Journeys through travel

The travel industry and Twitter, part 2

In marketing, twitter on December 9, 2008 at 11:27 pm

I’d written this post nearly two months ago – a small list of those travel firms that were actively using Twitter. It wasn’t a long list, but since then I’ve noticed a lot more companies signing up.

According to Twitterholic, the who’s who of micro-blogging, Barack Obama still leads the way with 145,000 followers. But I was really surprised to see Stephen Fry so high on the list.

Last time I looked (see this post), he had about 15,000 followers. In the last six weeks that amount has doubled. So there you go, scientific proof it’s taking the world by storm.

So, back to travel. Below I’m recreating the list of companies using Twitter. You can flick between the old post and this one to see who I’ve added, and these new ones may have been around for a while… I’m adding them here purely because I’ve come across them.

Travel firms using Twitter (updated 11 Dec)

This list contains many American firms, but there’s a great variety: airlines, hotels, hostels, tourist boards, tour operators, travel agents – even travel accessories. Will return to this list again with a part 3 in a few weeks.

And please leave a comment to let me know if I’ve missed anyone out, or follow me here, or here.

  1. Matt, great list of travel tweeters.

    It would be great if you could create a ‘Twitter Ranking System’ for the travel industry – top 10 travel tweeters. I’m not sure how you’d base the ranking though – perhaps use a follow-to-followed ratios?

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    Rob Enslin 9 December 2008 at 11pm

  2. Hi there
    You missed us off we are http://www.twitter.com/smithhotels (and we should have been on the first list as we have been doing it for longer than 2 months.

    T

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    Tam @ Travel Blog 10 December 2008 at 8am

  3. I really like this. It is a great list and I think it will be very helpful. I was not aware of most of these companies being on Twitter. I’ve only come across a few of them.

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    Bangkok Vacations 11 December 2008 at 3pm

  4. Mr and Mrs Smith – you’re now there

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    matthewparsons 11 December 2008 at 3pm

  5. Thanks Bangkok Vacations – there’s also this group that may be useful: http://twittgroups.com/group/travel

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    matthewparsons 11 December 2008 at 3pm

  6. Hi Matt,

    Thanks for the list! We’re also twittering at http://twitter.com/Venere_Hotels

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    Marion @ venere.com 11 December 2008 at 5pm

  7. Hi Matt,

    Great post. You really need to get in touch with Martin (@coldinpdx) from GoSeeTell in Portland. Martin has been monitoring and reporting on Twitter usage among U.S. destinations for a couple of months.

    See his posts here:

    http://www.goseetell.com/blog/category/web-20/twitter/

    Also, you need to add @ArizonaTourism to your list as well.

    Keep up the good work.

    - Troy
    @travel2dot0

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    Troy 12 December 2008 at 5am

  8. Hello Matt,
    Could you add The Adventure Company (http://twitter.com/AdCo_tweet)
    and PV-Holidays (http://twitter.com/PVHOLIDAYS) to your lovely list please?

    Thanks very much!

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    Surf PR 12 December 2008 at 3pm

  9. Troy – thanks for that, and Surf PR, will do

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    matthewparsons 12 December 2008 at 5pm

  11. Nice list! Can you add UpTake Networks (http://twitter.com/UpTake) please?

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    Elliott Ng 17 December 2008 at 10pm

  12. Hey, Matt – I work for BootsnAll Travel Network, and we’re on Twitter – @BootsnAll . We also have a specific Twitter account for our WhyGo destination guides (@WhyGo) as well. Several BootsnAll employees are on Twitter, let me know if you want a list of those names, too.

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    Jessica, WhyGo Italy 17 December 2008 at 11pm

  13. Don’t forget DealBase.com — http://www.twitter.com/dealbase

    We analyze hotel deals so you don’t have to…is that package really a deal or not? Our editors have scoured over 12,000 deals to help you assess that and make a more informed decision.

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    Liz Kao 18 December 2008 at 12am

  14. Hi Matt,

    We’ve dived we and truly into it – WorldNomad.com

    http://twitter.com/WorldNomad

    Cheers

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    Chris Noble 18 December 2008 at 12am

  15. Hi Matt

    Thanks for the list, very helpful and I’ve added a few new ones to follow thanks to you. Tourism Noosa is also now on twitter – http://twitter.com/noosa

    Cheers
    Brad

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    Brad 18 December 2008 at 1am

  16. Thanks for all your comments – I’ve updated the list (Travel/Twitter hit list) in the main menu.

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    matthewparsons 18 December 2008 at 2pm

  17. Would love to see us on the list – @resideo

    We’ve been extremely active for almost 6 months now, and have gotten a small, but growing, number of followers & followees.

    We post info on hotels — renovations, special deals & discounts, and more.

    Hope to see you around! http://twitter.com/resideo/

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    Resideo.com 18 December 2008 at 7pm

  18. Hi Matt, I’ve just just found your site – great blog.

    My twitter is http://twitter.com/itravelnet

    Thanks

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    James 19 January 2009 at 12am