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Travelocity relaunches IgoUgo for social travel planning

By Dennis Schaal | September 10, 2010

Travelocity is testing the relaunch of IgoUgo, its advertising and media play, with enhanced social travel-planning features. Read More

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Do we still need travel communities in the Facebook age?

By Viewpoints | September 10, 2010

Pre-Facebook, a new travel web community would arrive almost on a monthly basis. But what did the omnipresent social network do to its smaller competition? Read More

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Nokia parks Dopplr travel network in neutral

By Kevin May | September 10, 2010

Nokia has confirmed that the Dopplr travel social network it bought in September 2009 has effectively been put into live storage and there are no plans to do anything with it. Read More

When Continental website went down, Twitter worked

By Dennis Schaal | September 3, 2010

Continental.com went down for about two hours yesterday afternoon because of an unspecified technical issue. Read More

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Ten tips for better revenue management in independent hotels

By Viewpoints | September 3, 2010

Social media, distribution channels, web investment, discounting, being risky and target-setting - it couldn't be easier as an independent hotel owner, right? Read More

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iPad and other cool tech: killing the downtime of travellers?

By Siew Hoon Yeoh | September 1, 2010

I recently caught up with Benson Puah, the man who runs the Esplanade-Theatres On the Bay, to see if technology is intruding into his world of live events. Read More

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Google tight-lipped over Google Bypass project

By Kevin May | August 30, 2010

On Holiday Group was not expected to be given much time before Google came down hard on the company for brand name infringement over the Google Bypass project. Read More

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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

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