15/10/2009 13:50
In its latest attempt to clean up the messages being sent across its site, Twitter is now letting users flag spammers by clicking a “report as spam” button on their profiles. Twitter says a team of employees will follow up on the reports.
Previously, users could only call attention to spam...
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15/10/2009 13:42
The N.C. Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development, along with several partners, will use new online, print, radio and outdoor billboards to encourage state residents to travel in North Carolina.
The division will work with N.C. Association of Broadcasters, the N.C. Press Foundation...
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14/10/2009 14:08
More than a quarter of all business travellers use sites such as Tripadvisor when making their choice of hotel, according to new research. The research also showed that 21% of those surveyed felt that the advice given by their business travel agency was unreliable.
Market research agency...
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05/10/2009 13:38
Visit England is launching a social media wizard to help businesses in the tourism sector get the most from marketing from sites such as Twitter and YouTube.
The wizard has been created by Rehabstudio. In nine steps it takes business through different types of social media available and how...
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05/10/2009 13:12
In the beginning of the online travel boom, bookings were the name of the game. In the past few years, however, nontransactional Web sites have been vying for the consumer's attention.
Companies no longer need to sell travel to be a major online travel player, and many don't actually...
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21/09/2009 14:37
A ‘dating agency’ service for the tourism industry has been launched by travel market research specialists Consumerdata and Arkenford.
Travel X-Ray brings ‘suitor’ attractions, agents, destinations, tour operators and hotels together with potential consumer traveller ‘mates’ based on...
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21/09/2009 14:09
Many hoteliers, especially those new to online marketing, advertise and market blindly but are baffled when very little is achieved. A fatal mistake that many make, is to ignore the competition and consequently focus their attention in the wrong direction.
In order to be successful, it is...
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21/09/2009 13:56
PEAK 15 Systems, Inc. has released the first software application for tour operators, outfitters and travel suppliers to include the customer relationship management (CRM) tools of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
PEAK 15 Version 4 brings together the trip planning tools and Intuit QuickBooks...
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21/09/2009 13:37
Social media holds great advantages, whether for improving internal collaboration, communication and social learning, or for building and enhancing trust through more responsive communications with key stakeholders and clients. Unfortunately, some organisations still hold onto a number of...
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21/09/2009 13:33
Having an online newsroom for your company is a very important way to provide information about your business for customers, bloggers, and journalists.
Through a well put together newsroom, you can control the story in order to make sure news about your company reflects what you want out in...
Visitor's arrivals from Japan and the United States are starting to make a comeback. Tourism Fiji chief executive Jo Tuamoto said figures had improved over the past three months.
