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		<title>A mobile marketing story from the near future</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/02/16/a-mobile-marketing-story-from-the-near-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a peek at the hotel guest experience in the near future. With mobile phones becoming an increasingly important marketing and CRM channel, improving technology and awareness will soon allow hotel marketers to enhance the hotel guest interaction, in a very similar way to what’s described below…   Hotel Booking and Research Sam wants to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Internet Marketing best practices and predictions from Bloggers and Experts</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/01/27/hotel-internet-marketing-best-practices-and-predictions-from-bloggers-and-experts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year promises to be a challenging one for hoteliers. The internet offers a great source of inspiration and a superb platform for efficient marketing. Here is a collaborative document that shares the thoughts, ideas and best practices of 6 hospitality industry experts and bloggers on the key developments and recession-beating tips for 2009: This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Travel and Hotel Booking Engines &#8211; Introducing Experience Engines</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/01/07/beyond-travel-and-hotel-booking-engines-introducing-experience-engines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/01/07/beyond-travel-and-hotel-booking-engines-introducing-experience-engines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Communities and Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Guides]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel 2.0]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jitendra Jain, HoteleMarketer.com Following on from the earlier articles, Back to the Future: Meet the hotel guest of 2020&#160;(September 2008)&#160;5 Future Developments that will revolutionize Online Hotel Marketing&#160;(October 2008), here are some thoughts on the role of Choice in successful Hotel Marketing of the future. I presented these ideas at the recent Distribution and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative Hotel Marketing and Distribution &#8211; When the going gets tough, reward Hotel Guests</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/11/11/innovative-hotel-marketing-and-distribution-when-the-going-gets-tough-reward-hotel-guests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been racking my brain for the last few weeks over what to write about. The interesting thing is that it’s not lack of choice that’s been the trouble…it’s too much of it! From the excitement caused by US underdog Barack Obama’s win and the promise of a brighter political future… to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future trends in Hotel Web Marketing and User Internet Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/10/18/future-trends-in-hotel-web-marketing-and-user-internet-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/10/18/future-trends-in-hotel-web-marketing-and-user-internet-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webtravel2.com/?p=23</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[5 Future Developments that will revolutionize Online Hotel Marketing: “For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today”, says a famous proverb…and what better fit to apply this than in the world of technology and marketing? The breakneck speed of tech evolution is inspiring (and often scary) but the two keywords that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Experiences of the Future &#8211; Meet the hotel guest of 2020</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/09/17/hotel-experiences-of-the-future-meet-the-hotel-guest-of-2020/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/09/17/hotel-experiences-of-the-future-meet-the-hotel-guest-of-2020/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webtravel2.com/?p=21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is the year 2020. The past twelve years have been a flurry of development in the areas of design, nanotechnology, robotics, medicine, the internet, security and law. Contrary to popular opinion, the hotel industry has not been slow on the uptake. It’s been the decade of hospitality renaissance. A coming of age, an evolution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Internet Marketing &#8211; Moving beyond just marketing Hotel Rooms online</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/06/12/hotel-internet-marketing-moving-beyond-just-rooms-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/06/12/hotel-internet-marketing-moving-beyond-just-rooms-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Communities and Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Planners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel 2.0]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/06/12/hotel-internet-marketing-moving-beyond-just-rooms-online/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“We’ve come a long way, baby” claimed a high-spirited pop idol not so long ago, following up on the claim with an equally upbeat track. And so we have…in the world of Internet Marketing too. From the age of information (think glorified electronic brochure) on the web to the world of snappy online transactions…we’ve now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The first TV Advert from WAYN &#8211; Social Networking goes to the Boob Tube</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/01/19/the-first-tv-advert-from-wayn-social-networking-goes-to-the-boob-tube/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/01/19/the-first-tv-advert-from-wayn-social-networking-goes-to-the-boob-tube/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Generated Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first tv advert by WAYN (Where Are You Now) giving us a glimpse at the true commercial potential of social networking sites, which have grown into various niches and are often big hits or bad misses. About WAYN: WAYN (an acronym for Where Are You Now?) is a social networking website with a goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel 2.0 &#8211; Online Travel and Hotel Reviews becoming a powerful influencer</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2007/10/21/travel-20-online-travel-and-hotel-reviews-becoming-a-powerful-influencer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2007/10/21/travel-20-online-travel-and-hotel-reviews-becoming-a-powerful-influencer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The Travel 2.0 revolution is having an impact on booking behaviour&#8230; studies now state that online user reviews of travel and hotel products have considerable pull on the consumer and may even be more important than pure pricing based decisions as observed in the past. In a survey this year, Yahoo Travel found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel 2.0 &#8211; Video Reviews the next killer app for Hotels?</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2007/08/28/travel-20-video-reviews-the-next-killer-app-for-hotels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2007/08/28/travel-20-video-reviews-the-next-killer-app-for-hotels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the discussion raging about Web 2.0 applications in the hospitality, travel &#38; tourism industry (with hotels slowing catching on), the subject of much enthusiasm in the Travel 2.0 game now seems to be Video! Moving beyond the original Travel 2.0 phenomenon (e.g.TripAdvisor, which now features over 6 million user reviews on hotels, destinations and [...]]]></description>
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