Using social media to boost New Zealand tourism after deadly earthquake

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Interesting idea from a group of travel bloggers aimed at raising the profile of New Zealand following the massive earthquake in the city of Christchurch in February 2011.

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Best of Tnooz This Week – Cracking domains, Reversing Kayak, Peeling onions, Busting myths

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What were the best articles on Tnooz this week?

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Behold the QR code hotel

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This might be an 1 April-type story – but it isn’t April Fool’s Day and this is a story about Dubai, so anything is possible when it comes to hotels in the Middle Eastern state.

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Travel associations clash over airline checked bags

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There’s been a dust-up between the U.S. Travel Association and the Global Business Travel Association over the issue of checked bags.

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IBM reckons it can grow baggage capacity at Schiphol Airport by 40 per cent

An interesting idea that one of the world’s top airports, which is already bursting at the seams with passenger luggage, can add another 40% capacity with no new construction.

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Delta adds Facebook check-in to online, app, mobile, kiosk, curbside options

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You now can check in for your Delta Air Lines flight through its Ticket Counter app on Facebook.

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The other Travelzoo sees dramatic growth in Asia Pacific

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Travelzoo Asia Pacific reports that subscribers to its Top 20 deals newsletter in Asia Pacific grew 50% over last year to more than 3 million.

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Peeling back the onion on travel social media intelligence services

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About a year ago, we began looking at the competitive landscape of Social Media Intelligence (SMI), aka Social Media Monitoring, tools to advise a software company’s strategy to build its own service.

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IgoUgo brings video player and travel planning to your Facebook wall

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IgoUgo embarked on a seemingly novel Facebook and video strategy today by bringing video players with destination content directly to your Facebook wall.

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Sabre investigates major SynXis outage

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Technicians at Sabre are looking for the cause of a failure of the SynXis reservation system this week, paralysing 10,000 hotels from taking bookings via the GDS.

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