Google Updates Hotel Search Experience on Desktop
Social Media Today
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Google is bringing its advanced hotel discovery and connection options to desktop after seeing success with them in its mobile app.
Instagram and Pinterest for Storytelling: Grey Goose’s Social-Mobile Campaign
Mindjumpers
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
The campaign revolves around the fictitious, mysterious and fashionable ”Hotel Noir” and is a complement to the tv commercial and the more elaborate online version of the video. As we have discussed repeatedly here on the blog, mobile and social are increasingly becoming inseparable. Reaching out to Instagram influencers.
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Rick Henry: How a Small Business Owner Defines Mobility and Social Media
Waxing UnLyrical
MAY 2, 2012
The PRSA Orlando chapter took excellent care of me; and as part of the arrangements, they organized a car service to pick me up from my hotel and take me to the venue at which I was speaking. Rick Henry: How a Small Business Owner Defines Mobility and Social Media. And I had a blast, talking about measurement.
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How AI insights improve decision making
Sprout Social
MARCH 19, 2024
This comprehensive analysis, which can be conducted in multiple languages, helps the bank identify essential improvement areas, such as mobile banking, fees and branch services. For example, a mobile carrier can utilize AI-driven sentiment analysis to tackle customer churn by integrating text analytics with their call center software.
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107 Hotels and Social Media Travel Tourism
Laurel Papworth
JANUARY 14, 2010
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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Is Shazam the Future of Mobile Marketing
Convince & Convert
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
Are we about to finally crack the mobile marketing code? The way an Apple iBeacon works is that a store, a retailer, a hotel or resort, has a little device that sends out offers to your smartphone if you have the appropriate app installed. .” Here’s the challenge, and this has always been the challenge for mobile.
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Facebook Updates: Dynamic Ads and Website Custom Audience Enhancements
Jon Loomer
MAY 10, 2016
First, a minor label adjustment… On February 17, 2015, Facebook announced the launch of Dynamic Product Ads , a way for advertisers to show ads dynamically to Facebook users based on products they previously visited on that advertiser’s website or mobile app. Devices: Android, iOS devices, desktop and other mobile devices.
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Explore the World with these 4 iPhone Apps
Idaconcpts
OCTOBER 21, 2011
Their new mobile app gives your smart phone access to all of that clout while on the go. It offers unique hotel values that are exclusive to Mobile users. Orbitz Flights, Hotels, Cars. Orbitz Flights, Hotels, Cars extends the large market share enjoyed by this titan of travel. AAA Trip Tik Mobile.
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5 Examples of How AI Chatbots Can Boost Your Marketing Power
Social Media Strategies Summit
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
By 2021, it is expected that 50% of enterprise companies will spend more on bots and chatbot creation than they will on traditional mobile app development. Marriott International developed ‘ChatBotlr’ for its Aloft Hotels to act as an extension of the front desk and concierge service for its customers. What Exactly is an AI Chatbot?
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3 Trends in Digital Marketing Creative
Convince & Convert
MAY 8, 2014
This year, our criteria focused around innovative execution, smart content, and mobile-awareness. We looked at brand communications that spanned email, mobile, social, display, and the web and collected the designs that we believe embody the highest standard of creative excellence.
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Touring the World: Preparing for a Long Trip
The Realtime Report
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
This also means it’s time to say goodbye to pricey hotel stays and dinners in fine dining restaurants. You can search online for accommodation deals near major tourist attractions in the city (using websites such as Groupon, for example) rather than splurging on expensive hotels. First, bring extra batteries.
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Is Customer Service a Part of Your Marketing Budget?
Convince & Convert
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Happen to notice the subtle change Facebook made on mobile last week? Rather than “From,” Facebook mobile is now saying “in.” You drop your bags off at the hotel, and you’re hungry. The hell with TripAdvisor’s hotel reviews, and screw Yelp’s restaurant reviews. Here – I’ve highlighted it for you above. Why is this huge?
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Social Media Sites Rank Lowest For Customer Satisfaction
The Realtime Report
MARCH 25, 2014
Hotels also show a disparity, ranked at 84 for website satisfaction but only at 77 for overall customer satisfaction. Twitter Users Log In Via Mobile, #RLTM Scoreboard Smartphones Surpass TV in Time Spent with Media. Banks receive a high score (85) for website satisfaction, but drop to a 78 in terms of overall satisfaction.
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Five Signs the Future Belongs to User-Generated Content
Waxing UnLyrical
JUNE 4, 2014
Live event social media generally involves a social media person or standard event-goer using a mobile device to put content online. Pic-N-Post has already revolutionized weddings and parties; now, it’s changing the game for hotels, convention centers, special events, restaurants, and more. Gamification.
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Does QR stand for Quasi-Ridiculous? (an analysis)
Convince & Convert
JULY 18, 2011
In fact, the QR code itself is substantially larger than the logo of the company (Crowne Plaza Hotels). If you want to run an expensive national print ad campaign to make sure people think your hotel is all post-modern and zeitgeisty , then I guess this qualifies as killer graphic design.
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152 7 New Buttons Facebook Hopes You Will Use
Small Business Mavericks
DECEMBER 16, 2014
Book Now: To direct visitors to book a table at your restaurant, a room in a hotel, or a similar kind of reservation. Use App: If your company has its own app, this could be a button to open the app on your mobile device. Play Game: If you’re a mobile app development company, this could be a link to play your latest game.
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Social Media Intelligence: What It Is & Why You Need It
Hootsuite
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
You might also learn their dislikes, like how poor website experiences ruin their day, or their frustrations around booking hotels and flights. For example, a hotel chain with a slow website might choose to invest in an upgrade this year. Mobile app to monitor on the go. Advanced analytics and insights.
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We Have Infinite Creative Opportunities to Solve Customer Experience Problems
Social Media Strategery
MAY 18, 2020
What’s the future of the hotel check-in counter? What’s the new standard for cleaning hotel rooms? Which company will create the mobile UV light sanitizer that can be attached to your phone? What sports broadcast will finally move forward with the most obvious of innovations – real-time on-field audio?
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What Is Omnichannel Marketing and How Are Brands Leveraging It?
Social Media Strategies Summit
MAY 10, 2019
The customer can be shopping online from a desktop or mobile device, via phone, in a brick-and-mortar store, or a combination of all of these channels, and the experience will be seamless. As a response, the brand created Mobile Totes. Starbucks drives loyalty and customer experience through its mobile app.
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How to Create an Employee Engagement Social Media Strategy: Tips and Tools
Hootsuite
APRIL 12, 2021
Meliá Hotels International launched a #StaySafewithMeliá campaign to welcome guests back to its hotels after closures last year. Amplify makes it easy for employees to share approved social content from their desktop or on the go with a mobile app. Once your launch campaign content is ready to go, send an internal announcement.
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The Real Way to Get More Customer Feedback
Convince & Convert
APRIL 26, 2016
I stayed at the recently renovated Sheraton hotel downtown, and when I entered my room this letter was on my desk: This is a nice and personal touch. You don’t often see a letter from a GM of a hotel, offering their personal cell phone number in case you need anything. Hit and Run Complaints are Preferred.
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10 Tips to Prepare for NMX 2014
Kikolani
DECEMBER 30, 2013
Hotel missing your reservation? This can include airline, flight numbers, arrival / departure times, hotel name and address, and other pertinent information. Also, if you tend to run out of mobile or iPad battery before the day is over, consider an external battery pack charger. Empty some space on your mobile device.
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DiGiorno and “The Sound of Music”: Spontaneous Tweeting Pays Off
The Realtime Report
DECEMBER 12, 2013
Related Stories Budweiser’s Twitter-Powered Bot Knits Holiday Sweaters for Designated Drivers #BookLoews Lets You Book Hotel Room Via Twitter ‘Hands On Ron Burgundy’ Mobile Game Promotes Dodge Durango, Anchorman 2 Movie. . — DiGiorno Pizza (@DiGiornoPizza) December 6, 2013.
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How to Use Social Media to Plan Your Next Vacation
Ignite Social Media
MAY 18, 2016
This feature is only available on mobile for now but you can find it by typing in a search term like “European Destinations” into your search engine. It also adjusts flight options seamlessly, and it sorts hotel choices based on your star preferences, showing you what’s bookable for your desired travel dates.”
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Social Media and Travel
Social Media Marketing
JANUARY 26, 2012
Whether it's at an airport, on a train or in a car, you're mobile and your digital life is mobile too. And because the hotel where you're staying or the airport may not have many readily available sockets to charge your laptop, phone, tablet, etc., Just this week, Apple announced that it sold 37 million iPhones and 15.4
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Budweiser’s Twitter-Powered Bot Knits Holiday Sweaters for Designated Drivers
The Realtime Report
DECEMBER 4, 2013
Back in May, Anheuser Busch launched the first ever “ social responsibility blimp ” with a mobile billboard reminding adults to drink responsibly, though judging from the @budblimp account (with just 574 followers) it wasn’t hugely popular on social media.
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Creating an online review management strategy
Sprout Social
AUGUST 1, 2019
Reviews have only become more accessible with the proliferation of mobile apps and the addition of readily visible ratings in search results. Harvard Business Review reviewed tens of thousands of TripAdvisor hotel reviews and if available, the hotels’ responses. TripAdvisor rounds to the nearest half star.
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Facebook Nearby: Another Reason To Have A Facebook Page
Small Business Mavericks
DECEMBER 20, 2012
Facebook Nearby is a feature designed for Android and iOS devices, which makes it a mobile marketing opportunity extraordinaire. Along with an omni-list of locations, you can search for specific spots or browse by categories, including Coffee, Hotels, Outdoors, and Nightlife. And what a service! This what is local businesses need.
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5 Luxurious Technology Events for this Autumn
Idaconcpts
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
Take advantage of the many floor shows, stage shows, large exhibits, glamorous hotels and casinos at Tech Mentor Events that will be on Redefining The IT Classroom, and will be held at the Tropicana. They offer a package for the hotel stay, as well…$ 2,195 for early bird, $2,395 standard price. Tech Mentor Events.
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The Best Business Apps For Your Smartphone
Twist Image
DECEMBER 26, 2012
I stay in a lot of hotels. I'm not a germophobe, but everyone knows that hotel remote controls are never cleaned and are, probably, one of the filthiest things in a hotel room. The LodgeNet app allows me to turn my iPhone into the hotel room's TV remote control (if they are using LodgeNet as their TV service provider).
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Being Blocked from the Social Web
Justin Levy
JULY 3, 2010
At least the hotel had free wifi, I thought to myself. Except that as I’ve gotten settled at the hotel I’ve found out that they block access to every social site. It’s possible but I much preferred the idea of doing it from the hotel at night during my “off&# time. I was ok with that. Enjoy your holiday.
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Business Growth in a Digital World Conference | Oct 30 | 8:30-5:30
yMarketingMatters
OCTOBER 26, 2018
Sheraton Mahwah Hotel. Join me at the Biggest Business . Conference in New Jersey. on Tuesday, Oct 30 at the beautiful. To those of you in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Philadelphia: Do.Not.Miss.This.Conference. Take the time to work ON your business, and not IN it. This will be the best day investment in your business!
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Is It Better To Use Wi-Fi or Mobile Data?
Tweaklibrary
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
To use the internet on smartphones there are two means – (i) cellular or mobile data and (ii) Wi-Fi. And, even though we often switch between these two modes, it is important to understand the difference between mobile data and Wi-Fi, so that you can use these resources smartly. Mobile Data. Offered by mobile carriers.
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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #122
Twist Image
OCTOBER 19, 2012
Ibis hotels to have robots paint art while they track your sleep: no, that's not creepy at all - Engadget. "In an interesting example of quantified self and new interfaces, the Ibis hotel is using bed sensors and robot arms to paint pictures of your sleep patterns. Amazon in talks to buy TI mobile chip arm: paper - Reuters.
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85 The Efficiency Of Brands
Twist Image
AUGUST 24, 2014
Will hotels be competitive in a world of Airbnb ? Is every industry at risk of being disrupted by consumers and new startups who can connect, share and sell to one another in a much more efficient way because of mobile and connected technologies? Will taxi companies adapt to Uber ?
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90 Tech and sanity – You can have both!
Janet Fouts
OCTOBER 21, 2014
I take conference calls on the treadmill, in a hotel lobby, at a conference or sometimes on my horse. Here are a few of the apps that allow my business to be mobile, always on, and productive wherever I am and almost all work across multiple devices, crucial for a mobile workforce. Flexibility is key in this business.
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137 Top 10 Apps for Windows Phones
Idaconcpts
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Already included as standard on LG’s Windows phones, this is an augmented reality app that displays directions to nearby restaurants, hotels, banks and the like on your phone screen as you hold up your camera. BBC Sport Mobile. BBC Sport Mobile gives you the latest sport news from the BBC on the go. Download Handyscan.
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128 Can Travel Bloggers Live Well From Their Blogs?
The Realtime Report
JANUARY 27, 2017
However, creating a successful and profitable travel blog isn’t as easy as playing 7Sultans mobile games. For instance, 7 Sultans online casino is a site that focuses on mobile gaming with a casino theme, and your travel blog may focus on destinations in a certain region of the world.
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On The Road (Warrior) Again
Twist Image
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
For over ten years, I've been doing my best to figure out how to be as upwardly mobile as possible. Core to mobile business success is being able to access information as quickly as possible with a device that won't cause too many visits to the chiropractor. These are your mobile powerplants. mobile business. eagle creek.
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96 How Social Media and Smartphones Breed a Petri Dish of Negativity
Convince & Convert
APRIL 13, 2013
Hotel managers have told me that they are seeing more Trip Advisor reviews than front desk complaints. Why go through the emotional toil of calling someone out face-to-face when we can hide behind our avatars and mobile devices? Psychologically, it all adds up. This trend will not ebb. The genie will not go back in the bottle.
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Did You See That?
Twist Image
APRIL 4, 2013
Look no further than the automotive and hotel industries as prime examples of this. I love these digital channels (and, when I say "digital channels" I mean Web, mobile, social, etc.) hotel industry. hotel industry. So many industries get this wrong. automotive industry. brand loyalty. content marketing.
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95 Lessons Learned From the Traveling iPhone
Waxing UnLyrical
APRIL 16, 2011
So heavy of heart, frantic of furrowed brow, and voluminously vexed, I made my way to the hotel shuttle that was waiting to cart me to a Hilton-full of traveling Orgonians (that’s not a typo, that’s how they pronounce “Oregonians,&# ask Mo Sherifdeen ). Image: elessar_nicki via Flickr, CC 2.0. Seriously, United?!
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140 Future of Brand Experiences: Join #GetRealChat Conversation Live From #AdobeSummit March 23
Pam Moore
MARCH 23, 2016
On Wednesday, March 23rd, starting at 3pm pt / 4pm mt / 5pm ct / 6pm et we will be hosting #GetRealChat live from the Venetian hotel and event center in Las Vegas. I’m excited to announce that we have partnered with Adobe and the #GetRealChat Twitter chat is again officially part of the Adobe Summit 2016 event in Las Vegas.
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Digital Signage – the Next Big Thing
Buzz Marketing for Technology
OCTOBER 13, 2008
In a recent Razorfish survey it was ranked second to mobile as the most important emerging media channel in the coming year. Roughly 51 percent of respondents ranked mobile as the most important, followed by Digital Signage with nearly 32 percent. Digital signage is officially "the next big thing" for a lot of marketers.
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