Priceline today reported its financial results for the 1st quarter 2010. Gross travel bookings for the 1st quarter, which refers to the total dollar value (generally inclusive of all taxes and fees) of all travel services purchased by consumers, were $3.0 billion, an increase of 52.5% over a year ago.

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This week, our Top UK Hotels on Twitter has no new entries and 1 hotel has moved up the table!

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The volcanic eruption in Iceland has been creating travel difficulties for millions of travellers since it began mid-April. Thankfuly a relatively normal flight schedule has been achievable but how much damage has the hospitality industry already taken due to the extensive delays and cancellations?

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Our ‘Top 30 Irish Hotels on Facebook’ list this week has seen 5 hotels move up the table and 2 new entrants at number 29 and 30.

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Twitter’s brand spanking new advertising function they’re calling “Promoted Tweets” could be an extremely useful marketing tool. Twitter’s sheer volume of content often drowns out relevant posts. Promoted Tweets are a way for you to make sure your tweets are being noticed above the irrelevant posts.

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It’s time for this week’s Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter. We have 2 new entries at number 28 and 29. 5 hotels have pushed their way up the table.

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Google Places (formerly known as ‘Google Local Business Center’) is a great tool for any business. This is especially true for the hotel industry where online consumers often consider location to be a priority over other factors. Google maps (mobile or otherwise) provides the consumer with the ability to search for all hotels within a certain area, but for your hotel to appear in the localised search results it has to have been registered with Google Places. Here’s how to make the most of this extremely useful feature…

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Google is beginning to roll out the newest edition of it’s search engine service. Google have been busy making some some fairly major changes, perhaps the most noticable of which being the slight change in the logo and the addition of a navigation panel on the left hand side of the results page.

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Destinations in Ireland have appeared multiple times in TripAdvisor’s most recent “Travelers’ Choice Destination Awards”. The most impressive of which comes from Ireland’s third largest city, Galway, which was voted to be the 23rd best destination in the world.

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