Travelocity Launches ‘The Traveling Gnome’ for AR-Enhanced Traveler Photos and Videos
This pesky little garden fellow has been hanging about on Travelocity, busting travel myths since 2004. He just got a new lease on life, too. Check out the AR-enhanced app where ‘The Traveling Gnome’ pops up everywhere. Dig in here.
NYC and Puerto Rico in a Win-Win Partnership Endorsed by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Calling it a “deeply personal” connection, the smash hit “Hamilton” creator shows us how’s it’s done in a first-ever, innovative, island-to-island $300K campaign using tourism to put a post-hurricane Puerto Rico back on its feet. Read more here.
Booking.com Reveals Eight Travel Predictions for 2019
Travel booking giant Booking.com is one of the first out of the starting box with a 2019 roundup of travel trends and predictions for 2019. Based on a large global sampling of 21,500 guest replies, here’s what the responses indicate. Click to read more.
Guest Post: Simpleview on How to Use Traveler Personas to Supercharge Your PPC Ads
Simpleview makes it simple. Get an easy-to-follow guide to creating personas and using A/B testing that will inflate your ROI by applying learnings to across-the-board content marketing efforts. Read more here.
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