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Part Four of Four: Social media tips for the travel supplier

By Tim Hughes | August 27, 2010

Part Four: Craft product and content plans... And, the bonus one, Part Five: Start saying it and stick to it. Read More

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Part Three of Four: Social media tips for the travel supplier

By Tim Hughes | August 26, 2010

Part Three: Start collecting data. All of it. Every single piece you can. Read More

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Google Bypass: A travel affiliate scheme through Facebook

By Kevin May | August 25, 2010

OnHolidayGroup launched Google Bypass this week in a bid to reward Facebook users with a commission for travel leads, instead of paying advertising fees to Google. Read More

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Part Two of Four: Social media tips for the travel supplier

By Tim Hughes | August 25, 2010

Part Two: Start monitoring social media, make it a customer service and marketing priority. Read More

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Part One of Four: Social media tips for the travel supplier

By Tim Hughes | August 24, 2010

Part One: Decide who it is you want to talk to and what you want to say. Read More

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Should travel companies limit employee use of social media?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | August 23, 2010

At Microsoft they have this great expression that has passed into common language – it’s called “eating your own dog food”. Read More

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Two sides to the Facebook Places story for travel

By Kevin May | August 19, 2010

The web's worst kept secret of recent months finally became a reality yesterday when Facebook unveiled its widely anticipated Facebook Places location tool. Read More

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Study: How hotels use web marketing and social media

By Kevin May | August 18, 2010

Interesting analysis produced by the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International and marketing firm Vizergy into hotel digital marketing. Read More

Hotels.com reckons wacky augmented reality service increased traffic by a quarter

By Kevin May | August 17, 2010

How quick many were to scratch their heads in puzzlement over an augmented reality project launched by Hotels.com in May 2010. Read More

Social media case study: JetBlue blogs, tweets about flight attendant weird news

By Dennis Schaal | August 13, 2010

There will be endless social media and crisis communications case studies written about JetBlue's response to flight attendant Steven Slater's unauthorized slide, amusement-park style, down a jet's... Read More

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Delta beats EasyJet as first airline to offer booking engine within Facebook

By Kevin May | August 12, 2010

US carrier Delta has secured bragging rights as the first airline to fully integrate a search AND booking engine into a Facebook page. Read More

Survey: how travellers use technology to search, book and play when away

By Kevin May | August 12, 2010

Fairly comprehensive survey conducted by travel social network WAYN for the World Travel & Tourism Council paints an interesting picture of use of digital in travel. Read More

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TripIt integrates Gmail, Google Apps for automatic confirmation retrieval

By Dennis Schaal | August 11, 2010

TripIt says it became the first travel company to integrate its services with Gmail and Google Apps email accounts for individual users. Read More

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Concur debuts APIs, web services, new partners for mobile platform

By Dennis Schaal | August 10, 2010

Concur announced that Amtrak, FlightTrack by Mobiata, GateGuru, MetrO by Kinevia, OAG, Open Table and Taxi Magic will provide third-party services to the travel and expense-management company's mobile... Read More

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Hostelworld puts faith in simplicity for new site design

By Kevin May | August 10, 2010

Budget accommodation provider Hostelworld unveils a brand new website this week aimed at improving user experience and taking a stripped down approach to navigation. Read More

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