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Travelocity trying every conceivable channel as Roaming Gnome hits Chatroulette

By Kevin May | April 5, 2010

Travelocity company mascot, The Roaming Gnome, appears to be fronting the first push by a travel company to tap into the mind-boggingly growth and popularity of Chatroulette. Read More

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EasyJet taking social media seriously as Facebook booking engine comes a step closer

By Kevin May | April 1, 2010

Will EasyJet be the first low cost carrier to offer full booking facilities on a major social network? It appears so after confirmation that it is considering such a facility for Facebook. Read More

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Ten characteristics of the 2010 consumer - and not a mention of social media

By Kevin May | March 30, 2010

Not entirely travel-related but interesting synopsis of how consumers have changed their behaviour after the economically difficult period of 2009 into 2010, often technology-led. Read More

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FlightMemory, FlugStatistik -- Challenges of tweeting across cultures, languages

By Dennis Schaal | March 25, 2010

How do you handle Twitter when you operate websites and Twitter accounts in two languages with users spread out across two or three continents and myriad cultures? Ask FlightMemory and FlugStatistik. Read More

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Ryanair - we will not engage in social media

By Kevin May | March 25, 2010

Low-cost carrier Ryanair has put a halt to suggestions it will start reaching out to customers through social media. Read More

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Six critical issues to consider with social media in travel

By Kevin May | March 24, 2010

Interesting study by media planning and buying agency Total Media paints a good and very concise picture of how the travel sector is being affected by social media. Read More

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New website for TravelFusion, plots Twitter streams and trip scoring system

By Kevin May | March 24, 2010

Travel metasearch engine TravelFusion has relaunched its main B2C website with a number of new features and ahead of a series of other product improvements. Read More

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Are social networks killing the art of sharing information?

By Siew Hoon Yeoh | March 18, 2010

Soon we will no longer need to talk to one another to find out how we are, where we are and what we are doing. Read More

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Getaroom.com puts Facebook fans in video mode

By Dennis Schaal | March 15, 2010

In one fell swoop, getaroom.com figured out a way to increase viewership of its commercials, boost its Facebook fan base, increase interaction with consumers, bump up traffic on its blog and plug a... Read More

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All aboard -- Amtrak set to rail about this or that on Twitter

By Dennis Schaal | March 10, 2010

Amtrak, the federally funded rail line operating in 46 states, launched a Twitter account, @AmtrakUSA, the other day and is trying to get its social-media act together. Read More

Poll: Understanding and using social media in travel

By Kevin May | March 9, 2010

Ahead of the Tnooz-run Bloggers' Summit panel sessions at ITB, we would like to gauge opinion from readers to the following questions: Read More

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Transparency a bugaboo at pest-control conference for hotels

By Dennis Schaal | March 2, 2010

If you work for a hotel or cruise line and you are attending the Pest Management Canada 2010 conference in Ottawa starting on Thursday, chances are you won't be tweeting too much about it. Read More

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SeaWorld posts video tribute to trainer

By Dennis Schaal | February 27, 2010

As SeaWorld got ready to resume conducting its Shamu Believe shows at its three parks today, it posted a video tribute to slain trainer Dawn Brancheau on its blog. Read More

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SeaWorld silences Shamu tweets, but keeps dialogue going

By Dennis Schaal | February 26, 2010

SeaWorld has silenced Shamu as the voice of one of its Twitter accounts, but continues to engage its customers through various social-media outlets. Read More

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Lufthansa celebrates 36,000 tweets from MySkyStatus project

By Kevin May | February 24, 2010

MySkyStatus, a system developed by Lufthansa to allow passengers to send status updates to their social networks in-flight, has doubled the number of messages sent out in the space of a month. Read More

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