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Posts Tagged Social Media

A flea among giants

The Boston Globe Travel Show graced the Seaport World Trade Center last weekend. Friday morning featured trade workshops before the floor opened to the public that evening. It was good to meet area travel agents, industry reps, and listen to fun travelers talking about social media.
Walking the floor, however, reminded me of just [...]

Purple has new meaning in Italy

Social media redefined the color purple in Italy during the last month.  Fed up with the latest actions of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the “No Berlusconi Day” movement organized a rally in Rome on Saturday, December 5.  More than 350,00 Italians traveled to Piazza della Repubblica to ask for his resignation.  Their chosen color: purple.
For [...]