry gatekeepers should open their APIs to breed innovation

By Viewpoints | May 31, 2011

Jeff Lawson, CEO of app software firm Twilio, gave a great talk at last week’s Gluecon conference about enabling so-called "DOers" in large organizations. Read More

How a city won social media gold when hitting back at dying claim

By Kevin May | May 30, 2011

A US city is claiming a world record after managing to fill a Lip Dub video with 5,000 people in a bid to hit back at an article which said it is "dying". Read More

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Can travel businesses afford to completely ignore social media?

By Kevin May | May 25, 2011

Social media, new methods of distribution, search and the use of new devices are probably the main issues keeping travel companies awake at night. Read More

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How to follow European ash cloud travel updates on social media

By Kevin May | May 24, 2011

One thing the disruption to European air traffic in 2010 as a result of a volcanic eruption in Iceland taught the travel industry was the power of social media. Read More

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Vacation Relation left to die, team promises better with Tripl

By Kevin May | May 20, 2011

Seems to be a period for so-called pivots among some of the travel startups that arrived on the scene in 2010, with Vacation Relation making way for a new site called Tripl. Read More

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Has Google started to fail travel marketers and users?

By Viewpoints | May 19, 2011

All businesses seek out marketing channels to help them reach out to customers, and that they can invest in over time. Read More

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Do corporate blogs still matter for hotel brands?

By Patrick Landman | May 18, 2011

There seems a lot of disagreement about whether blogging is still effective in the days of micro-blogging sites like Twitter and age of social media like Facebook. Read More

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Half of teenagers have never heard of location check-ins

By Kevin May | May 14, 2011

Sobering news for those pinning their hopes on the next generation embracing check-in based travel services after a study found 48% of 11 to 18 year olds are unaware of such tools. Read More

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Spotted by Locals launches We Live It on Facebook

By Dennis Schaal | May 13, 2011

Spotted by Locals, which offers a series of blogs written by locals about 33 European cities, is seeking to deepen its social media engagement by launching a We Live It feature on each of its cities'... Read More

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Air France loves Cannes festival, hands flight movie selection to social media

By Kevin May | May 12, 2011

With the film festival in Cannes now in full swing, Air France has found a fun way of celebrating the annual extravaganza and also get Facebook fans involved. Read More

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TLabs Showcase - Gtrot

By Kevin May | May 12, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based social travel planning service Gtrot. Read More

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HomeAway buys social media-driven vacation rental platform Second Porch

By Kevin May | May 11, 2011

Vacation rental giant HomeAway has acquired Second Porch, a service which allows homeowners and professional rental companies to promote properties through social media. Read More

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