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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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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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How Conference Calling Helps Your Business

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Travel costs are incurred, as are the external venue costs including the costs and availability of hotel accommodation, subsistence allowance, refreshments at conference and the conferencing facilities themselves. Share this on Technorati. This tool can be downloaded free of charge. Share this on LinkedIn. Post on Google Buzz.

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Best Social Media Monitoring Tools

Bill Hartzer

Review Analyst – ReviewAnalyst is a new tool that lets hotels take a proactive approach to user-generated hotel reviews, blogs, videos & images. With ReviewAnalyst, you can track, analyze and react to what people are saying about your hotel on the major travel and social media sites. Share this on Technorati.

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HotPads.com Launches Map-Based Vacation Rental Search Engine

Bill Hartzer

Vacation Rentals often offer a cheaper alternative to hotels for families and group vacationers. This launch makes it as easy to find a vacation home as it is a hotel, bringing down some of the barriers for vacationers. Share this on Technorati. HotPads is launching its vacation portal with 20,000 homes and condos for rent.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Videos that have a completely unplanned “wow&# element to them definitely travel far in social circles. These videos can be very basic, from how to tie a tie , to more complex videos with multiple steps, such as skipping out on room service to make a gourmet dinner in a hotel room. Candy Soap , anyone? Answers Yahoo!

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Crowdsourced Laundry – Innocentive NASA

Laurel Papworth

I dunno what the fuss is about – when travelling, I usually wash my undies in sinks with those little bottles of shampoos you get in hotels. Technorati Tags: crowdsourced , innocentive , nasa , online community , patent , Wiki. Can’t they do the same? And what about the ironing?