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Damning - social media accounts for just 1% of first moments of a travel purchase
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Damning - social media accounts for just 1% of first moments of a travel purchase
By Kevin May | May 6, 2014
Most travel marketers would acknowledge that search (still) plays a massively important role in bringing consumers into the so-called purchase funnel. The evidence is overwhelming. Marketing ana... Read More
Mass user generated content is democracy for the stupid
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Mass user generated content is democracy for the stupid
By PhocusWire | May 6, 2014
SOCIAL: TripAdvisor, IMDB and countless other web review brands live by the mantra that the wisdom of crowds (and its inherent volume) gives consumers an overall impression of a product. But apparen... Read More
Tencent buys stake in China mapping service NavInfo for $187 million
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Tencent buys stake in China mapping service NavInfo for $187 million
By Karthick Prabu | May 6, 2014
Tencent, in an yet another effort to take advantage of location based services, has acquired 11.28% stake in NavInfo for $187 million. The moves comes less than a month since AutoNavi, a Chinese ma... Read More
Latest tech utterance: Ok Glass, book me a hotel
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Latest tech utterance: Ok Glass, book me a hotel
By Nick Vivion | May 5, 2014
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Southwest only travel brand to make top list in latest reputation rankings
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Southwest only travel brand to make top list in latest reputation rankings
By Nick Vivion | May 5, 2014
Nielsen's recent tie-up with Harris Interactive has led to the joint release of the latest Harris Poll Reputation Quotient - and only one travel brand made the cut on reputation, Southwest Airlines.... Read More
The difference between a $1M or $50M+ startup entrepreneur
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The difference between a $1M or $50M+ startup entrepreneur
By PhocusWire | May 5, 2014
STARTUPS: Forgetting what your (lofty or realistic) aspirations are for a moment, actually how you set up and run a business is also a determining factor between being a failure, also-ran and pionee... Read More
A possible blueprint for success with tours and activities marketplaces
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A possible blueprint for success with tours and activities marketplaces
By Viewpoints | May 5, 2014
The meteoric growth of collaborative and P2P consumption in travel is creating new ways for people to connect and to exchange services. NB: This is an analysis by David Urmann, founder of Touristli... Read More
What is a product manager in the tech world these days?
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What is a product manager in the tech world these days?
By PhocusWire | May 5, 2014
SYSTEMS: Many roles in companies, especially larger organisations, are reasonably well defined - the CEO, CFO, commercial director, etc. But the humble product manager seemingly has many job descrip... Read More
TripAdvisor buys Tripbod as focus broadens to local services
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TripAdvisor buys Tripbod as focus broadens to local services
By Kevin May | May 5, 2014
Second acquisition in the space of a week for TripAdvisor as it buys Tripbod, the UK startup which connects travellers with local experts. Terms of the deal were not disclosed by TripAdvisor, but T... Read More
What's next in social: Travel tidbits from Facebook's f8 conference
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What's next in social: Travel tidbits from Facebook's f8 conference
By Nick Vivion | May 2, 2014
As expected, Facebook had a slew of announcements of f8, many of which impact those in travel using the social media platform as a marketing tool - so pretty much everyone. Here are some of the more p... Read More
UK travel brands missing opportunity in App Store optimization
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UK travel brands missing opportunity in App Store optimization
By Nick Vivion | May 2, 2014
Travel brands in the UK are missing the opportunity to optimize placements in the App Store, according to a recent mini-study from mobile marketers Yodel Mobile. The study looked at an unnamed set of... Read More
GoCarShare crowdfunds a ride-sharing app, and more social news for May 2014
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GoCarShare crowdfunds a ride-sharing app, and more social news for May 2014
By PhocusWire | May 2, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SOCIAL in tourism and hospitality for May 2014... 2 May GoCarShare crowdfunds an app Sharing economy platform GoCarShare is hal... Read More
Hotels: take your heads out of the sand and get over the Airbnb threat
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Hotels: take your heads out of the sand and get over the Airbnb threat
By Viewpoints | May 2, 2014
Have you heard the one about wrestling with the jewel case to listen to your new CD? *Crickets* NB: This is an opinion from Susan Barry, president at Hive Marketing. Of course you haven’t – a... Read More
Crunchtime reading - hot off the newsroom marketing press
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Crunchtime reading - hot off the newsroom marketing press
By Linda Fox | May 2, 2014
Big brands are seizing the opportunity to put their own agenda (spin) on the news via online marketing channels. On the Econsultancy blog today is this piece exploring why brands are bringing newsr... Read More
Are travel brands facing an online identity crisis?
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Are travel brands facing an online identity crisis?
By Karthick Prabu | May 2, 2014
With numerous travel startups in the industry, and founders putting on the creative cap in naming their company, are travel brands losing their brand identity? How many times have you faced this si... Read More
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