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The SCAN – HomeAway’s Asia expansion, Thomas Cook North America sold, Cathay mobile pass and more travel tech news
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
In a Q&A, Tourism Australia reveals the secrets of its Facebook dominance
February 27, 2013 By 17 Comments
Here’s the story on how Tourism Australia unlocked Facebook success by creating the world’s most popular tourism destination page, with 4,140,975 likes.
Experience Flight brings sky-high tours and activities back down to earth
December 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Australia’s Experience Flight is a portal for tours-and-activities that are in the sky, from joy rides on private planes, sky diving trips and hot-air balloon rides.
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Should Tourism Australia react to the video of an Aussie’s hate-filled rant at a tourist?
November 27, 2012 By 5 Comments
It’s one of the tricky questions facing tourism boards and direct marketing organizations as they creep ever closer to becoming content producers, brand managers, and participants in social media conversations.
Air Canada gets social media boost after helping to rescue a stranded sailor
October 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It may be the heartwarming airline story of the year.
The billboard effect: One resort’s journey towards a true social ROI
October 25, 2012 By 2 Comments
The noise surrounding social media’s true value to the bottom line – the much-derided “social ROI” – has reached fever pitch recently, with some studies suggesting that many airlines have no ROI value for social. But what about hotels?
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Google Maps deep dives into the world’s great underwater landscapes
September 26, 2012 By 2 Comments
Google Maps is officially swimming with the fishes: Street View has partnered with the underwater experts at the Catlin Seaview Survey to create the world’s first high-resolution, interactive panoramas of the world’s most diverse ecosystem: the ocean.
WebJet error offers seven-day Bali trip for less than price of a coke
August 27, 2012 By 3 Comments
A dream vacation at a resort hotel in Bali is most certainly on many a bucket list. But how about living the dream for just AUS $0.08 a night?
Qantas launches Hooroo accommodation and social media spin-off website
July 18, 2012 By 4 Comments
In what is being billed as an attempt to boost domestic tourism, Qantas has unveiled a service called Hooroo combining hotel search and booking with a big emphasis on social media.
Hotel prices – Australia-New Zealand – August to October 2011
August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Australia-New Zealand from August to October 2011.
