Travel netizens explore the island
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
Annoyed Passenger Tames Tiger Airways
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 celebrates large number of fans in Facebook
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 ...
boundaries between social and search are becoming increasingly seamless
Most travel brands use Facebook and Twitter but growing numbers are using Google+ to engage with users in a compelling way.
New online campaign encourages Western Australia fans to share experiences
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 ...
Canadian wins all expenses paid holiday
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 ...
online competition via Facebook
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 ...
General Public to Cast Facebook Votes for Favorite Tower Light Colors
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Bud Light Hotel will be opening its doors in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII
ST. LOUIS, MO - Bud Light announced today that the Bud Light Hotel will be opening its doors in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII.
Airline contest gives Canadians chance to have once-in-a-lifetime "ah-ha" moment
CALGARY, Canada - WestJet today announced Canadians can win a chance to see Oprah live in Calgary on January 22, 2013, courtesy of WestJet.
small tourism stakeholders suffering
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 ...
Social Engagement Benchmark
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.
Paytouch biometric and Facebook posting technology showcased at WTM 2012
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 ...
promotion in conjunction with facebook competition
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 ...
to promote its new Ultimate All-Inclusive package in the Maldives
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 ...
Executive Interview
By Pamela Whitby
There are countless things a social media community manager in a multinational chain has to think about.
Improving online customer experience
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 ...
World Youth and Student Travel Conference App Yap Contest
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 ...
"My Empire State Building" Contest to Recognize Photo Enthusiasts
NEW YORK, N.Y.
unique hotel promotions via social media
PHUKET, Thailand – HotelTravel.com is extending its “Super Summer Sale” to Facebook with unique hotel promotions available only on the social media website.
BE3 plugs into hotel’s existing website
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) ...
I ♥ Cape Town surpasses 250,000 Facebook fans
Cape Town Tourism’s Facebook fan page,
target="_blank">I ♥ Cape Town, has surpassed a quarter of a million fans.
VisitBritain’s Head of digital says Facebook is a marketer’s dream channel
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.
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 ...
Winners to receive luxury holidays
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 ...
When social media keeps you up at night
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, ...
Ohio tourist safe and well in South Wales
A US tourist who went missing after visiting Facebook friends in Wales has been found safe and well, say police.
Excitement builds over Carnaval International de Victoria
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 ...
Facebook Parenting?
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.
Tourism industry investigating racist claims
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 ...
