I imagine this is one of the first mash ups of a live-twittered conference? If not the first, one of the only ones because this was massively, overly, insanely, time-consuming. I do think what came of it was worthwhile, and I hope this sort of serves as a testament to all we spoke about and considered during Eye for Travel SM SF 2010.
Social Media’s Future, or My Compartmentalization Add-On is nearly ready!
A professional acquaintance and I were communicating today about the odd nature of social media in regards to “friending”, and navigating the tightrope that is personal and professional. Social Media
FACEBOOK AD GAFFES? *or* Inconsistent Social Ads Stir the Funnybone
The fact is – social media is young, and growing. This will all get hammered out, and someday there will be parity and the new model will synch up. Until then, please share the weird, wild, or funny things you see or hear about on social media ads! Cheers!
Well done Tripadvisor – the first step is admitting you have a problem.
Once again, I get carried away with a response to a blog post. I am sure this counts as real business right? Newsweek’s Budget Travel has a great article about TripAdvisor trying to deal with the long coming revelation that many of their users and reviews are not legitimate. This is, frankly, a huge blow to the site, and should pose a happy problem in it’s early adolescence as they deal with all the changes that come along with growing into adulthood. Frankly, I am thrilled that this may provoke User Generated Content sites to seek the same verification model other sites have.
The Story of the In-Room Phone, & the future of on property telephony
These conversations about archaic forms of communication will fall to the wayside during the tremendous fervour for hotels’ future comm abilities, where we will have to adopt a more pro-active and less wary view of technology, so the hospitality industry can be carried forward by technology and the advent of 2.0 – at the intersection of commerce and the community that is selling your brand.