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The bus to Hawaii: Marriott boosts Hawaii Bookings 40% with event.

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The campaign, a road tour, dubbed the “Spirit of Aloha” includes Hawaiian travel and tourism executives, 3 dancers & 2 musicians on loan from the Polynesian Cultural Center as well as Maui’s Camile Velasco of American Idol fame. Maybe travel and tourism will will be the next segment to utilize the power of event marketing.

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Social Media During Emergencies

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Hotels, Airlines Should Participate: As soon as the warning was announced last night, I got several text messages from people visiting Hawaii asking for advice. And those same people maybe wondering what just happened to their travel plans ( flying out tonight, anyone? ). Bing’s Twitter maps app is a great visual aid for this.

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Klout and Kred – Social Influence Comparison

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But, if you’re a travel blogger, then your frequent flier status probably is significant to your influence. Now, if the airline I fly on most started caring about my Kred, I might care more.but I still think frequent flier status is a lame measurement of over all influence. Not so much.

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