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Footprints and Passports with Purpose: two ways to give back

By Gene Quinn | December 8, 2011

Tnooz has considered for some time how to create a corporate social responsibility policy. As a first step, we've decided to support two projects that started small and have big visions: Footprints and... Read More

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What else? Flybe, TrustYou, NineMSN and LocalGuiding

By PhocusWire | December 8, 2011

Flybe and the weather forecast, TrustYou and the integrated social survey, NineMSN and the while label travel search, LocalGuiding and the helping hand for locals and users. A round-up of other stories... Read More

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Airlines tap into Instagram photo craze

By Kevin May | December 7, 2011

It was only a matter of time before travel companies realised the massive Instagram community could be useful with promotions and getting content for websites. Read More

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How hotels can make a difference in destination search on Google

By Viewpoints | December 6, 2011

Hotel distribution changes every ten years. In the 1980s it was the GDS, in the 1990s the emergence of tour operators like TUI and Thomas Cook, and in the 2000s the adoption of the web and online travel... Read More

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TLabs Reprise - HotelPeeps 12 months on

By Kevin May | December 6, 2011

HotelPeeps is a Romania-based hotel search and booking service with a social twist, which first featured on Tnooz in July 2010. So what happened in the intervening 12 months? Read More

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New Zealand targets youth in latest social marketing campaign

By Linda Fox | December 5, 2011

Tourism New Zealand is calling on the travelling youth to say what they would trade for the chance to win one of six two-week holidays to the destination. Read More

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Tnooz-Sabre Webinar VIDEO: Mobile and social media - sort the facts from the hype

By PhocusWire | December 2, 2011

With the rapid advancements in mobile and social media, travel companies often find themselves struggling to separate hype from fact. Read More

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Air New Zealand buries social media campaign with online whodunnit

By Linda Fox | December 1, 2011

Air New Zealand mascot Rico has met with an untimely death - or perhaps that should be timely. Read More

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Backpackmojo wants to take budget travellers off the Lonely Planet path

By Linda Fox | November 29, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring France-based Backpackmojo, a social platform to create, share and print professional-looking personal travel guides. Read More

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It is a bird, it is a plane, no it is Jetman [VIDEO]

By Dennis Schaal | November 29, 2011

Talk about adventure travel ... Yves Rossy, a.k.a Jetman, apparently fed up with airline bag fees and costly in-flight entertainment systems, reportedly flew over the Swiss Alps using a jet-propelled... Read More

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Twigmore shows how to use friends on Facebook to find locals in a destination

By Kevin May | November 28, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Twigmore, a Facebook-based platform which connects travellers and locals through friends. Read More

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Top tips for marketing to affluent Chinese travellers

By Viewpoints | November 28, 2011

The rise of Chinese tourism has gotten the attention of a lot of travel, tourism, and hotel companies - not least because the bounty to be had is enormous. Read More

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Why games can work for travel brands: Traveler IQ, four years on

By Kevin May | November 25, 2011

A fair amount of chatter at conferences these days is around the idea of adding some form of gaming into the online travel experience, as a way of engaging further with users. Read More

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The power of just ONE user review for travel companies

By Viewpoints | November 24, 2011

Forget the controversies for a moment, there is no doubt that online reviews provide significant benefits for organisations in any industry. Read More

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Qantas Twitter storm on #qantasluxury highlights when NOT to use social media

By Tim Hughes | November 24, 2011

This week, someone in the Qantas PR team had the great idea to run an experiment with a competition on Twitter to promote the luxurious nature of its first class product. Read More

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