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Hotels and Social Media Travel Tourism

Laurel Papworth

I know that travel consumers booking via my hotel website i.e. direct customers are more loyal, bring more revenue and tend to travel more often. In 2009, even the top 30 major hotel brands t increased their dependence on the Online Travel Agencies (OTAs)-from 25.4% a year ago to 30% of CRS bookings in Q3 2009 (eTRAK).

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Directory of Social Networks for Learning Professionals

Buzz Marketing for Technology

2.0 : for those interested in Web 2.0 College 2.0 : Online Learning and Web 2.0 College 2.0: (Facebook group, Eduardo Peirano ). 2.0 : Instructional Designers, developers, instructors and. application of Web 2.0 learn with me about how to use Web 2.0 virtual travels.

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Connecting 2 the World: What do businesses really want?

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Well, the Financial Times just confirmed what I have been saying all along: Businesses SAY they want a certain type of worker, but they really arent hiring those that meet the criteria. This is a good explanation for why social networking and other Web 2.0 Corporate Policies on Web 2.0. Wednesday, July 16, 2008.

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The information processing view of humanity

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Trevor Cook is just one example of a blogger who writes notes from all of the conference sessions he attends (including his reflections on our Enterprise 2.0 The trouble was, I didnt find time in my intense travel schedule to blog about all of my interesting meetings and conversations. Certainly the new array of social media and Web 2.0

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Blogging and culture

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The problem with web 2.0 Most cultures (societal and organizational) are resistant to those types of extreme boundary changes. I wonder, likewise, if there are other cultures which might be more conducive to Web 2.0 New type of communication with facebook? Influencing others to enter Web 2.0.

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Connecting 2 the World: Some thoughts on Work Literacy

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The tie between multiple intelligences and types of tools we use. Also, the type of organization and its structure might not be appropriate to current learning models (as happens with children whose parents do not fit into a mainstream cultural model have difficulty learning to read using standard models). New skills for the workplace.

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Connecting 2 the World: New Skills for Knowledge Workers

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I thought it was too simplistic, too "cookbook" like with a follow the checklist type mentality. In the case of the last skill, I think there is a type of skill, which fits more into the traditional idea of "learning" and still has a place in todays workplace. Corporate Policies on Web 2.0. New skills for the workplace.

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