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Thomas Cook comes to the aid of forgotten daddy of online social networks FriendsReunited

By Kevin May | December 10, 2009

European tour operating giant Thomas Cook is to provide a fully functioning travel booking system to the grandee but fallen star of web-based social networks FriendsReunited. Thomas Cook says it will... Read More

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Industry First alert: group travel organising via Facebook?

By Kevin May | December 8, 2009

UK online travel agency OnTheBeach claims a world first today with the launch of a Facebook application to allow a customer to organise bookings for friends. Once the BeachMate application is shared... Read More

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Virgin Atlantic heads to second runway with VTravelled social network

By Kevin May | December 2, 2009

Virgin Atlantic is embarking on a new round of development work for its much-hyped VTravelled social network and says only after that will it focus its marketing efforts on passengers. The site was... Read More

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Social media - why man is beating the machine

By Siew Hoon Yeoh | November 26, 2009

Not a day goes by these days that we don’t get something in our mail box about social media. If it’s not another article telling us how to incorporate it into our business strategy, it’s another webinar... Read More

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Tnooz List: First Tweet from 50 travel companies

By Kevin May | November 16, 2009

Doubts continue over the long term relevancy of Twitter as a meaningful tool to promote product or engage customers - but travel firms across the world have embraced it with open arms. So what happened... Read More

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Disney Cruise Line in new/old twist on social marketing

By Dennis Schaal | October 7, 2009

I'm minding my own business and in pops the e-mail pitch from Disney Cruise Line. I went on a Disney Cruise last year, so the cruise line knows where to find me electronically. Anyway, this e-mail... Read More

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