As more businesses start peppering their marketing plans with social media projects, activities that previously were reserved for the geeky early adopters are now coming under scrutiny when used for commercial endeavours. With all this new media growth, there’s no clear rule book yet. We’re writing it as we go, and just like the Bible, [...]
Active Hotels joins the blogging world
While we’re on the topic of travel blogging, I couldn’t help but introduce the Active Hotels blog, which we launched in February. As you may or may not know, I send the Active Hotels weekly newsletter, in which I try to cram as many good travel deals as I can find. But recently, I’ve been [...]
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