Social Media

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Move over you social media luvvies, apparently only 1 per cent of travellers are listening

By Kevin May | August 20, 2012

The influence of social media in travel may be overstated, or so says Directline Holidays after commissioning a study to understand what inspires consumers when choosing a destination. Read More

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Julian Assange used Airbnb to find his Ecuador Embassy home in London - maybe

By Kevin May | August 20, 2012

Such is the circus surrounding the stand-off between Wikileaks frontman Julian Assange and the UK, Swedish and US authorities that it was only a matter of time before the jokes started. Read More

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How WestJet managed to get 180,000 LIKES and 9,500 comments on Facebook for being nice

By Kevin May | August 20, 2012

Here is a story to dispel the idea that consumers use social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook just as a method to have a rant at travel providers. Read More

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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