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New Virtual World For Travel Blogger Parties?

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 4 Comments
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A new Facebook app launched last week that could give travel bloggers a virtual chance to dress up and party in venues all over the world… even if, in reality, they are stuck in a remote wind-swept hostel somewhere in the Urals, or at home!

.Friends (Dot Friends) is still in beta, but the basic ingredients are all there: an editable avatar, a clothes shop and a selection of virtual clubs and bars, including Pete Cashmore’s Mashable Beach Continue Reading

British Prime Minister to get bespoke iPad App

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 0 Comments
Prime Minister, David Cameron

UK government programmers are developing a personalised app for Prime Minister, David Cameron’s iPad, so he can have the latest National Health Service waiting-list figures, crime statistics, unemployment numbers and other key public sector statistics, at his fingertips.

The app, which is being developed by a new team of programmers recently hired by the Cabinet Office, will also feed in “real-time” information from the likes of Google & Twitter, and allow him to read Civil Service documents. It is expected Continue Reading

UK Travel Agents Predict The ‘Hot Destinations’ For 2012

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 7 Comments
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The UK’s Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), which likes to call itself “The Travel Association” these days, has just published its annual Travel Trends Report in association with the UK Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The Travel Trends Report 2012 (pdf) predicts that British consumers will be seeking value for money but not necessarily the cheapest holiday. While the mid-priced holiday/travel market is expected to be squeezed, holidays that offer an authentic or specialist experience, Continue Reading

Blogger Sued For Taking Company Twitter Followers With Him When He Left

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 3 Comments
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The one big message that “consultants” try (often in vain) to get across to companies thinking about investing in social media, is that it is all about relationships… and that makes it personal!

As a result, some of the best examples of social media engagement have been when one individual comes to personify a brand (eg Google’s Matt Cutts or Carnival’s John Heald) and is given the autonomy to do so.

For that reason, a legal Continue Reading

An Interview with Johnny Jet on Making it Happen

by Rich Whitaker RSS 2 Comments
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In 1999, while traveling as a college recruiter, Johnny Jet started a weekly newsletter to share his tips on traveling in style while on a budget. Today, travel blogging is his full-time job and he is about to appear on the Travel Channel.

Recently, I caught up with Johnny Jet for peek into his world…

RW: I read on your blog that you were afraid to fly until “a bona fide princess from Hong Kong” whom you were Continue Reading

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