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Metasearch is booming in travel: an analysis

By Emile Breure | February 06th, 2013 | Guest Post, News, Review Sites

The ink of last year’s final blog wasn’t even dry yet when suddenly one of the biggest deals of the year was closed: following Priceline’s acquisition of KAYAK, Expedia also set foot into the world of travel metasearch by …

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Lifestyle snapshot of the business traveler [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Emile Breure | January 25th, 2013 | Infographics, Review Sites

In this “Snapshot of the Business Traveler,”  Expedia offers insight into a certain subset of traveler that provides hotels with a significant amount of their yearly revenue.

Who is he (or she?)

Is your hotel targeting business travelers? If so, …

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Hotel social media trends for 2013

By Emile Breure | January 03rd, 2013 | News, Social Media

In 2012, again, there was lots of discussion about social media for hotels: is it distribution channel or a marketing tool? We don’t think this questions has been answered yet and we should keep asking ourselves this question as the …

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The year 2012 in review(s)

By Emile Breure | December 20th, 2012 | News, Review Sites

As we are approaching the smell of fireworks and popping sound of Champagne bottles it is time to look back on the year that’s almost done. It was  a tumultuous year for the Online Travel Agencies (OTA’s) and review sites …

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Weekly Twitter Round-up: #Week 50 2012

By Emile Breure | December 14th, 2012 | Infographics, News, Review Sites, Social Media

The most interesting travel news we found on Twitter last week, all put in one convenient place for you. Here is another round-up and check our Twitter timeline on a regular basis to stay completely up-to-date.

Our favorites from last …

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Top 5 social media fails in travel of 2012

By Emile Breure | December 12th, 2012 | Social Media, Tips & Tricks

In a project called Curators of Sweden, the Swedish government is handing over the @sweden Twitter account to a different citizen each week, allowing them to tweet about whatever they’d like. Today, the person behind the account sent out several questionable tweets.

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Weekly Twitter Round-up: #Week 49 2012

By Emile Breure | December 07th, 2012 | News, Review Sites, Social Media

Read all the interesting travel related news we found on Twitter last week. Check our Twitter timeline on a regular basis to stay completely up-to-date, but if you are too busy running your hotel, just check this blog where collect …

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Putting the 'Social' in Travel with The Social Traveler

By Emile Breure | December 05th, 2012 | Interviews, Social Media

Recently I had a coffee with The Social Traveler, a social media consultant who two years ago decided to combine his job and his passion for travel into a trip around the world driven by social media. An interview …

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