News Trend: Social Media in Travel Hotels put best foot forward on social media [INFOGRAPHIC] | Tnooz Infographic with lots of statistics on guest reviews and social media usage. You’re grounded – (social) media storms and airline responses | Tnooz “Airlines are generally held-up as quite advanced in social media so it’s curious to see…
Online Travel Industry Hotwire Needs to Pivot Toward Last-Minute and Mobile, Expedia CEO says – Skift The article quotes lots of strategic insights from Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Expedia tests Shazamable travel ads – would you, seriously? | Tnooz Expedia is testing a new use for the popular Shazam music matching app. Rather than using the…
Online Travel Industry Search for a room while you drive: Ford adds @hotelsdotcom to its voice-operated dashboard | Tnooz This is kind of cool but it would be cooler if a live agent wasn’t needed to complete the booking. 5 Travel Startups to Watch This Week – Skift A couple of interesting ones here. Beeline is an…
Online Travel Industry Skift Asks: Have You Used a Mobile App To Book Any Kind of Travel? – Skift Skift put together an interesting survey that found that only about 12+% of adult US internet users have used an app to book travel. Unfortunately, they made a selection bias error because the tool they used,…
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