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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. Ever budget-conscious, I booked what I thought was a great hotel, using my points… right in the heart of Times Square. It was terrible. He didn’t skip a beat.

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

Akamai Marketing

The cost of the campaign was approximately $350,000 with Marriott covering hotel expenses and partner Hawaiian airlines covering flights. The group got lots of together time as they moved along middle America on a 45-foot bus.

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The Wells Fargo Debacle.how to get around it

Akamai Marketing

Furthermore, work with the tradeshow (who undoubtably has already negotiated favorable rates at area hotels) to obtain a really nice block of rooms for your VIPS. Hosting clients and company leaders together has innate benefits, and throw in a little education, some inter-industry networking and you have a recipe for business success.

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Foursquare Gowalla and Yelp Oh'My

Koka Sexton

As I travel around, I check into airports, hotels and where ever else I go and I earn little badges and become the virtual “Mayor&# of locations. For the most part the East Bay was untouched territory, most of the locations available in Foursquare here in and around San Francisco which has a higher concentration of people.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

As I travel around, I check into airports, hotels and where ever else I go and I earn little badges and become the virtual “Mayor&# of locations. For the most part the East Bay was untouched territory, most of the locations available in Foursquare here in and around San Francisco which has a higher concentration of people.

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What I Like/Didn't Like About blogworld

Social Media Strategery

Great hotel…a little overwhelming, but hey, it’s Vegas! Blogroll Andrea DiMaio Andrew Wilson's Posterous BlogWrite for CEOs Business As I See It Buzz Bin Chris Brogan Clay Shirky Common Craft Corporate Hallucinations Digiphile Dion Hinchcliffe DorobekINSIDER Enterprise 2.0 The Wynn in Las Vegas – Wow!

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

link] Travel Trends – Social Fallacies, Smaller DMOs, Leading Hotels, Benchmarking, Disneyland Gets twitterjacked « Travel 2.0 [.] I see you have email alerts on new properties in the area. Can you RSS feed that? Good stuff. Keep it rocking. Thanks again, j Jason Baer Derek - Thanks very much for the comment. Very interesting.