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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. million listings and a community of reliable hosts around the world ready to welcome guests with open arms. Founded in 2008, Airbnb struggled to build trust in its unique business model initially.

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How Government Agencies Can Keep Their Communities Engaged in Creative Ways [VIDEO]

Social Media Strategies Summit

Government agencies can leverage social media to share (sometimes critically) important information with their communities. For example, although Vacchi Hill’s agency doesn’t deal with tourism, following tourism agencies online provides a great source of inspiration. Following peer agencies can help generate new ideas.

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Hospitality & Tourism Students Meet Social Media

Bare Feet Studios

This Friday I am speaking to about 150 Maui high school students who are in the hospitality and tourism track. i Kula Lavender , is determined to get social media best practices embedded in our Maui tourism community as early as possible! What Do You Consider the Most Important Takeaways for Social Media and Tourism?

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Social Media and Tourism: Let’s Talk Together

Bare Feet Studios

And we have the tourism agencies in the state and county government, who have largely carried the responsibility (yet also managed the taxpayer and visitor funded budgets) to keep tourism thriving. It was a very inspiring event! Presentation Slides | Social Media & Tourism via SMCHI: PDF. reference Link: [link].

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Bringing Open Community To Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

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Nine Brands We Can Learn from in Uncertain Times

Pixlee

Digital community has become a necessity for brands hoping to engage with their customers. Sennheiser showcases a great mix of professional creative, branded content, and community connection. Breckenridge Tourism Office . As a Utah based company, Cotopaxi is supporting its local community affected by COVID-19.

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Tourism Tweetup: Connecting Locals & Visitors

Bare Feet Studios

Today I am promoting the idea of connecting guest travel bloggers with local bloggers, to enhance the coverage of the destination and to build a deeper, more personal community online among the many voices in travel. Plus, there are many key influencers in our community who are not big on blogging yet who belong in these conversations.).

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