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Three quick and easy ways to use social media for tours and activities

By Viewpoints | March 28, 2012

Yes, yes, we all know social media has exploded in the past few years – but while the focus is often on airlines and hotels, tour and activity operators should also get on the bandwagon. Read More

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How Google engages with hackers in Africa to inspire travel mashups

By Viewpoints | March 28, 2012

While Air France-KLM was unveiling a new Google-ITA-driven inspiration tool, a small band of international Googlers was hard at work in one of the carrier's destinations. Read More

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Report: Hotels' digital prowess brings higher stock price and room revenue

By Dennis Schaal | March 27, 2012

Does a hotel's overall digital competence translate into more revenue per available room and a bump in its stock price? Read More

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Eight steps to driving results for travel brands from the new Facebook timeline

By PhocusWire | March 27, 2012

Those of us who work with Facebook Pages are already used to the incessant changes that Facebook has introduced over the years. Read More

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When tweets, status updates and flash sales lose their innocence

By Dennis Schaal | March 26, 2012

What happens to social media and even social travel when tweets, Facebook status updates and emails from your friends lose all their innocence? Read More

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Clique brings travel review and recommendation service for personal networks to mobile

By Kevin May | March 23, 2012

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Australia-based Clique, a new iPhone application which allows users to create and share travel content and tips with their friends. Read More

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How airlines use Twitter - February 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | March 21, 2012

AirAsia is back on top of the list of most talked about airlines on Twitter, seeing almost double the amount of tweets mentioning the carrier in February compared to the previous month. Read More

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Norah Jones to debut new song Travelin' On exclusively on Jetsetter

By Dennis Schaal | March 20, 2012

Vacation specialist Jetsetter entered into its first exclusive celebrity partnership and will give Norah Jones fans the first listen to her new song, "Travelin' On." Read More

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Hotels need to be more disruptive offline to trigger a better presence online

By Patrick Landman | March 20, 2012

The most effective way to be really successful in business is by challenging the status quo - in fact, a favourite word of Tnooz's is "disruption". Read More

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InBed.me raises $1.2M to push social integration and mobile services

By Kevin May | March 15, 2012

More investment pouring into travel startups again with news that social booking site for hostels and couches, Inbed.me, has raised $1.2 million in a seed round of funding. Read More

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Park Resorts gets social with share and earn scheme

By Linda Fox | March 15, 2012

Caravan holiday firm Park Resorts is four weeks into a 'share and earn' scheme which is helping drive potential new customers to its website Read More

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Social media in travel by numbers [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | March 14, 2012

It is easy to get carried along (or away?) with the buzz around social media in travel - x number of gazillion tweets per second, Facebook member figures, social graph, etc, etc. Read More

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A quick word about anonymous comments

By Kevin May | March 14, 2012

Every so often the issue of whether Tnooz should allow readers to comment anonymously against stories comes up again. Read More

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Tripl play as social travel startup raises $300K, moves to New York and readies relaunch

By Dennis Schaal | March 13, 2012

Sweden's social travel startup Tripl will get more social in New York, where it is relocating on the heels of raising $300,000 by issuing debt securities. Read More

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FaceBelt takes the idea of social seating on flights to mobile

By Linda Fox | March 12, 2012

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Hungary-based FaceBelt, a mobile social network service which allows users to see who will also be travelling on their next flight. Read More

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