Social Media

Rough guide to marketing data feeds in travel
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Rough guide to marketing data feeds in travel
By Viewpoints | August 23, 2011
Travel companies face an increasingly complex digital market, as ecommerce continues to evolve at a rapid and exciting pace. Read More
Trafalgar planning traveler to traveler communication before the tour
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Trafalgar planning traveler to traveler communication before the tour
By Dennis Schaal | August 22, 2011
Trafalgar is no Air New Zealand or KLM -- you'd never mistake Trafalgar for a travel industry leader in social media. Read More
How to increase sales and maximize revenue with traveler reviews
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How to increase sales and maximize revenue with traveler reviews
By Viewpoints | August 19, 2011
We all want to establish ways to increase direct sales and maximize revenue using reviews and customer-created content. Read More
Underscoring the importance of online hotel reputation management
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Underscoring the importance of online hotel reputation management
By Viewpoints | August 18, 2011
In a previous guest post on Tnooz, I mentioned that the vast majority of travelers have a better overall impression of hospitality businesses when they engage with the traveler community and show they... Read More
How hotels can use QR Codes for marketing and customer service
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How hotels can use QR Codes for marketing and customer service
By Patrick Landman | August 16, 2011
QR Codes are starting to find themselves on billboards and print advertising, shops windows, restaurants and bar menus. Read More
TrustYou and ReviewAnalyst unite for global social media monitoring
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TrustYou and ReviewAnalyst unite for global social media monitoring
By Kevin May | August 16, 2011
Travel social media monitoring brands TrustYou and ReviewAnalyst have formed a strategic partnership to combine their technology and coverage on a global scale. Read More
How tragedy-hit Chile is using the web for the first time to boost tourism
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How tragedy-hit Chile is using the web for the first time to boost tourism
By Viewpoints | August 12, 2011
Chile has been on the global public radar since 2010, when two massive tragedies hit the South American country. Read More
Social media strategy: Expedia apologizes and engages
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Social media strategy: Expedia apologizes and engages
By Dennis Schaal | August 11, 2011
How do you protect your company's online reputation in social media? It's easy -- apologize and engage. Read More
Behold the anti-social social media strategy in travel
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Behold the anti-social social media strategy in travel
By Troy Thompson | August 11, 2011
It all started with a question. How should a lodge or resort, without reliable internet access or cell service, use social media? Read More
Why travel startups always seem to suffer from the same problems
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Why travel startups always seem to suffer from the same problems
By Alex Bainbridge | August 10, 2011
I love reviewing the Tnooz TLabs Showcase submissions and, perhaps rather morbidly, the subsequent 12-month follow-up TLabs Reprise, where we discover what went wrong (or right). Read More
Airbnb reverts to membership marketing, but some questions over method
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Airbnb reverts to membership marketing, but some questions over method
By Kevin May | August 9, 2011
Such is the buzz and controversy surrounding Airbnb at the moment that it only has scratch its backside and people are looking to either praise or criticise it. Read More
Bringing trust to travel via a managed digital marketplace
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Bringing trust to travel via a managed digital marketplace
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | August 9, 2011
Something which underpins the online world – where all of us now live – is the establishment of trust. Read More
TripAdvisor introduces new resources for lodging owners
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TripAdvisor introduces new resources for lodging owners
By Dennis Schaal | August 9, 2011
TripAdvisor redesigned its Management Center for lodging owners and introduced videos, how-to-guides and a TripAdvisor for Business blog. Read More
TLabs Reprise - Globetrooper 12 months on
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TLabs Reprise - Globetrooper 12 months on
By Kevin May | August 8, 2011
Globetrooper is an Australia-based social trip planning service, which first featured on Tnooz in April 2010. So what happened in the intervening 12 months? Read More
Tracks.io pictures a new way to organise travel images on a mobile
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Tracks.io pictures a new way to organise travel images on a mobile
By Kevin May | August 8, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Tracks, an iPhone application for collecting, mapping, grouping and sharing travel images. Read More