HRS adds Facebook application with heatmap to plot friends’ check-ins

November 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Next time you’re hitting the road for a conference, exhibition or just a few days away here’s a cool Facebook application showing users where everyone has stayed in the past.

The HRS friends app, which is in beta, shows users a map of where their Facebook friends live or where they have recently checked-in using the social network.

The app also enables users to view available hotels in the area where friends or people within their group live or search for properties with those ‘liked’ by friends highlighted in the results.

Facebook check-ins and data from Foursquare are also used to create a heatmap of areas of interest in a city enabling travellers to draw on friends’ experiences before finalising plans.

The service also includes a group trip function for users to create and share plans.

The HRS friends is available in several languages including English, German, French and Russian.

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Linda Fox About Linda Fox

Linda Fox is a reporter for Tnooz. For the past six years she has worked as a freelance journalist across a range of B2B titles including Travolution, ABTA Magazine, Travelmole and the Business Travel Magazine.

In this time she has also undertaken corporate projects for a number of high profile travel technology, travel management and research companies.

Prior to her freelance career she covered hotels and technology news for Travel Trade Gazette for seven years. Linda joined TTG from Caterer & Hotelkeeper where she worked on the features desk for more than five years.

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