Hotels, arguably, are among the most sensitive organizations in the world when it comes to respecting all levels of it’s guest’s / patron’s privacy. It’s not our responsibility, however, to be blamed for the growing pains involved with the greatest shift in human communication’s history. Unfortunately, until we resolve these issues…. everyone will grimly fantasize about being important enough to be stalked. It’s not that I am that cynical, it’s just that I know we may not be *that* interesting.
Stalking guests, or doing our job? RE: “Connecting the Dots between guests and online reviews”
This is a dynamic conversation that is maturing and growing into having severe impact on a hotel’s livelihood. If a hotel is smart enough to be on the ball with social media, and understand the nature of this constructive communication – it is hardly their fault that a guest reviewer doesn’t understand that.
#SMTravel Conference Mashup – Hospitality/Travel/Tourism & The Current State of Social Media
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.
I promised I wouldn’t write about Yelp anymore… but they *are* getting sued again.
Another Class Action Lawsuit for Yelp! Enjoy the TechCrunch article… and always, always, always enjoy the commentary. I find it interesting if not hilarious. If it isn’t hilarious enough for
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