Design Hotels: Eccleston Square London - way ahead of his competitors!

We really fell in love with this video!

Thank you Design Hotel - Eccleston Square in London for having such a futuristic viex of our hospitality industry ;-)

Check their Youtube Channel here

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Tripomatic: plan your trip now!

Dear FMKRS, 

Christmas holidays are coming, and if you're planning to go abroad for several days to celebrate, have a look at Tripomatic and/or download their free mobile application!

This company, launched mid 2011 and managed by a team based in Czech Republic, enables any traveller to plan his trip so that they don't miss any attractions on their way!

"The main function of Tripomatic.com is to allow the planning of a personalised holiday itinerary that can be printed by the user."

Here is what Tripomatic can do for you: 

• You can add accommodation and car rental in Europe and in the US region (recently launched) to your planning;
• The picture of the monument you're looking for appears on the map, with all the details (address, rating, opening hours, fees, etc.); 
• You can chose pre-built trips (in the suggested trip plans section) or create your own from scratch!
• Once your trip is definitive, you can save a PDF version, print it and/or share it with your friends on Twitter and Facebook!

"The trip planning site by travellers, for travellers"!

I have tried it, and I can tell you: it is really fast, easy to use and I will print it for sure for my next trip, in case I dont' have access to the app ;-)
3 basic steps to follow: you select your destination, your dates (you can skip it), and the tool already suggests you must-see places related to the chosen destination!

Once validated, this screen appears:

A real tutorial to help you planning your best trip ever! Click on it, and start adding and moving stuff around!

Have you ever tried it? Feel free to leave your comments!

By @CJuppet

Better than Pinterest...

Travelers' Behavior on Social Media Confirms the Trend towards the DISCOVERY of brands and products

Statistics show that social media influences online travelers in their decision-making process.

As a result, "40% of travel companies now rate social media as increasingly important in connecting tourists with their business."

Every Independent Hotelier should be aware of the emerging discovery trend among online travelers. Many of them now first discover brands and products on social media, and then make search based on specific keywords on search engines.

ex: California Boutique Hotel San Francisco

The following statistics demonstrate this trend:

- After browsing social websites, 52% of travelers made changes to their original plans.

- 52% of travelers search social media to find vacation ideas.

Source: Tnooz

To finish, the discovery trend can also be justified by the social development of well-known companies like Facebook and Airbnb. Facebook indeed launched a "Want" button, and Airbnb created a "Wishlist", and recently released  "neighborhoods" in order to improve the online consumer experience by enhancing the "discovery" process on their platforms.

Facebook creates special Timeline for couples

If get annoyed by those friends who have boyfriends/girlfriends and start putting EVERYTHING they do together on the social medias, we have some bad news. Now Facebook criates automatically a timeline with all the couple's intercations on Facebook - yes, automatically. All cute messages, pictures, links to U2 or Celine Dion videos, friends in common, pages that both like at the same time, events they went together, etc - all couple cuteness is going to be there.

To access this, you have to be in a "serious relationship" with your boyfriend/girlfriend. Once this information is in your profile, the couple go to facebook.com/us and all of your online romantic history is going to be there. To share the link (and piss off your friends), just copy and paste the url that is going to appear with the name of the couple in the browser.

What do you think about it? Cute? Useless? Leave a comment!

@TaciOneGlobe

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Travtar: sell your hotel bookings!

Did you book a hotel room, and can't use it because you changed your plans?

Here is the solution: Travtar!