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Thomas Cook Engages Socially With @TCOffers

Phil Butler

For those in the travel and tourism industry still doubting the power of social media to convert, Thomas Cook is sending out its latest holiday offers via Twitter in what it claims is an ‘industry first’. @TCOffers tweets the best holiday and other offers via the various Thomas Cook enterprises. According to the news from the […]

11 years ago

Digital Tourism Curve: Not Even a TravelCube Makes the Grade

Phil Butler

What was OctopusTravel has now become a GTA booking portal called TravelCube, this according to Travel Weekly. However, appropriate a rebrand is, the question arises; “What’s the best future travel agent conduit to success.”

11 years ago

IAVRA Vacation Inquiries Point to World Cup 2014

Aleksandr Shatskih

Leading B2B vacation rental platform IAVRA has just announced latest reported inquiries for the coming World Cup 2014 and seasonal rental trends. According to the company chalets and city apartments top the list for Brazil, while a surge in Christmas inquiries show prominence with IAVRA agents.

11 years ago

Mzinga OmniSocial Learning Powers TripAdvisor Compass

Aleksandr Shatskih

TripAdvisor has selected Mzinga’s OmniSocial Learning platform to power its “Compass” Learning and Development platform. Pretty much like TripAdvisor Insights, a resource of industry-related news and tutorials, Compass is a professional portal, with e-learning content, which also features company announcements, event calendars, and links to Instructor-Led Training events. The Compass portal also offers recent twitter […]

11 years ago

IATA Recommends Partnership for Aviation in Eastern Europe

Aleksandr Shatskih

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) considers that in order to fully exploit the possibilities in the Eastern Europe in what the aviation is concerned, the countries should embrace innovation and recommended governments to create partnerships with industry stakeholders. “Aviation connectivity can play a key role in the economic success of Eastern Europe. But in […]

12 years ago

Twitter: Highly Important for UK Travelers

Mihaela Lica Butler

Hotels and other hospitality businesses, which don’t take advantage of Twitter to reach to guests and customers, should take a closer look at this social network. A recent Twitter infographic shows that, in the UK, three quarters of the local residents keep tweeting when on holiday, and 59% access Twitter at least once a day. […]

12 years ago

Amedia Selects Swisscom Hospitality as Guest Technology Provider

Aleksandr Shatskih

Amedia Hotel Berlin is the first property of Amedia Hotel Group completely deployed and serviced by Swisscom. Swisscom will provide the technical infrastructure for 11 more Amedia hotels across Germany and Austria, totaling 1,200 guest rooms. Swisscom Hospitality was selected by Amedia Hotel Group to deliver triple-play service with a cloud-based VoIP solution. “Swisscom was […]

12 years ago

Gizmo Widget Secures Your Luggage

Aleksandr Shatskih

When travelling with multiple bags, it can be difficult to handle them all and to prevent them from sliding. Gizmo Widget launched a new and interesting travel accessory: a travel luggage strap that has only positive side effects, as the site mentions, in a funny approach. Simply put, it is a strap with two major […]

12 years ago

Exclusive: WIHP Connect Calls for Beta Testers

Aleksandr Shatskih

WIHPConnect was designed exclusively for hoteliers, to foster great hotel marketing ecosystem, custom-tailored for each individual proprety. The software, described by its creators as the most advanced hotel marketing ecosystem available today, promises a wealth of online marketing tools that help hoteliers direct access to every advertising network they’ll ever need, retargeting, meta-search, social analyitics, […]

12 years ago

buuteeq Adds Expert Gas

Phil Butler

Digital marketing startup for hotels buuteeq has announced having expanded their team with the addition of Karim Meghji as Chief Product Officer and VP of Engineering. The news of Meghji’s appointment, along with other staffing and product additions, comes at a time when buuteeq is rapidly expanding their reach globally.

12 years ago

Now You Can Visit Zoos from Home, with Google Street View

Aleksandr Shatskih

Do you like wildlife? Do you like animals and, as often as possible when you travel you go to the zoos and various animal parks all around the world? There are such places you would like to visit and animals you would like to see but don’t know when you’ll get the chance? Would you […]

12 years ago

New Resource for Travel Industry Professionals: TripAdvisor Insights

Aleksandr Shatskih

In an effort to become more relevant for travel industry professionals, TripAdvisor launched TripAdvisor Insights, a resource of industry-related news and tutorials, that will offer: Tip sheets, guides, webinars and videos from TripAdvisor insiders Online marketing guidance from hospitality marketing experts The latest research from the Cornell Hospitality Research Center Survey results on hot topics […]

12 years ago

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