Monthly Archives: February 2010

Hotel distribution and the Twitter effect

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on February 16, 2010. Filed under Social Media, Technology, Travel Media. Tagged , , , . View Comments.
megaphone
Last week a very interesting article by Shashank Nigam (Simpliflying) was featured on mashable.com outlining 5 ways hotels and airlines can drive revenue from social media. I am in complete agreement with Shashank, it’s time some of the more traditional travel businesses got on board with social media, it has become very clear this is [...]

Social media attacks!

Written by Graham Robertson. Posted on February 15, 2010. Filed under Online travel agency, Social Media, Technology. Tagged , , , . View Comments.
Kevin Smith
Two travel related stories are blowing out of proportion this week thanks to social media and the novelty, over-size megaphone it hands to anyone with a decent following. First up we had Kevin Smith, aka Silent Bob, being thrown off a flight by a Southwest Airline captain for safety risks arising from his size. Kevin [...]

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