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A First-Class Guide to Social Media for Travel

Sprout Social

Whether you’re a hotel, airline, destination or car rental service, word-of-mouth marketing is crucial to the success of your business. From inspiration to reminiscing, travelers turn to social media throughout every step of their journey. Social media has a huge influence on travel-related purchases. 5% switched airlines.

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Why We Still Love Twitter

Likeable

Community Management/Customer Service. For a master class in customer service on social, look no further than Airline Complaint Twitter. Whatever it is about air travel that has the ability to bring out the worst in people, airlines like JetBlue have learned to handle stress-induced vitriol with grace.

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A Decade of Thanksgivings

Waxing UnLyrical

At the time, I was working for an organization headquartered in New York, so I traveled there frequently; as a result, I had a ton of reward points on Amtrak and various hotels. So after some frenetic planning with the pet sitter, making use of airline points and figuring out hotels, we are celebrating Thanksgiving in London, England, today.

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Social media and hospitality: How 4 brands are serving 5-star experiences

Sprout Social

Exceptional guest experiences are the hallmark of best-in-class hospitality. New generations of consumers choose social as their communication channel of choice, and turn to their favorite networks to plan everything from their next restaurant reservation to a complete travel itinerary.

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Social Media During Emergencies

Akamai Marketing

If a community-based hashtag already exists as is the case with #hitsunami, then consider using that hashtag. I was shocked to see that there was no training built into the class about using social media during a diaster. And those same people maybe wondering what just happened to their travel plans ( flying out tonight, anyone? ).

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Hawaii Officially Dips Toes in the Waters of Social Media

Bare Feet Studios

The additional collaborators (hotels, Hawaiian Airlines , Avis & the bloggers) all gave from their pockets to support Hawaii tourism – of which they are a vital part. I personally logged over 200 hours of my time producing the event – 100% volunteer for this community service.

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Q & A: How to Solve Every Blogging Problem You’ll Ever Have

Viper Chill

The difference is that it may be a lot harder, and take a while longer, to find those 5,000 people and introduce them to your community. It started as the incredibly true adventures of myself and my husband travelling the canals and bringing up two very young children. and have a personal blog called The Real Life of a Narrowboat Wife.

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