- AFTER the visit (20)
- BEFORE the visit (58)
- Blog Mission (1)
- Blogs/Podcast/eInfo (11)
- BPL/WiFi (2)
- DURING the visit (51)
- Gadget/Idea/Webtool (42)
- GPS (11)
- Maps (25)
- mobile phone (8)
- Multimedia (10)
- Pink Foot Awards (3)
- Report/Book (6)
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- Thursday 12 October 2006: Canadian coffee map for the thirsty tourist.
- Wednesday 11 October 2006: Running map for the fit tourist
- Tuesday 10 October 2006: geoNames is one great global map index mashup webtool
- Monday 9 October 2006: Click gChart for global links to local travel, time and more
- Sunday 8 October 2006: Many avenues for online tourism content
- Saturday 7 October 2006: Train eTickets to be sold at ATMs and Post Offices
- Friday 6 October 2006: Tech 2.0 advice for tourism industry
- Friday 6 October 2006: Biometric check-in at Scandinavia Airlines
- Thursday 5 October 2006: Website for Women Travelling Solo
- Wednesday 4 October 2006: Media-rich touchscreen tables boost pub experience
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts share guests’ stories– online — front and centre!
Guests staying at the Sheraton Hotels & Resorts can now enter a story about their visit and have it displayed on the home page of their new website www.sheraton.com – the first hotel industry website to draw attention to guest-generated content and build an online social network.
You can navigate the globe to see tags posted at their different locations. Select a tag and you can read travel stories, travel experiences and see photographs of the area. Stories include encounters with locals, reasons why visitors travelled to a particular area, events experienced, etc. There is a prize for sharing stories as well.
While this form of online social networking is not new to the tourism industry (see visitPA, USA) it shows the power of bringing “word of mouth” to your tourist destination, and exemplifies the value in building online communities.
Do you have an “on-line community” story to share?
Remember, Roger A. Brooks‘ Rule 23 “The Rule of Public relations” states that ‘Bragging is more effective when someone else does it for you.’
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