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	<title>Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 &#187; Consumer Generated Media</title>
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		<title>Hotel Internet Marketing &#8211; Leveraging User Generated Photos and Video</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/04/13/hotel-internet-marketing-leveraging-user-generated-photos-and-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A picture may be worth a thousand words…but most hotel PR &#38; Marketing managers today would be at a loss for words at the plague of user generated photos out on the Internet today. Hoteliers may need to get used to the fact that competing with their ‘official’ previews of what to expect, past guests [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Planners]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Marketing, Branding and PR]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/02/16/a-mobile-marketing-story-from-the-near-future/</guid>
		<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>How can Hotels and Restaurants use Twitter &#8211; Twitter Survey Suggestions</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/02/09/how-can-hotels-and-restaurants-use-twitter-twitter-survey-suggestions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/02/09/how-can-hotels-and-restaurants-use-twitter-twitter-survey-suggestions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Generated Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Marketing, Branding and PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web and Travel Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel social marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotels on twitter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/02/09/how-can-hotels-and-restaurants-use-twitter-twitter-survey-suggestions/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I did a quick survey recently called the Twitterati Dozen. This was basically an online&#160;survey&#160;with 12 questions addressed to prominent and very active Twitter users, to obtain their thoughts on Twitter use, connections, peeves, best practices and more. A big thank you to those of you who participated &#8211; the survey link was posted on [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/01/27/hotel-internet-marketing-best-practices-and-predictions-from-bloggers-and-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Generated Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Communities and Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Planners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel 2.0]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Marketing, Branding and PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web and Travel Technology]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Generated Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Communities and Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Planners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Marketing, Branding and PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web and Travel Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webtravel2.com/2009/01/07/beyond-travel-and-hotel-booking-engines-introducing-experience-engines/</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/11/11/innovative-hotel-marketing-and-distribution-when-the-going-gets-tough-reward-hotel-guests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Generated Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Communities and Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Planners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel 2.0]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Marketing, Branding and PR]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hotel crm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel distribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel emarketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel guest referrals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webtravel2.com/?p=25</guid>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Generated Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Communities and Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Planners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Marketing, Branding and PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web and Travel Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel distribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel emarketing]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Generated Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Communities and Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Marketing, Branding and PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web and Travel Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel guests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hotels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[semantic web]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
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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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Communities and Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0 Marketing, Branding and PR]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webtravel2.com/2008/01/19/the-first-tv-advert-from-wayn-social-networking-goes-to-the-boob-tube/</guid>
		<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>Web 2.0 &#8211; Will Human Laziness be the end of the Web 2.0 Phenomenon?</title>
		<link>http://www.webtravel2.com/2007/10/21/web-20-will-human-laziness-be-the-end-of-the-web-20-phenomenon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.webtravel2.com/2007/10/21/web-20-will-human-laziness-be-the-end-of-the-web-20-phenomenon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>webguru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Web 2.0 and Travel 2.0]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I loved a recent post on TechCrunch, which explores the Web 2.0 phenomenon and human laziness&#8230; and what should logically happen when these two are thrown into the same e-pot&#8230; I&#8217;ve been experimenting and trying to build good communities for the past 4-5 years and almost always it is waning use and interest that dictates [...]]]></description>
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