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Top travel nightmares, is yours on this list? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Top travel nightmares, is yours on this list? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Linda Fox | June 27, 2013
Here's a neat infographic presenting travel nightmares from the every day lost luggage to the more knee-trembling, death by hippotamus... Read More
Winning the omnichannel challenge in travel: Strategies for a multiscreen world [RESEARCH]
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Winning the omnichannel challenge in travel: Strategies for a multiscreen world [RESEARCH]
By Nick Vivion | June 27, 2013
Travel marketers must be increasingly outfitted to address an omnichannel world, using the multi-screen reality of content consumption to their advantage, says new research by analysts Hudson Crossing.... Read More
Cape Town's Facebook campaign gets a gong but results do the talking
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Cape Town's Facebook campaign gets a gong but results do the talking
By Linda Fox | June 27, 2013
So Cape Town Tourism has just been awarded a gong for its Facebook Holiday campaign launched last October... Read More
Travora, folded into MediaShift, continues operating with expanded focus
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Travora, folded into MediaShift, continues operating with expanded focus
By Nick Vivion | June 27, 2013
Despite some reports, Travora Media, which rebranded from Travel Ad Network in 2011, continues to operate as an advertising sales and operations subsidiary focused on travel advertising through multiple touchpoints.... Read More
Hoteliers: this is how you use Instagram effectively
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Hoteliers: this is how you use Instagram effectively
By Viewpoints | June 27, 2013
Instagram has obviously taken the social sharing world by storm and, post-acquisition by Facebook, doesn't seem to be slowing down.... Read More
Canada scores a huge YouTube hit, but no thanks to its DMO [VIDEO]
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Canada scores a huge YouTube hit, but no thanks to its DMO [VIDEO]
By Sean O'Neil | June 27, 2013
More than 720,000 people have viewed a YouTube clip showing how Europeans trying to unlock fridges filled with free beer by finding someone nearby with a Canadian passport..... Read More
Which travel websites win for usability, engagement and conversion?
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Which travel websites win for usability, engagement and conversion?
By Karthick Prabu | June 27, 2013
Leading OTAs Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz have emerged as the winners in a study looking at how web travel brands perform for a string of important measurements in the world of ecommerce.... Read More
Hey, travel companies - the secret to winning on YouTube: use kids being cute
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Hey, travel companies - the secret to winning on YouTube: use kids being cute
By Kevin May | June 27, 2013
Some travel brands will spend eye-watering amounts of money with their clever advertising agencies to pull together slick video clips featuring good looking folk doing inspirational things.... Read More
US DOT demands that Delta buy tablets to track compliance with passenger bumping rules
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US DOT demands that Delta buy tablets to track compliance with passenger bumping rules
By Sean O'Neil | June 26, 2013
In a first of its kind move, a US federal regulator agreed that an airline could apply part of its fine to buy tablet devices to better track its compliance with consumer protection rules.... Read More
Disney and American Airlines team up to market the upcoming Planes movie [VIDEO]
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Disney and American Airlines team up to market the upcoming Planes movie [VIDEO]
By Sean O'Neil | June 26, 2013
Talk about clever cross-promotion and product placement between Disney and American Airlines.... Read More
Windows 8.1: Microsoft updates its travel search tools
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Windows 8.1: Microsoft updates its travel search tools
By Sean O'Neil | June 26, 2013
Microsoft today unveiled a slew of impending upgrades to the Windows 8 operating system, and some of the changes are meant to make it easier to find travel information.... Read More
SOCIAL - Product news, launches and more - June 2013
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SOCIAL - Product news, launches and more - June 2013
By PhocusWire | June 26, 2013
Turkish Airways taps Sprinklr for social CMS.... Read More
The effect of ReviewDirect on TripAdvisor rankings - unfair or not?
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The effect of ReviewDirect on TripAdvisor rankings - unfair or not?
By Nick Vivion | June 26, 2013
Is the playing field for user reviews uneven when a paid product makes it easier to rank more highly in the user-facing results on TripAdvisor?... Read More
What happens on Google Maps in a Plus/Frommers/Zagat notspot?
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What happens on Google Maps in a Plus/Frommers/Zagat notspot?
By Viewpoints | June 26, 2013
You can accuse Google of many things, but not lack of ambition. Mountain View calls its updated Maps product "a map for every person and place".... Read More
What happens on Google Maps in a Plus/Frommers/Zagat notspot?
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What happens on Google Maps in a Plus/Frommers/Zagat notspot?
By Viewpoints | June 26, 2013
You can accuse Google of many things, but not lack of ambition. Mountain View calls its updated Maps product "a map for every person and place".... Read More
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