Tourism Associations: An Approach to Social Media

Introduction The numerous Tourism Associations that I have been training in England and Wales have all recognised the need to keep abreast of contemporary marketing developments in tourism.  Destinations and businesses that remain at the cutting edge of marketing are undoubtedly amongst the most successful in the industry. Social media and its application in tourism [...]

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SEO tips for tourism businesses

In response to loads of questions I receive about SEO, here’s some tips which I hope are of use.  Some are mine, others are from real experts, and some have been picked up from an excellent publication published by the World Tourism Organisation and European Travel Commission called a Handbook for E-marketing of Tourism Destinations. [...]

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Milkwood House gets selected for Wales in Style!

Under Milkwood! Milkwood House has just been selected to be part of the exclusive award winning initiative known as Wales in Style (www.walesinstyle.com) and we’re over the moon with it!   It’s not easy to get in on this, and they only select what they deem as the very best, exclusive tourism experiences in Wales, [...]

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10 Tourism Websites Designed Free using Moonfruit

I’m asked a lot about web design particularly from new tourism businesses just starting out in Wales.  Depending on the size of your business and your budget, I would nearly always suggest that you out-source the build of a website to a professional web design company.  Personally, I use and highly recommend a company called Twist [...]

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Twitter, Facebook or Blog?

What’s best for your business?  If you had to start a new tourism business from scratch today (such as a hotel, attraction or activity), and had to choose only one social media application to promote your business, what would it be and why?

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What is social media?

During my time in Designate Communications, who are a specialist tourism marketing agency responsible for developing and delivering Wales in Style (see www.walesinstyle.com), we became immersed in social media and were very fortunate to be surrounded by experts who live and breathe it 24 hours a day.  Time and time again in Wales, businesses ask [...]

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