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Airbnb Social Media Strategy: Sharing Stories, Building Community

Keyhole.co

By blending collaborative consumption with experiential tourism and replacing impersonal hotel stays with a sense of community. Founded in 2008, Airbnb struggled to build trust in its unique business model initially. million listings and a community of reliable hosts around the world ready to welcome guests with open arms.

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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Did you know that there are other hotels beyond the Hyatts, the Hiltons, the Omnis, the Sheratons, and the Marriotts of the world in NYC? When you go to a conference in Manhattan, you probably seek out hotels that you’ve also heard of. How does one small hotel possibly compete with these hotel franchises?

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Let Luck Be a Lady: Attending blogworld 2008

Social Media Strategery

Development Social Media Let Luck Be a Lady: Attending BlogWorld 2008 Fri, Sep 19, 2008 Prof. Development So, I’m sitting in my absolutely stunning hotel room here at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, getting ready to attend BlogWorld 2008 from tomorrow through this Sunday. Government 2.0 Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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3 Things You Can Learn From Daryl Katz

The Realtime Report

Daryl Katz understands the importance of passion, which is why he bought the Edmonton Oilers hockey team in 2008. The plan is for the area to have office towers, a large hotel, a community ice rink, a winter garden, and a light rail transit stop. He grew up as a fan of the NHL team, and now he can be a part of it.

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Yet Another SXSW Post (And, No, I Don't Know If You Should Go Next.

Almost Savvy

The hotels right downtown aren’t cheap and get booked early, so keep that in mind. It can be much more affordable than the hotels. I found that those who were stay in “official&# SXSW hotels on the shuttle route found it pretty easy to use, but many stayed in hotels which weren’t on the route.

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Applying the Johari Window to as/w Product

The Marketing Blog

Kinshuk is an individual, a fresh MBA working for as a community manager for an open-source consulting company. Reply Kinshuk Sunil July 29, 2008 at 5:10 pm Sounds interesting as a premise… how workable is it though? has four section. Now, because of his designation and his qualification. applies much teh same to human, i know.

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Maharashtra Sojourns - II

The Marketing Blog

28 pm Maharashtra Sojourns – II Jump to Comments Sitting here in the hotel lobby on a hot Sunday in Pune, I am getting ready to leave for the city’s domestic airport to catch my flight for Delhi. Be it the hotel lobby I am in or M.G. Home About In the Media A Pleasant Gift Christmas 2.0 Greetings December 23, 2007.2:28

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