Comments on: Speaking of vacation http://www.parmet.net/pr/2006/11/21/speaking-of-vacation/ Public Relations, Social Media and Ephemera Since 2005 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:15:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: China Tour http://www.parmet.net/pr/2006/11/21/speaking-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-376124 China Tour Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:02:45 +0000 http://www.parmet.net/pr/2006/11/21/speaking-of-vacation/#comment-376124 Interesting post. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Hope others find it as interesting as I did. Interesting post. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.

]]> By: blog http://www.parmet.net/pr/2006/11/21/speaking-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-218521 blog Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:04:50 +0000 http://www.parmet.net/pr/2006/11/21/speaking-of-vacation/#comment-218521 <strong>hi...</strong> i agree... hi…

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]]> By: Christi http://www.parmet.net/pr/2006/11/21/speaking-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-33302 Christi Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:43:24 +0000 http://www.parmet.net/pr/2006/11/21/speaking-of-vacation/#comment-33302 I think word-of-mouth via the internet is especially important for the tourism industry. People take their vactions very seriously. At one time, we all had to rely on travel agents or travel magazines to get hotel recommendations and travel tips. Maybe some of us were lucky enough to know someone who knows someone who traveled to the place. But other than that, we had to take our chances. Not so anymore. Now we can read hundreds of hotel reviews before we ever decide on the perfect room. We can google the destination and read blogs or even watch video from the vactions of perfect strangers. Word-of-mouth, or viral marketing is the most powerful tool the tourism has today. But unlike the travel agent, it is also the most honest. If a vaction destination is not all it's cracked up to be, thankfully we'll know about it before we ever book the flight. Enjoy your trip. Will you be posting any vlogs? I think word-of-mouth via the internet is especially important for the tourism industry. People take their vactions very seriously. At one time, we all had to rely on travel agents or travel magazines to get hotel recommendations and travel tips. Maybe some of us were lucky enough to know someone who knows someone who traveled to the place. But other than that, we had to take our chances.

Not so anymore. Now we can read hundreds of hotel reviews before we ever decide on the perfect room. We can google the destination and read blogs or even watch video from the vactions of perfect strangers. Word-of-mouth, or viral marketing is the most powerful tool the tourism has today. But unlike the travel agent, it is also the most honest. If a vaction destination is not all it’s cracked up to be, thankfully we’ll know about it before we ever book the flight. Enjoy your trip. Will you be posting any vlogs?

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