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How to reach travelers on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How to reach travelers on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | March 21, 2014
Native advertising specialists Ampush has compiled some of statistics on how Facebook users engage with travel, providing some actionable conclusions for  marketers looking to leverage the platform.... Read More
Boutiques go digital: 2014 is the Year of the Connected Hotel
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Boutiques go digital: 2014 is the Year of the Connected Hotel
By Viewpoints | March 21, 2014
Over one-third of the world’s hotel inventory is not bookable online today. Across destinations like Africa, India and Latin America, the world’s top-rated hotels are managing bookings via email and s... Read More
How a SpiceJet cabin crew stunt turned sour when YouTube clips went viral
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How a SpiceJet cabin crew stunt turned sour when YouTube clips went viral
By Karthick Prabu | March 21, 2014
[video_popup width="805" height="454" video_link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2VrVivIxI " video_image_link="https://www.tnooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/spicejet-tnooz.png"] Holi, the fe... Read More
Travel brands and bloggers beware - understanding the legitimate guest post
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Travel brands and bloggers beware - understanding the legitimate guest post
By Viewpoints | March 21, 2014
Guest blogging is dead, declared Matt Cutts, Google’s head of webspam team in January. Citing the fact that what once was an authentic and legitimate way of sharing content and views has become ove... Read More
Are these eight of the most social media-friendly hotels in the world?
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Are these eight of the most social media-friendly hotels in the world?
By Karthick Prabu | March 21, 2014
In the classification of hotels by type - airport hotels, beachfront hotels, downtown hotels, etc - perhaps it's high time to add a new category: "social media-friendly"? Online reputation manageme... Read More
Locish locates $820k for pivot into question-and-answer for locals
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Locish locates $820k for pivot into question-and-answer for locals
By Nick Vivion | March 20, 2014
Local knowledge travel startup Locish has raised $820k to fund a pivot into a question-and-answer service for local experiences. The mobile startup (TLabs here) originally launched from Greece, and... Read More
Facebook speaks: how engagement in travel is evolving
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Facebook speaks: how engagement in travel is evolving
By Sean O'Neil | March 20, 2014
Lee McCabe has been the global head of travel at Facebook, the social network with 1.2 billion users, since October 2012. A veteran of Expedia, he knows the travel industry well. McCabe recently sp... Read More
Delta links with LinkedIn, Momondo uses compass for friendly flight searches, and more...
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Delta links with LinkedIn, Momondo uses compass for friendly flight searches, and more...
By PhocusWire | March 20, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SOCIAL in tourism and hospitality for March 2014... Thursday 20 March 2014: Delta links with LinkedIn for a class in innovation... Read More
Sabre brings map-based hotel shopping to agents
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Sabre brings map-based hotel shopping to agents
By Linda Fox | March 20, 2014
Sabre plans to test technology with agents enables them to research, compare and book hotels via a map-based interface. The global distribution system has partnered with travel technology company Zoo... Read More
South Korean search engine inspires Thomas Cook content strategy
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South Korean search engine inspires Thomas Cook content strategy
By Linda Fox | March 20, 2014
Thomas Cook claims it is reaping the benefit of online content created via its Ask & Answer service launched last year. The tour operator's digital boss, John Straw, says there has been an upli... Read More
ibiboGroup acquires tracking and analytics service YourBus
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ibiboGroup acquires tracking and analytics service YourBus
By Karthick Prabu | March 20, 2014
India-based ibiboGroup has acquired online bus tracking and analytics service provider YourBus for an undisclosed fee. YourBus's system alerts (via SMS) bus passengers about the exact location of t... Read More
The reviews are in, and the world's top-rated luxury hotel is...
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The reviews are in, and the world's top-rated luxury hotel is...
By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2014
ReviewPro has done the gruntwork, parsing 839,593 online guest reviews of 1,692 properties published during 2013 to determine the top luxury hotels worldwide. This is the first annual report on the S... Read More
TUI Travel helps customers find dream trip via immersive video
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TUI Travel helps customers find dream trip via immersive video
By Linda Fox | March 19, 2014
TUI Travel is enabling customers to put together their dream holiday using an interactive video. The Holiday Open Day online initiative allows travellers to make decisions about the type of holiday... Read More
Brazil upgrades air traffic technology ahead of the World Cup/Olympic double header
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Brazil upgrades air traffic technology ahead of the World Cup/Olympic double header
By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2014
Brazil might just be the host of the decade, welcoming both the World Cup and the Summer Olympics in a short multi-year span. This could be seen as a coming out of sorts, eclipsing Russia's recent Oly... Read More
Flight MH 370 - Malaysia Airlines and its social media strategy
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Flight MH 370 - Malaysia Airlines and its social media strategy
By Kevin May | March 19, 2014
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 has inevitably captured the attention of the world - not least because so little of its fate is known. As dozens of countries continue the pains... Read More
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