Entries from May 2010

Top 30 Irish Hotel Pages on Facebook #Top30IEHotels

May 31st, 2010

Our ‘Top 30 Irish Hotels on Facebook’ list this week has seen 6 hotels move up the table.

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Tags: Facebook · Hotel Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Top 30 Hotels on Facebook

Reputation Management for Your Hotel through Social Media

May 29th, 2010

There are discussions happening about your hotel in the online world whether you like it or not. Some of these discussions are good and others are not so good. Therefore, the choice you have to make as a hotel is whether to participate in these conversations or not.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels

Hotel Bookings Directly From Facebook & iPhones

May 28th, 2010

Resulting from more and more hotels guests using smartphones and referring to Facebook for their travel needs, a select number of social media savvy hotels are developing booking widgets to extend reach beyond their Web sites.

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Tags: Facebook · Social Media Marketing for Hotels

Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter #Top30IEHotels

May 28th, 2010

It’s time for this week’s Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter. We have 0 new entry and 3 hotels pushing their way up the table.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Top 30 Hotels on Twitter · Twitter

How Your Hotel Can Use Facebook’s New “Like” Button

May 25th, 2010

Last month, Facebook introduced their new universal “Like” button. Since then, this feature has been popping up on more and more sites across the web. The idea behind the new feature is to allow users to have Facebook experience outside of the walls of Facebook.com. So how can your hotel and your hotel’s website use this new feature?…

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Tags: Facebook · Internet Marketing · Online Advertising · Social Media Marketing for Hotels

Top 30 UK Hotels on Twitter #Top30UKHotels

May 25th, 2010

This week, our Top UK Hotels on Twitter has no new entries and 4 hotels have moved up the table!

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Top 30 Hotels on Twitter · Twitter

Google Makes Further Advances Towards Entering Online Travel Business

May 24th, 2010

Google have recently been making a push to move into the online travel industry by making various travel related acquisitions. In their latest move, it was believed that Google had acquired a company called Ruba – a travel guide and tour review website. It appears, however, that this is not strictly true as Google dispelled the rumours by explaining that they are merely collaborating with the team behind Ruba.

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Tags: Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Travel Marketing

Top 30 Irish Hotel Pages on Facebook #Top30IEHotels

May 24th, 2010

Our ‘Top 30 Irish Hotels on Facebook’ list this week has seen 4 hotels move up the table and 1 new entrant at number 25.

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Tags: Facebook · Hotel Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Top 30 Hotels on Facebook

Facebook and Others Sending User Data to Advertisers

May 21st, 2010

One of the main issues facebook often encounters is the issue of privacy. Facebook, by its very nature, is a platform from which the user can choose to share certain information. Facebook, so far, have done a pretty good job of reassuring its users that no information will be shared unless the user agrees to it. New information published by the wall street journal has now revealed that Facebook, among others, have indeed been sending data to advertising companies.

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Tags: Facebook · Social Media Marketing for Hotels