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July 23rd, 2011

Infographic on how travel companies use social media

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Written by: Balaji
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Here are some stats on how travel companies in the US utilize social media. Travel related startups can utilize these ideas to build their social media strategy.

Some interesting stats:

  • 96% of all US university students use Facebook
  • 52% of travelers say they are inspired to the trip by their friend’s facebook photos
  • 69% of travel companies got increased sales from Facebook and 46% got increased sales through Twitter
  • Foursqure has checkins in all 6 continents
  • Tripadvisor now has 50 million social reviews for half a million hotels

Source: Tripl



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Balaji
+Balaji heads a consultancy firm - Agni Innovation Labs - that helps small businesses, law firms and political campaigners launch their brand successfully. The services include blogging, press releases, social media strategy development and email campaigning. Contact the author: balaji [at] theagni [dot] com for more details.