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How to Use Social Media to Plan Your Next Vacation

Ignite Social Media

Well since that isn’t possible yet the travel industry is trying it’s best to make it faster, easier and worry free to plan your next vacation. And now social media platforms are catching on as well. It’ll also give you cost efficient ways to travel to your dream destination. Sounds easy right?

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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Did you know that there are other hotels beyond the Hyatts, the Hiltons, the Omnis, the Sheratons, and the Marriotts of the world in NYC? When you go to a conference in Manhattan, you probably seek out hotels that you’ve also heard of. How does one small hotel possibly compete with these hotel franchises?

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5 Examples of How AI Chatbots Can Boost Your Marketing Power

Social Media Strategies Summit

Chatbots save businesses money: chatbots can reduce customer support costs by up to 30%. Marriott International developed ‘ChatBotlr’ for its Aloft Hotels to act as an extension of the front desk and concierge service for its customers. Photo Credit: Social Media Today. Photo Credit: Marriott International. WSJ Chatbot.

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How To Get Started With Free Travel When Your Blog is Brand New

ProBlogger

Many travel bloggers start blogging with dreams of getting free travel around the world. After only three blog posts and 100 Instagram followers, we received our first perk: an upgrade to the best suite in a 4-star hotel. At first, ask for things that will not cost the business much money or displace paying guests.

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#SproutChat Recap: Creating Content for the Travel Industry

Sprout Social

It’s expected that most people will take a vacation and then post pictures and videos of their trip on social. This makes marketing for travel professionals easy, right? How do you get folks to your travel destination when cost and time often get in the way? Invite your audience to share their own travel adventures.

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Social Spotlight: How Airbnb kept the lights on when everyone was home

Sprout Social

The infamous hotel industry disruptor was now facing a devastating disruption of its own. Suspended travel, shelter-in-place and strict social distancing cost them $1 billion in canceled bookings—a loss that left them no choice but to postpone their long-awaited IPO plans, and cut their staff by almost 2,000 employees.

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4 Ways Your Website Can Replace Focus Groups

Buzz Marketing for Technology

It’s this level of insight that can spur improvements to product offerings, social media, in-store efforts, other offline experiences and overall marketing efforts. They’re leveraging social media and loyalty data. Social media and loyalty programs are gold mines for customers’ activity in the real world: What do they do?