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Hotels and Social Media Travel Tourism

Laurel Papworth

In 2009, even the top 30 major hotel brands t increased their dependence on the Online Travel Agencies (OTAs)-from 25.4% a year ago to 30% of CRS bookings in Q3 2009 (eTRAK). Engage your customers directly via social media and mobile initiatives, and Web 2.0 features and functionality on the hotel website.

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Social Media Workshop Here in Honolulu

Bare Feet Studios

People who want to use the internet more effectively to communicate, who want to be leaders in their industries, who want to learn more about how web 2.0 or the social web works, who want to effectively use the mostly free tools available today. Its a cool system we think for sharing information and compensation.

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GoHawaii's A Thousand Reasons to Smile Makes Me Frown, Not Smile.

Bare Feet Studios

Hawaii tourism officials would do well to read the book. Compare this to the Queensland Department of Tourism, who created the World’s Greatest Job contest. “Share&# these days means using web plug-ins to tell your friends on Facebook, Digg, Yahoo Buzz or save to your own Delicious bookmarks!

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techzulu Interview with Rox and Shane

Bare Feet Studios

TechZulu “provide(s) interviews from CEO’s for startup companies, Tech Stars of Web 2.0 Rescue Time to the Rescue Independent Hawaii Musician Kenneth Makuakane Thrives on Social Media Explore Our Topics Activism Aloha Audio Branding Gossip 2.0 to spotting Under the Radar companies.

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Hawaii Business: How the Social Media Workshop Can Help You

Bare Feet Studios

It encompasses other buzzwords and concepts you may have heard, from social networks like FaceBook , LinkedIn , and MySpace , to conversational marketing, web 2.0, Have a web 2.0 The social web is the fastest, most powerful and least expensive way to accomplish this admittedly strenuous goal. experience, in person.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2009 Share My husband Brian , who knows firsthand how much I eat, drink, and sleep social media, pointed me to an interesting critique by ExpertCruiser on a 2007 social media marketing campaign by Royal Caribbean. Like country clubs of old?

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Why Are Advertisers Embarrassed by Advertising?

Bare Feet Studios

But our tourism and ad industries have been resting on their laurels and hiding behind fakey fake advertising strategies for decades. The dawn of “web 2.0&# aka “the social web&# is a literal boom time for business that remains largely untapped. Speaking of long-lasting brands.