Social Media

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Top 50 online travel social media influencers list gets updated daily

By Dennis Schaal | November 9, 2010

Brilliant Travel Media had a brilliant idea -- tap into a list of the top 50 travel influencers in social media as a way to gain audience for the online travel marketing company. Read More

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What one travel industry figure really thinks about social media

By Kevin May | November 9, 2010

A World Travel Market report issued yesterday on social media painted a mixed picture about its apparent use by consumers. Read More

Chaos of 15-hour flight delay caught on camera

By Kevin May | November 9, 2010

When passengers are delayed at an airport there is usually some indication - however small - as to when services will get back to normal. Read More

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Harrahs bets on Facebook Deals for location check-in move

By Kevin May | November 8, 2010

Facebook Deals, a commercial spin-off of Facebook Places, has secured one of its first travel and tourism partners in the form of Harrah's Hotels. Read More

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Stats: How travellers use social media, or not

By Kevin May | November 8, 2010

Some interesting data - for the pros and antes of social media - from a study carried out by World Travel Market at the launch of its annual exhibition in London this week. Read More

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Five travel rants from the industry coalface

By Alex Bainbridge | November 5, 2010

The travel industry is a great place be in as an employee, a business leader or as an entrepreneur. Read More

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Expedia says more features launching in next SIX months than past five years

By Kevin May | November 4, 2010

Expedia in Europe appears to be getting some serious attention - with officials claiming a string of improvements to the service expected by the end of 2010. Read More

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Part Five of Five: The complete guide to Facebook for destinations

By Troy Thompson | November 4, 2010

For our final article in the series, a look at advanced options for Power Users. Read More

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Qantas A380 incident: a lesson in social media and web PR

By Kevin May | November 4, 2010

Today's emergency landing of a Qantas Airbus A380 at Changi Airport in Singapore was another example of how travel companies need to establish a solid social and web PR strategy. Read More

Why social media is BS

By Kevin May | November 3, 2010

Humorous, with offensive/squeamish pictures, but actually extremely accurate... Read More

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Part Four of Five: The complete guide to Facebook for destinations

By Troy Thompson | November 3, 2010

In this edition, Facebook Places... And what you should do now. Read More

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Does Like equal Trust on the social media-fuelled web?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | November 2, 2010

I was recently enjoying a drink with a long-time friend. We were joking about the respective number of followers on Twitter that he has over what I have. Read More

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Jury still out - how important is Facebook for travel companies in 2010?

By Alex Bainbridge | November 2, 2010

Facebook is flavour of the day. My Tnooz inbox is full of reports from organisations looking to calculate or determine how important Facebook is to travel companies. Read More