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Instagram continues to thrive under Facebook, showing massive surge in 2013
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April 1, 2014
Instagram has enjoyed a massive surge in the United States, the latest stats from eMarketer show. In 2013, the photo platform thrived under Facebook's umbrella, seeing a spike of 35% in US-based us
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Social media thriving among travel agents - but is there a clear return on investment?
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March 26, 2014
ASTA has compiled its latest brief on the usage of technology by travel agents, showing that social media use has surged to eighty percent of surveyed travel agents. The results were derived from A
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Doubletree Global Head talks tech, expansion, Cookie Care and Airbnb [VIDEO]
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March 24, 2014
Doubletree Global Head John Grenleaf sat down with Bloomberg to talk about the company's continued expansion strategy, meeting the demands of the digital consumer, and the impact of Airbnb on hotels.
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Marketing watch: Promoted Pins very close to launch on Pinterest
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March 24, 2014
Pinning trailblazers Pinterest are forging into unchartered terrain: that of paid advertising. The company announced experiments with "Promoted Pins" in late 2013, and are set to roll out the platf
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How to reach travelers on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
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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.
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In-stream social ads evolve: Twitter promotes accounts and Facebook does video
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March 14, 2014
This week saw two significant evolutions on the social advertising front: Twitter's Promoted Accounts and Facebook's video ads. Twitter's Promoted Accounts Twitter has announced a new iteration
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Not so fast: Here's more on airline responsiveness via Twitter
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March 7, 2014
A new analysis on airline responsiveness on Twitter by the team at Conversocial shows the top performers as far as speed of customer service on the platform. Of course, each of these social custome
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Latest Google Maps evolution makes a meta to the world
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February 19, 2014
Google is rapidly iterating and consolidating its product line, sunsetting services and finally gluing disparate pieces of the puzzle together, with the latest makeover coming to the Maps product.
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GoCanada catalyzes Calgary with a sexy social take on patriotic pride
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February 19, 2014
The Calgary Hotel Association is tapping into the Olympic spirit with a custom website aimed at stoking Canadian pride amidst the global narrative of the sporting event. The website, GoCanada.ca, i
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Digital habits: Nielsen profiles the US consumer in latest report
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February 14, 2014
The constant-flux nature of the digital landscape means that brands must rapidly adapt their marketing strategies to map the shifting consumption habits of consumers. In order to be present where cons
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Latest airline social rankings show snapshot of actual performance
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February 10, 2014
Airlines are often vaunted as top performers on social media. One recent study placed airlines at the top for the most active, answering the most questions the quickest across industries. That very
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Facebook bug snags the social marketing of travel brands like Royal Caribbean
By Sean O'Neil
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January 6, 2014
Talk about a "social" blunder. Last week, travel marketers noticed a bug in Facebook's software that briefly snared the social marketing campaigns of major brands like Royal Caribbean International.
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Adara ties travel intent to Twitter ad platform with eye towards conversions
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December 20, 2013
Adara has recently announced an integrated partnership with Twitter that allows travel brands to retarget users with specific behaviors on the social platform. This partnership is a continued evolu
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One decade in, enterprise-level social matures - so what's next for social in business?
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December 19, 2013
Social strategist Altimeter Group has published an overview of enterprise-level social programs in 2013, outlining the results of the company's annual survey of digital strategists. Coupled with ta
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Airbnb launches first flight into integrated marketing with $2 million campaign, Birdbnb
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December 18, 2013
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