Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter #Top30IEHotels

July 16th, 2010

It’s time for this week’s Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter. We have 0 new entries and 2 hotels pushing their way up the table .

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Foursquare: Have you checked in yet?

July 16th, 2010

Foursquare is acquiring new users at an impressive rate, with an average of almost 13,000 new users per day!! When compared to Gowalla, Foursquare is averaging a daily growth rate of 75%.
Another impressive fact is that unlike most other social networks where women rule, with Foursquare, 64% of users are male! So businesses act fast and CLAIM your business on Foursquare right NOW- make the most of the service to increase your customer-base as well as increase loyalty among existing customers by introducing new and fun engagement programs.

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How to Connect with Guests via Social Media

July 15th, 2010

Today’s travel consumer is tweeting, texting, emailing, communicating with friends via Facebook, and commenting, often in real-time, on restaurants and hotels via review sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor. How will you reach these hyper-interactive consumers at multiple touch points during the research process? And once your hotel has their attention, what should you do to encourage loyalty to your brand, increase site stickiness, create buzz around your hotel, and ultimately increase bookings?

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Tags: Facebook · Hotel Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Twitter

6 Reasons Why You Should Re-think Your Hotels Website

July 14th, 2010

In today’s modern world your website should be an experience! The on line experience you create should relate to the audience you want to engage with – for some this may not involve your website at all!!

Even if you create an awesome site, if your audience isn’t going to visit it, you’re wasting your time, you must understand your audience and engage with them more than ever before!

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Tags: Internet Marketing · Mobile / Location Based Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels

More Than Half of all Travellers Share Their Experience Through Social Media

July 13th, 2010

Travelocity’s most recent poll shows more than half of all travellers share vacation information through social media. Nearly 30 percent of travellers have either never thought about precautions or do not take any precautions when posting about vacation on social media websites.

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Tags: Facebook · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Travel Marketing · Twitter

Top 30 UK Hotels on Twitter #Top30UKHotels

July 13th, 2010

This week, our Top UK Hotels on Twitter has 1 new entry and 7 hotels have moved up the table!

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Facebook Versus Google Travel: the Upcoming Travel Wars

July 12th, 2010

With Expedia, Orbitz, and other online travel stocks hovering just above the basement, news of Facebook and Google dancing around the travel niche cannot be thrilling. Online travel, in case you’ve been trapped in a dungeon somewhere, is about to take off like a rocket.

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Tags: Facebook · Google · Hotel Marketing · Internet Marketing · Social Media Marketing for Hotels · Travel Marketing

Top 30 Irish Hotel Pages on Facebook #Top30IEHotels

July 12th, 2010

Our ‘Top 30 Irish Hotels on Facebook’ list this week has seen 2 hotels move up the table and 2 new entry.

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Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter #Top30IEHotels

July 9th, 2010

It’s time for this week’s Top 30 Irish Hotels on Twitter. We have 0 new entries and 4 hotels pushing their way up the table .

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