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The ugly truth behind social media in travel by Maia Honan, head of account management, Positive Thinking

 

The recent furore surrounding Tripadvisor and the various court actions being planned around defamatory reviews of travel destinations has unearthed the ugly side of social media in the travel industry.?

Julia Hutchison from the Association of Publishing Agencies offers advice on how travel companies can produce branded content to build customer loyalty.

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The latest ABC figures (ABC independently verifies and reports on media performance) again proved the customer publishing sector is going from strength-to-strength.?

Visitor figures to the UK for 2010 spells good news for the industry

The UK Tourism Survey figures released by VisitEngland reveal that the number of trips taken by domestic travellers in the UK in the first six months of this year remain unchanged compared to 2009, spelling good news for the industry.

Making money go further abroad

Research conducted by Moneycorp, the international money transfer specialist, showed that currency trades for overseas weddings range from as little as ?150 up to ?150,000. The research also revealed that, on average, more than ?14,000 was traded for a wedding abroad in the last year, indicating that significant savings can be made by trading at the best exchange rates and with the lowest transfer fees.

Investment in training and high performance working drives business success by Jayne Finn


At the time of writing, the news is not good. Some of our industry?s well established companies have announced staff cut backs and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) stating that training cuts will damage the UK workforce.?

Hotel rooms become virtual offices

A new survey from Lightspeed Research reveals that almost half of British workers who took a holiday worked while they were away.The results suggest that British workers are feeling over-stretched and under-supported.

Skyscanner reveals Top 10 most popular cities

Skyscanner has revealed the latest flight trends for September, which sees the top three spots taken by Spain, with flights to Tenerife attracting more interest than Alicante.

Welcome to the Training section of the Travel Bulletin Online website. On this page we feature invaluable articles from respected Travel Training Professionals that will help improve your work skills and so develop your career. Learn from the experts!

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Welcome to the Training section of the Travel Bulletin Online website. On this page we feature invaluable articles from respected Travel Training Professionals that will help improve your work skills and so develop your career. Learn from the experts!

You can also link through to a calendar of forthcoming training events to see what free training is currently on offer in your geographical region.

We are in the process of developing our own Travel Bulletin Online Learning Zone, so watch this space!

If you have any suggestions about our training section or have some training features or events you feel we should feature then please email training@travelbulletin.co.uk.