Traveling can be fun, but it tends to be more about the destination rather than the actual traveling, due to the chaos that ensues once arriving at the airport. Most people love going on vacation at least once a year, which means, flights, hotel, and car rentals have to be planned for and purchased. Whether planning for a warm weather, unique experience, like one to be had at the Queen Mary Hotel in California or more of a cold and sporty trip like with the various hotels in Alaska, there are many ways people can plan for vacation. Infographic via: Tingo ). MORE >>

Home About Me Charities 12for12k Kiva Work With Me About This Blog Disclosure Comment Policy Headway Archives Contact Me Great Blogs Four Seasons Hotels and the Art of Social Media May 10, 2010 19 voices share yours! Share 19 saves A lot’s been written about the Roger Smith Hotel in New York, and how it’s “ doing social media right.&# But that’s just one hotel in one city, and as much as they’re doing a great job, it’s the adoption of social media by the “big boys&# of any industry that really show how well social media uptake there is. MORE >>

Through my monitoring of Roger Smith Hotel via Radian6 I noticed Roger Smith Hotel is using a platform called Revinate to monitor all their social media and create a customized metrics dashboard around it. Tweeting for travel. The  Roger Smith Hotel in  New York recently adopted Revinate, which is a tool to facilitate active  social media management strictly for the … Link. ClickZ has an article on Hotels using Social Media Monitoring that came out recently, btw. The Roger Smith Hotel in New York may be one of the few hotels that has a designated driver. MORE >>

Scott Wright is the general manager of the Wyndham Wingate Hotel in Erlanger, KY, and in a 15-minute ride to the airport yesterday morning he taught me something about the future of business. The fact that the manager of the hotel was driving me to the airport was unusual in the first place, but Wright makes it part of his routine. The hotel’s policy is to contact online critics directly within 72 hours to address their complaints. Another complained that the hotel wouldn’t let him cancel a reservation. Customer service is number two. MORE >>

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts’ recently launched a new campaign – with a heavy focus on social media – targeting couples worldwide who are seeking a romantic getaway.  ”The Spark” campaign includes a microsite, Facebook application, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook engagement advertising. The app invites users to enter details of their upcoming trips, and then offers customized status updates to the user and their travel companion’s walls, as well as allowing users to share travel plans with their friends. ”  . MORE >>