Sofia, the SoMaFusion Wordsmith, gives a few words on why we are at the World Travel Market.

Among other things we go to the exhibition to

• keep up to date with the latest trends
• catch up with business contacts
• see the latest technological solutions that make sense for hoteliers
• negotiate prices and contracts on behalf of our clients with whole sellers and tour operators

If you’re interested, drop us a line.

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A video with some highlights from the second and third day at the World Travel Market.

Watch out for:

• Frida
• The girl from Indonesia
• Manolis convincing a journalist to visit Greece
• the ‘good mornings’ in the end

podsafe track:
Road Trip – Dust Rhinos
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We met these three excellent and very polite volunteers at the Greek stand.

Manolis was very impressed by their smiling attitude and their obvious desire to help and find the information people wanted.

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We give you the excellent Mr. David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley and on his blog Grumpy Traveller) answers Manolis’ question on what he would write if a hotel was not offering free wi-fi.

He says in a marvellous way two very simple things

1. Have a serious pricing policy
2. Know your guests

This is just a tiny segment from the excellent Travel Blogs Camp which took place on November 9. We are trully indebted to Darren Cronian (@travelrants and on his blog Travel Rants) for organising the event.

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Our first video from the World Travel Market deliciousness.

Watch out for

• the adorable girl at the Islas de Canarias stand
• the excellent musician at the Gambia stand
• the cheeky Taiwan team

We promise more and Manolis offers his heartfelt apologies for his shaky takes.

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Take a look at this brilliant video, done for LG’s Play the Impossible campaign.

I love the way they play around with the landmark. Not to mention the way they use a movement reminiscent of the numerous photographs out there playing with perspective (sun between your fingers anyone?).

The two youngsters are soooo right as Londoners having a bit of fun and I especially like the shy visitor that one of them teases.

Would love to see more of this.

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Found it: Guardian Viral Video Chart: London’s turning

Here is a little video we put together following our recent interview with the BBC correspondent, Malcolm Brabant about tourism and hospitality in Greece (read the relevant blog post).

We hope you’ll enjoy.

Since we’re on the subject, the Press Release on the BBC report (English and Greek) went out today.

The excellent podsafe track is ‘Your face is not enough’ by 3 Blind Mice.

A video on the ‘we think‘ idea by Chalres Leadbeater (@wethink)

I really like how the video also has questions near the end – about unresolved issues and challenges that the whole system faces.

Through questions come discussions and through discussions innovation will follow.