Social Media

How much do travellers love social media? They cannot get enough of it [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How much do travellers love social media? They cannot get enough of it [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | August 18, 2012
Perhaps some parts of the industry continue to struggle with how to monetise all this social media malarkey, but that doesn't stop consumers from embracing it. Read More
Flip.to continues signing up hotels to its social media marketing platform
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Flip.to continues signing up hotels to its social media marketing platform
By Nick Vivion | August 17, 2012
Flip.to, a marketing platform for hotels that turns their guests into engaged brand advocates recently profiled on TLabs, has signed its largest hotel to date: the iconic Riviera Hotel & Casino on the... Read More
36 years later, travel blog reunites kidnapped woman with Colombian family
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36 years later, travel blog reunites kidnapped woman with Colombian family
By Nick Vivion | August 15, 2012
36 years later, with the help of Colombian travel blog See Colombia, a woman kidnapped as a child has been reunited with her long-last family. Read More
Facebook users cite travel most often as their biggest life moment [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Facebook users cite travel most often as their biggest life moment [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012
Facebook users add more stories about travel to their Facebook Timelines "than any other type of life event." Read More
TnoozLIVE - Next episode with WIT: Marketing to the new traveller in Asia
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TnoozLIVE - Next episode with WIT: Marketing to the new traveller in Asia
By Kevin May | August 13, 2012
Rapid adoption of technology and changing demographics are creating new sets of customer behaviour among Asian travellers. Read More
KLM continues smashing through social media, this time with piñatas
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KLM continues smashing through social media, this time with piñatas
By Nick Vivion | August 13, 2012
The latest in KLM quirk comes in the form of the KLM Piñata Game that offers the chance to win 2 flights to South America by taking some of that inner troll out on an unsuspecting digital piñata. Read More
Death of the travel postcard as mobiles take over
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Death of the travel postcard as mobiles take over
By Kevin May | August 13, 2012
Online retailers such as eBay and Amazon may have breathed new life into postal services around the world, but one stalwart of the mail is disappearing rapidly. Read More
How social media and the web slam dunked the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How social media and the web slam dunked the travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Kevin May | August 9, 2012
Easy to forget sometimes how in such a short space of time the influence of social media on purchase decisions and how travellers rely on each other for information. Read More
One year on, how has the new Facebook impacted travel?
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One year on, how has the new Facebook impacted travel?
By Viewpoints | August 6, 2012
As expected, a lot has happened since I wrote my piece on How the new Facebook will impact travel. Read More
Professional association of innkeepers international responds to social media controversy
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Professional association of innkeepers international responds to social media controversy
By Nick Vivion | August 3, 2012
For businesses large and small, the debate rages over the appropriateness of taking to social media to voice personal political opinions - especially for small travel businesses intricately linked to... Read More
New world brings old to your mail box via social media
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New world brings old to your mail box via social media
By Linda Fox | August 1, 2012
Cards In The Post is hoping to bring about a revival in travellers sending traditional postcards home by making it as easy as updating your social media profile Read More
TripAdvisor hotel data shows economic optimism but Europe lags North and Latin America
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TripAdvisor hotel data shows economic optimism but Europe lags North and Latin America
By Linda Fox | July 30, 2012
Trends from TripAdvisor's latest index shows increasing optimism over the economy from accommodation owners Read More
PixMeAway creates image-based travel search and recommendation engine
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PixMeAway creates image-based travel search and recommendation engine
By Kevin May | July 30, 2012
Picture search is becoming so popular that even academics are seeing how they can establish and run a travel startup - in this case, PixMeAway - to target the trend. Read More
TrustYou partners with TripAdvisor to monitor and analyse reviews for hotels
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TrustYou partners with TripAdvisor to monitor and analyse reviews for hotels
By Linda Fox | July 25, 2012
TrustYou is accessing the TripAdvisor hotel database via an API following a partnership enabling the reputation management specialist to track reviews Read More
VisitBritain taps Visible Technologies to monitor social media during London 2012
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VisitBritain taps Visible Technologies to monitor social media during London 2012
By Sean O'Neil | July 25, 2012
VisitBritain has decided to check the pulse of conversations on these social networks by using social media monitoring tools from Visible Technologies. Read More
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