A tale of two Christmas videos – Cebu Pacific and HotelTonight

Buoyed by the success of seeing a previous web video showing its cabin crew doing an unusual safety presentation, Cebu Pacific was at it again before the Christmas holidays.

This time the video is official, unlike the earlier effort which was made to look like a passenger clip but had the fingerprints of PR all over it.

It shows a Cebu crew performing the in-flight safety procedures to “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

Half a million views on YouTube in less than ten days, but is a far cry from the five million in five days from the Lady Gaga-soundtracked performance from October 2010.

Meanwhile, over in Silicon Valley, startup investment firm First Round Capital also issued its annual Christmas video, enrolling a string of companies in its portfolio to, ahem, sing Rebecca Black‘s Friday (yeah, who?).

If you can make it to 1m20s, look out for HotelTonight‘s Sam Shank strutting his stuff.

He’ll look back on this in years to come with fondness, no doubt.

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Kevin May About Kevin May

Kevin May is editor of Tnooz. He joined as a co-founder in August 2009 after spending nearly four years as editor of UK-based business publication Travolution.

Passionate about the business of travel and the internet, Kevin played a major role in establishing Travolution in print, online, events and with an annual awards programme, as well as becoming a regular speaker and moderator at industry events.

Prior to Travolution, Kevin was web editor at Media Week (UK) and also worked in regional newspapers for two years at the Essex Enquirer. He started his career in journalism at the Police Gazette at New Scotland Yard in London.

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