Airlines on Pinterest: in-depth look reveals a bit of a graveyard

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Pinterest was one of the star social networks of 2012. Countless articles and reviews and paeans were written about it and, notably, unlike Google Plus, it never received much criticism.

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Social media is dead – airline marketing in 2013 all about connected travellers and the real world

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Let’s face it – social media is dead. There are over 200 airlines on Twitter today, for example, and the space is cluttered.

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Beyond the recipes and cats, how airlines and airports can also use Pinterest

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Over the past 12 months, Pinterest has gone from being a relatively unknown website to being considered one of the most-engaging social networks around, and not without reason.

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Airports plan social media spending boost [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Following on from its studies into airlines’ social media activity, Simpliflying has produced some research on airports and their plans for investment in the channel

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What do airlines really know about using social media in 2012?

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Airline and airport consultant SimpliFlying has compiled responses from 29 low-cost and legacy airlines into its Airline Social Media Outlook 2012.

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Lessons learned in social media: How Vueling should have dealt with the hijack that never was

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News in social media spreads fast, meaning we continuously remind our customers of the implications this can have on both customer service and crisis management for airlines.

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BalticMiles crowdsources loyalty programme partners and rewards

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BalticMiles has devised a simple approach to its loyalty programme by inviting members to suggest partners for the scheme as well as the sorts of benefits they would like for each level.

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Airports and social media – channels, use and service [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Airports – perhaps more than any other area in travel – are at the sharp end of social media, with passengers often using Twitter and Facebook to discover the latest information.

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Delta wins out in Twitter response times analysis

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Airlines have in the main embraced social media although in some cases perhaps because they have been forced to respond to some vociferous consumer conversations

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Innovative ways airlines are using the new Facebook Timeline

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We recently talked about the Eight steps to driving results for travel brands from the new Facebook Timeline, highlighting some key aspects of the new layout for brands.

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