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October 23, 2012 12:22 AM
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Un interprète à votre service sur le mobile

Un interprète à votre service sur le mobile | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it
Le principal opérateur mobile japonais a annoncé lundi le lancement d un service téléphonique de traduction vocale simultanée pour parler avec quelqu un dont on ne comprend pas la langue.
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October 22, 2012 5:22 PM
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TripAdvisor make City Guides Android app social with in-app photo sharing and check-ins - Skift

TripAdvisor make City Guides Android app social with in-app photo sharing and check-ins - Skift | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it
TripAdvisor updates its City Guides Android app adding online sharing features to its offline guide material.
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October 22, 2012 4:58 PM
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HeBS Digital to Present at EyeforTravel's Travel Distribution Summit ...

HeBS Digital to Present at EyeforTravel's Travel Distribution Summit ... | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it
This year the summit offers four distinct conference tracks focusing on the most profitable Online Distribution, Revenue Management, Marketing & Social Media and Mobile Strategies.
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October 22, 2012 4:58 PM
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Hotel Online Marketing Guide: 17 Great Ways to Market your Hotel ...

Hotel Online Marketing Guide: 17 Great Ways to Market your Hotel ... | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it
Considering the fact that the adoption of the Internet and mobile devices by travel shoppers will continue growing; hoteliers are urged to develop plans and strategies to leverage the opportunities presented.
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October 22, 2012 4:58 PM
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Technologies that transform the hotel business: Don't let them pass ...

Technologies that transform the hotel business: Don't let them pass ... | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it
Making a projection on new technologies evolution in hospitality industry is something hard to pin point but we can state that hotels have been one of the pioneer tourism subsections, along intermediation, in new technologies adoption since their...
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[Infographie] La journée type d'un smartphone français - FrenchWeb.fr

[Infographie] La journée type d'un smartphone français - FrenchWeb.fr | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it

Via Nicolas Salin
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October 23, 2012 12:03 AM
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Accès aux TIC: la Suisse au deuxième rang mondial | Alp ICT - Cluster hi-tech des entreprises et instituts suisse romands

Accès aux TIC: la Suisse au deuxième rang mondial | Alp ICT - Cluster hi-tech des entreprises et instituts suisse romands | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it
Dans son dernier rapport «Mesurer la société de l'information», l’Union Internationale des télécommunications dévoile que la Suisse se place juste...
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October 22, 2012 5:08 PM
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Friends and family most influential for hotel, TripAdvisor catches up but apparently social media nowhere | Tnooz

Friends and family most influential for hotel, TripAdvisor catches up but apparently social media nowhere | Tnooz | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it
Hotel guests still rely heavily on recommendations from friends and family, but the impact of social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter is negligible.
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October 22, 2012 4:58 PM
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Social Media, Mobile Trends Vital to Tourism Industry | CVBeat

Social Media, Mobile Trends Vital to Tourism Industry | CVBeat | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it
Social Media, Mobile Trends Vital to Tourism Industry. Posted on ... More than 2/3 of all adults use social media daily, making that the third most popular Internet activity behind using a search engine and email.
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October 22, 2012 4:58 PM
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40 Internet Marketing and Social Media Strategies to Promote Your ...

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40 Internet Marketing and Social Media Strategies to Promote Your Business Online In honor of my 40th birthday, here is a list of 40 online marketing strategies—some old and some new—that you can use to get more ...
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October 22, 2012 4:56 PM
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French hoteliers voice concern about OTA business practices | Tnooz

French hoteliers voice concern about OTA business practices | Tnooz | eTourism Trends and News | Scoop.it
oteliers are often frustrated by the significant fees charged for bookings via OTAs. The trend among many hotels is to do whatever it takes to encourage more direct bookings that circumvent the OTA system – RoomKey being one of the most recent well-organized examples.

Other than pull inventory or redouble inbound marketing efforts, what can hoteliers do to push back against the OTAs?

One hospitality industry veteran has taken to the Web to publicly gripe about the OTA situation on French travel industry website Hospitality-On.

In a series of articles, Georges Panayotis wrote about the “tense partnership” between hotels and OTAs, and received such a supportive response from hoteliers that he decided to create an online petition for hoteliers to express their frustration with the current model.

Read more at http://www.tnooz.com/2012/10/19/news/french-hoteliers-voice-concern-about-ota-business-practices/#1jLkzBVWypcjZeFZ.99

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