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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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Hotels and Social Media Travel Tourism

Laurel Papworth

Just had a rather crappy experience with Discover Australia – they advertised “Free Internet -Exclusive&# for the hotel we wanted to stay in, then after we booked (we sent a confirmation email with a question on the internet) said “Oh it’s just a FREE 1/2 HOUR&#. features and functionality on the hotel website.

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12 Websites Blocked by the People’s Republic of China

Bill Hartzer

There is free internet access here at the China World Hotel in Beijing, but is it really free? ” On the back of the card, there are 12 websites listed: Sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Flickr, and Instagram are all blocked. This week I am Beijing, China doing a keynote address about SEO and domain names.

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Five Signs the Future Belongs to User-Generated Content

Waxing UnLyrical

via Flickr, CC 2.0. Pic-N-Post has already revolutionized weddings and parties; now, it’s changing the game for hotels, convention centers, special events, restaurants, and more. It’s been a heck of a ride! Image: mayeesherr. (in in West Bengal!)

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Social Media and Travel

Social Media Marketing

They've made great use of Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and more and have always led with a very human and very customer-centric approach. And because the hotel where you're staying or the airport may not have many readily available sockets to charge your laptop, phone, tablet, etc., Image credit: ~Oryctes~ (Flickr).

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Being Blocked from the Social Web

Justin Levy

At least the hotel had free wifi, I thought to myself. Except that as I’ve gotten settled at the hotel I’ve found out that they block access to every social site. So far I’ve found that they block Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. I was ok with that. I know this may sound trite.

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7 Ways the Sharpest Brands Are Using Videos to Engage Customers

Social Media Marketing

The YouTube marketing specialists at Pixability recently conducted a major study of 200,000 branded videos on YouTube, and ultimately discovered that more than 50% had lunder 1,000 views. The top quarter of brands on YouTube have an average of 181 videos, while the bottom quarter had an average of 29.