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

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The cost of the campaign was approximately $350,000 with Marriott covering hotel expenses and partner Hawaiian airlines covering flights. Maybe travel and tourism will will be the next segment to utilize the power of event marketing. 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

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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. Make your marketing dollars communicate with your incentive dollars. Make your employee enhancement communicate with your incentive dollars and marketing dollars.

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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. I advised them to listen to the hotel staff, and watch the tweet stream and told them to #thinkcalmthoughts as my colleague Roxanne Darling tweets during these times.

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How Social Media is Changing Customer Service

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More than ever before, marketing people are working with customer service and human relations. As a result, marketing people are starting to see, for the first time, one of the core reasons their jobs are so difficult: unhappy employees = unhappy customers. I remember in college, I worked at a major premier hotel.