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Reunion Island Tourism: 100,000 fans and growing

Travel netizens explore the island

Reunion Island Tourism: 100,000 fans and growing

Since the end of 2010, Reunion Island Tourism has been inviting travel netizens
to Facebook, the world's largest social network. Today, in May 2013, 100,000 fans

Irked student takes on budget carrier via Facebook and wins

Annoyed Passenger Tames Tiger Airways

Irked student takes on budget carrier via Facebook and wins

MELBOURNE, Australia - Nathaniel Martin took to Facebook to vent his frustrations after Tiger Airways bumped him from his flight from Hobart to Melbourne on Sunday, telling him it had been ...

WTM Latin America invests in online media

WTM Latin America celebrates large number of fans in Facebook

WTM Latin America invests in online media

The World Travel Market (WTM) Latin America trade fair, which will take place April 23-25 at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo, celebrates their large number of fans on Facebook and ...

A social signal for 2013: is Google+ where it’s at?

boundaries between social and search are becoming increasingly seamless

A social signal for 2013: is Google+ where it’s at?

Most travel brands use Facebook and Twitter but growing numbers are using Google+ to engage with users in a compelling way.

Australian cricket legend to promote Western Australia in new tourism campaign

New online campaign encourages Western Australia fans to share experiences

Australian cricket legend to promote Western Australia in new tourism campaign

Australian cricket legend Adam Gilchrist is urging everyone who has traveled in Western Australia (WA) to share their extraordinary experiences as part of a new online marketing campaign, 1001 ...

Cape Town announces winner of Facebook competition

Canadian wins all expenses paid holiday

Cape Town announces winner of Facebook competition

When Jan van der Leeuw entered the MyCapeTownHoliday.com competition in snowy Canada and sent her Facebook profile off to explore the Mother City, she hardly imagined that she would be the ...

Tropical holidays will go to winners of Centara’s Festive Fotos competition

online competition via Facebook

Tropical holidays will go to winners of Centara’s Festive Fotos competition

Centara Hotels & Resorts is staging an online competition via its Facebook page that asks participants to post photographs of their Christmas, New Year, Chinese New Year, or other recent ...

Empire State Building invites public to help select official colors for LED tower lights

General Public to Cast Facebook Votes for Favorite Tower Light Colors

Empire State Building invites public to help select official colors for LED tower lights

NEW YORK, N.Y.

The Bud Light Hotel opens its doors in the Big Easy

Bud Light Hotel will be opening its doors in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII

The Bud Light Hotel opens its doors in the Big Easy

ST. LOUIS, MO - Bud Light announced today that the Bud Light Hotel will be opening its doors in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII.

WestJet offers up the chance to mingle with Oprah

Airline contest gives Canadians chance to have once-in-a-lifetime "ah-ha" moment

WestJet offers up the chance to mingle with Oprah

CALGARY, Canada - WestJet today announced Canadians can win a chance to see Oprah live in Calgary on January 22, 2013, courtesy of WestJet.

Tajikistan virtually out of tourism market after ban on Facebook

small tourism stakeholders suffering

Tajikistan virtually out of tourism market after ban on Facebook

By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN US Correspondent in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Blockage of access to a number of websites in Tajikistan including Facebook is strongly hampering the tourism industry of the country, because small stakeholders of tourism ...

UK trails Asian markets in first-ever social media league

Social Engagement Benchmark

UK trails Asian markets in first-ever social media league

LONDON, England - The UK has come 27th in a new global league table that measures how often and how much consumers use social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

World Travel Market showcasing innovative technology initiatives

Paytouch biometric and Facebook posting technology showcased at WTM 2012

World Travel Market showcasing innovative technology initiatives

World Travel Market (WTM), the leading global event for the travel industry, is showcasing a world first with Palladium Hotel Group’s (formerly Fiesta Hotel Group) innovative biometric and ...

Facebook fans get an extra special offer to celebrate the opening of Centara Hotels and Resorts’ new Mauritius resort

promotion in conjunction with facebook competition

Facebook fans get an extra special offer to celebrate the opening of Centara Hotels and Resorts’ new Mauritius resort

Anyone who books a room at the new Centara Post Lafayette Resort & Spa Mauritius between now and December 31, 2012 will receive a 10 percent discount on the rate at any time between December ...

Centara launches Facebook campaign: The Ultimate Life – Cashless Castaway on a Tropical Island

to promote its new Ultimate All-Inclusive package in the Maldives

Centara launches Facebook campaign: The Ultimate Life – Cashless Castaway on a Tropical Island

Centara Hotels & Resorts has launched a Facebook campaign in which participants are asked to list three items for their luxury and ultimate lifestyle if they were castaway on a tropical ...

Creating a buzz: social is made for building relationships with guests

Executive Interview

Creating a buzz: social is made for building relationships with guests

By Pamela Whitby

There are countless things a social media community manager in a multinational chain has to think about.

HotelTravel.com's new two-step check out make bookings a breeze

Improving online customer experience

HotelTravel.com's new two-step check out make bookings a breeze

PHUKET, Thailand - HotelTravel.com continues to improve its customer experience by simplifying the website’s checkout process, making it possible to go from hotel selection to payment ...

Get your social on and vote for your favorite travel app

World Youth and Student Travel Conference App Yap Contest

Get your social on and vote for your favorite travel app

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - WYSE Travel Confederation, the authority on global youth and student travel, is calling for the public to vote for the finalists in its App Yap Contest on ...

Empire State Building launches nationwide contest

"My Empire State Building" Contest to Recognize Photo Enthusiasts

Empire State Building launches nationwide contest

NEW YORK, N.Y.

HotelTravel.com adds Super Summer Sale on Facebook

unique hotel promotions via social media

HotelTravel.com adds Super Summer Sale on Facebook

PHUKET, Thailand – HotelTravel.com is extending its “Super Summer Sale” to Facebook with unique hotel promotions available only on the social media website.

Free booking button for hotels from agoda.com

BE3 plugs into hotel’s existing website

Free booking button for hotels from agoda.com

SINGAPORE - Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), today announced the launch of the free agoda.com Facebook Booking Button (BE3) ...

Cape Town Tourism’s Facebook fan pages surpasses quarter million

I ♥ Cape Town surpasses 250,000 Facebook fans

Cape Town Tourism’s Facebook fan pages surpasses quarter million

Cape Town Tourism’s Facebook fan page, target="_blank">I ♥ Cape Town, has surpassed a quarter of a million fans.

Making appropriate use of Facebook as a national tourism agency

VisitBritain’s Head of digital says Facebook is a marketer’s dream channel

Making appropriate use of Facebook as a national tourism agency

By Ritesh Gupta

It was in mid-2010 when Prime Minister David Cameron highlighted that Britain is about to enter a decade of exceptional opportunity for tourism marketing.

Africa: Ten years on since eTN debut

Africa: Ten years on since eTN debut

By Professor Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa correspondent

This week, eTurboNews is looking back at a decade of success, having grown from strength to strength and established itself as a friend of those destinations which 10 years ago were not exactly in ...

Centara launches Facebook happy holiday photo competition

Winners to receive luxury holidays

Centara launches Facebook happy holiday photo competition

Centara Hotels & Resorts has launched a photo competition on its Facebook page in which guests have their own favorite holiday photos voted for online, with the winners receiving luxury ...

The 5 golden rules of social media ROI

When social media keeps you up at night

The 5 golden rules of social media ROI

By Marco Saio, EyeforTravel

Facebook page? Check! Twitter account and dedicated hastags? Check! Competitions, discounts, and giveaways? Check! Any real, measurable, and abundant ROI from social media campaigns? … erm, ...

Missing US 'Facebook tourist' found in Wales

Ohio tourist safe and well in South Wales

Missing US 'Facebook tourist' found in Wales

A US tourist who went missing after visiting Facebook friends in Wales has been found safe and well, say police.

Seychelles carnival welcomes addition of UK groups

Excitement builds over Carnaval International de Victoria

Seychelles carnival welcomes addition of UK groups

The excitement surrounding the “Carnaval International de Victoria” seems to be spreading far and wide as Seychellois communities overseas embrace the event with as much enthusiasm as the ...

Father responds to Facebook rant by shooting daughter’s laptop in YouTube video

Facebook Parenting?

Father responds to Facebook rant by shooting daughter’s laptop in YouTube video

By Nelson Alcantara

A father, while fixing his daughter’s laptop, inadvertently reads her Facebook post, ranting about how terrible it is that she has to do her household chores.

Social media exposes racist attitudes in Kenya

Tourism industry investigating racist claims

Social media exposes racist attitudes in Kenya

By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda

(eTN) - The tourism industry in Kenya, both private and public sector, are investigating claims made over the Christmas and New Year period, when African Kenyans went public on Twitter and ...

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