Slide deck from Philip Calvert's presentation Social Media In Travel and Tourism - at the International Conference on Travel Technology India in Kerala
8. Six significant trends in Social Media
• Visualisation of Content
• Short content
• “Engagement”
– Like, Comment or Share
• Social Media being used for Search
• Mobile
• We trust posts from people we know
9. We ignore the impact
and disruption of the
Internet at our peril.
12. Industries being hurt and changed by
the Internet
• Newspapers, printing and books
• Music
• Television
• Travel agents
• Stockbrokers
• Postal service
• Department stores
• Some Technology companies
13. Opportunities in Travel Technology
• Highly creative visuals
• Engage with people who DIY
• Social Media being used as a Search Engine
• Friends and connections will influence travel
decisions
– Photos
– Conversations, peer recommendations and Crowdsourcing
• Networking opportunities
34. Consumers want to and can
‘do it themselves’…
…but help them by making your
expertise available.
The Internet is not a threat to you.
35.
36. The problem with customers
• They have instant access to information
• They are short on time
• You don’t stand out enough
• The Internet is quick and easy
37. …we feel under threat.
Do Doctors feel
under threat
from the Internet?
42. Look for creative new ways to engage
• “Engage” don’t
promote
– Like, Share and
Comment
– At a human level
• Build Community
– around destinations
– Around expertise
• Massively build your
network
– For networking
– To appear in other
people’s search results
– To build your visibility
online
• Reach out through
Interests
72. An experiment on
‘how happiness spreads’
• 3 weeks at Schiphol, Amsterdam
• 28 passengers surprised with gifts after 28
‘check ins’ on Foursquare or Twitter
• 1,000,000 mentions on Twitter
• ‘Making of’ video featured on 100s of Blogs
• 5,000 new friends for KLM on Facebook
• Every conversation mentioned KLM’s service
82. Select a continent and travel dates.
Shake your phone and there’s
your destination. Plus prices and booking.
83.
84. Social Media – all about Sales and Marketing?
• To listen and learn
• Share best practice
• Thought leadership
• Networking/Relationships
• Search engines/traffic
• Collaboration
• Engage
• Comment/share expertise
• Add value/contribute to
discussions
• Events
• Cement relationships
• Brand loyalty, buzz and fun
• Customer service
• Identify influencers
• Idea feedback
• Build Community
• Show a human face
• PR
• Recruitment/Employee
engagement