Blogging for business and be tricky and many blogs fail to lure in a consistent fanbase. Here are some tips to ensuring that doesn’t happen.
Qantas and KLM airlines have instituted technology and personnel that allows them to easily monitor digital conversations posted on social media. Rather than doing a search by keyword, the airline’s customer care teams monitor via GPS co-ordinates.
If you are not already incorporating social media into your events, today is the day to start. Here are 3 fun and creative ways to incorporate social media into your next event!
As hotels develop their social profiles and embrace social media marketing, followers develop loyal bonds to these brands.
Instagram Direct builds on the traditional Instagram platform by adding the ability to share photos, videos, and messages with specific people. You can send them to your “followers” in general or to selected individuals. Recipients will be able to see your message immediately and respond. And, as an added bonus, you will be able to find out who has viewed your picture or video and who has “liked” it.
Guests of Starwood’s more than 1,150 hotels capture and share an average of 40,000 images per month on Instagram, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. recently announced an industry-leading integration with Instagram on all of its websites worldwide.
Instagram Direct just arrived, and brands are already seizing the opportunity to create special connections with customers.
The 2014 Santos Tour Down Under will be held in Adelaide and regional South Australia from January 19-26. The team has been tracking the #PuppetPeloton – a fun promotional gag that can traveling around Australia.
Whether you’re planning a luxury city break, an indulgent spa weekend, a hotel for business or a budget-conscious family vacation, ThinkHotels.com is an efficient way to book your upcoming trip. ...
Effective this week, HootSuite can now monitor reviews on all major review sites. The review feed in HootSuite will be powered by a new app called Reputology (built by a startup run by MIT grads called Reputology.com).
How can the hospitality industry learn from retail’s successes of social media?
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is among the first companies to receive early launch access to Pinterest’s Place Pins, a new Pinterest feature that encourages exploration by adding details such as the address of the place and phone number to Pins associated with locations.
Let’s take a look at Milan, Vienna and Madrid, three of the biggest winter hotspots in Europe, and how they’re faring in terms of online marketing and social media.
Incorporate these effective strategies into your marketing plan for short- and long-term results. Here are 5 ways social media can enhance guest experience.
Loews Hotels & Resorts proves that there’s more to social media than rants, raves and random hashtags with the launch of Loews Hotels Social Reservations—allowing guests to book their hotel stays directly via Twitter.
Expedia.com is the platinum sponsor of Passports with Purpose, a community fundraiser powered by travel bloggers that aims to raise $115,000 for buildOn.
The rapid development of renewable power means that it is set to become the world’s second most common energy source by 2016. The hotel industry is among others thinking about sustainability.
Kendall’s School of Hospitality Management, the top hospitality program in Chicago, has released its trends outlook for the hospitality industry in 2014.
The whole world has gone social. With social media platforms becoming increasingly crowded, companies must come up with novel ways to draw attention to themselves. The hotel industry has been particularly creative in devising innovative and engaging methods to make their voices heard and their brands stand out.
The most profitable restaurants in the country excel at doing the vital things very well. If you’re wondering how to improve restaurant profits, here are 5 critical areas on which to focus: