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Anúncio da Dove é o melhor de 2013 para a revista Adweek

Um anúncio da Dove sobre beleza feminina foi escolhido pela revista especializada Adweek como o melhor do ano. O trabalho, da agência Ogilvy no Brasil, é assinado pelo director de arte Anselmo Ramos e pelo redactor português Hugo Veiga, radicado em São Paulo.

10 travel technology and distribution trends

Though travel demand in Europe stalled during the global recession, the pace of technological progress continued unabated. Those hotel and travel companies that seek success must either catch up or risk becoming irrelevant, according to a new report.

“If you want to be successful and grow and perform well, you really have to understand the technology and what’s out there,” said Cees Bosselaar, director of business development and a destination marketing specialist for PhoCusWright, who presented findings from the company’s “Travel innovation & technology trends: 2013 and beyond” report during the World Travel Market in London.

There was not one game-changing advancement or trend but rather a confluence of subsequent shifts that are changing the overall environment, he said during a news conference.

“Each of those trends, they should not be viewed individually but as a mosaic of interconnected trends and parts,” explained Florence Kaci, PhoCusWright’s director of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and European market specialist.

Following are the top 10 technology trends that will help hotel and travel companies leverage innovation in the coming year and beyond.

see full story @ HotelNewsNow

7 Steps to Successful Content Marketing

Content marketing is a way of communicating with your customers and prospects without pitching your products or services.

Also known as inbound marketing, content marketing is non-interruptive. Instead of overtly trying to sell something to your audience, you consistently create and deliver valuable information that educates them. Ultimately they reward you by purchasing your products, recommending them to friends via social media channels and word-of-mouth, and acting as brand ambassadors.

see full story @ socialmediatoday.com

Pestana compra hotel em Barcelona

"Pestana compra hotel em Barcelona - Expresso.pt" http://feedly.com/k/16fia58

Space mission in our solar system

This amazing infographic shows every space mission in our solar system, a half century of space exploration - including 73 missions to the moon.

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Pirâmide debaixo de água deixa investigadores intrigados (Vídeo) - Notícias - RTP Açores

Pirâmide debaixo de água deixa investigadores intrigados (Vídeo) - Notícias - RTP Açores

Facebook mobile strategy

"Inside Facebook's Mobile Strategy" http://feedly.com/k/1gHWX56

Google wallet

"Google Wallet comes to iOS" http://feedly.com/k/18D92cF

Map of Europe: 1000 AD to present day

Map of Europe: 1000 AD to present day

Look at all those changes over the time

see full story @ Live Leak

Our World Ski Calendar – Seasonal Ski Resorts around the World

SKI CALENDAR

see full story @ blog.monarch.co.uk

Hotel sector to grow in 2014

"Hotel sector to grow in 2014, but guests will still expect a bargain" http://feedly.com/k/14JLdtB

Marco Antonio Costa do PSD enquanto dirigente do metro do Porto concordou com as swaps

"Marco António Costa concordou com swaps da Metro do Porto" http://feedly.com/k/14JI1hr

Cozinha e ciência / cooking and science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUEJNW3PrHI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Business model change hits TripAdvisor's click-based revenue | Business Standard

Business model change hits TripAdvisor's click-based revenue | Business Standard

Jens Stoltenberg Primeiro-ministro norueguês foi taxista por um dia // Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian Prime Minister was a taxi driver for a day

Para gravar um vídeo eleitoral e ouvir as opiniões dos seus eleitores, Jens Stoltenberg percorreu as ruas de Oslo transportando passageiros. Só alguns reconheceram o primeiro-ministro.

De primeiro-ministro a motorista de táxi por um dia, Jens Stoltenberg, o líder do Partido Trabalhista norueguês decidiu ir ouvir as opiniões dos seus eleitores em primeira mão e durante uma tarde percorreu as ruas de Oslo transportando passageiros.

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To record a video election and listen to the views of their constituents, Jens Stoltenberg ran through the streets of Oslo carrying passengers. Only a few recognized the prime minister.

Prime Minister of the taxi driver for a day, Jens Stoltenberg, the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party decided to listen to the views of their constituents firsthand during an afternoon through the streets of Oslo carrying passengers.

Google tests internet

Google Tests Internet-Filled Balloon in California as Bill Gates Criticizes the Project http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=19915487

Trivago elimina comentários falsos | Publituris

A Trivago apagas os comentários falsos feitos no portal a pedido dos hoteleiros. O procedimento implica que o utilitário comprove a sua estadia na unidade visada.

see full story @ Trivago elimina comentários falsos | Publituris

This Is What a Travel Site Should Look Like

Travel sites have been reduced to the lowest common denominator. It’s all about the cheapest fares, the cheapest flights, and just enough detail to ensure you don’t wind up in some bedbug-infested hell-hotel that classifies “luxury” as running water that’s a lighter shade of brown. We need something better. Something that can cut through the cruft, help us define what kind of travel experience we’re after, and do it with style.



see full story @ wired.com

Beyond bookings: How hotels can take mobile to the next level

The online travel industry is one of the sectors that mobile has hit the hardest as bookings made from smartphones and tablets continue to grow. However, it seems that many hotel brands are missing out with mobile by not leveraging more sophisticated guest services features. As mobile continues to become the primary way that consumers make last-minute hotel bookings, brands should look to add features to their mobile applications and Web sites that help consumers once they have booked a room. Marriott is one of the few hotel brands that is doing so with an innovative check-in feature on its mobile app.

See full story @ Mobile Commerce Daily

Google+ to Surpass Facebook by 2016 – Hotels Need to Get Into the Game

Google+ has taken over the No. 2 social media position from Twitter, according to reports, and from all indications it may even be a contender for the no. 1 spot in a few years, replacing Facebook. What does this mean for hotel companies? Hoteliers must embrace Google+ as a critical social media outlet if they want to remain competitive. Lodging Interactive, an award winning full-service digital marketing and social media engagement agency exclusively servicing the hospitality industry, and its subsidiary CoMMingle, a social media consultancy, is offering a turnkey service for creating and professionally managing Google+ Business Pages and boosting Search Engine Optimization positioning.

See full story @ LODGING interactive BLOG

Hotel and Resort Digital Marketing Budgets: Avoid the Headaches and Get it Right! – A Three Part Series

Part one of this series helps you get confidently set up for your 2014 digital marketing budget planning.  It sheds light on key issues that you must consider.  Part two will delve into hot topics (aka online channels) that you should heavily focus on, while part three will recommend dollar percentage allocations for said channels.  Altogether, this series will provide your property’s team a valuable roadmap for planning an exceptional budget.

See full story @ VIZERGY - Digital Traveling Marketing

It’s Time to Burst the Hotel SEO Bubble: What Hotels Really Need to Know

Hotel search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the most debated online marketing techniques in our industry. That’s because its efficacy is hard to prove, and techniques have to constantly change to outmaneuver Google’s updates. Google maintains strict control and secrecy about how they manage and update their search engine results pages. Of course, there are guidelines posted on their Webmaster Central product, and a few utterances here and there. This leaves the floor open for some serious speculation… Cue in the SEO “experts.” I am not an SEO expert, nor have I played one on TV. But I am definitely a trained SEO observer who has been in the industry for a decade, and a huge fan of web analytics and data-driven decision making.

It’s Time to Burst the Hotel SEO Bubble: What Hotels Really Need to Know

NY Times relata ‘O Outro Algarve’ | Publituris

Com o título ‘O Outro Algarve’, o artigo do jornal New York Times fala sobre os destinos menos conhecidos da região algarvia pelos turistas internacionais. Tavira, Praia da Rocha, Silves e Pedralva são os locais evidenciados que podem proporcionar umas férias diferentes das que geralmente são esperadas nesta região.

@ PUBLITURIS NY Times relata ‘O Outro Algarve’ | Publituris

Conheça os destinos mais baratos e caros do mundo | Publituris

Conheça os destinos mais baratos e caros do mundo | Publituris

Why Brands are Getting it Wrong in Social Media

What is the #1 piece of advice I have for your social media strategist, manager or you — a small business owner managing social media efforts?

The answer is simple: Stop talking about social media.

Type “social media” into a Google search bar and you’ll find roughly about 4.7 billion results in .30 seconds. Next, try “social media conference.” You’ll see something along the lines of 1.2 billion results in .25 seconds. Social media is important but I’d argue we aren’t celebrating it for the reasons we should. Instead, we are forcing social media to conform to traditional thinking and processes rather than adapting business philosophies and supporting methodologies to meet new opportunities.

see full story @ YFS MAGAZIN

HotStats European Chain Hotels Market Review – June 2013

Dublin's hoteliers recorded a 12.0% increase in profits per room in June, according to the latest HotStats survey bringing the calendar year-to-date GOP per available room increase to 25.7% and the rolling 12 months growth figure to 31.0%.

In the first half of this year, this profit boost in the Irish capital was due, in part, to an increase in RevPar of 11.3% to €116.44 which was mainly rate driven (+7.6%). Drilling deeper into the numbers reveals that a 2.7% rise in the residential conference segment contributed to growth in meeting room hire revenues and in food and beverage income; leisure departmental revenue also posted growth. Even though rooms direct expenses per room let (+3.9%), in particular travel agents commission (+6%), TrevPar gains were successfully converted to profit growth thanks to payroll efficiencies.

see full story @ HN Hospitality Net

How Is Social Media Driving Revenue? [INFOGRAPHIC] - AllTwitter

Did you know that the likelihood of a consumer making a purchase increases when the user has a social connection with a brand or its products? We’re talking big numbers here, too – a wide variety of social activities (such as sharing and recommendations) drive sales, and fans of brands are 51 percent more likely to buy than non-fans.

see full story @ MEDIABISTRO

ESPL: Dances of the Planets

The planets in the heavens move in exquisite orbital patterns, dancing to the Music of the Cosmos.  There is more mathematical and geometric harmony than we realize.   The idea for this article is from a book Larry Pesavento shared with me.  The book, 'A Little Book of Coincidence' by John Martineau, illustrates the orbital patterns and several of their geometrical relationships.  .

http://ensign.editme.com/t43dances

Meliá Hotels launched a Twiter program

Meliá Hotels International has launched a Twitter-focused program at its Sol Wave House Hotel in Mallorca, Spain, to facilitate interaction between its social networking guests. - See more at:

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Meliá creates

Native Mobile App vs. Mobile Web App

It has been a matter of serious evaluation to choose among Native Mobile Apps & Mobile Web Apps.
The proponents & opponents of both come up with some proportionally valid points but, if you are here to make a right decision,we suggest you to go through this detailed infographic representation which is definitely going to help you go ahead with right mobile strategy by evaluating your business needs & target audience.

see full story @ INFOBEANS

Can a human power a helicopter? Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter - AHS Sikorsky Prize Flight

FERIAS DE VERAO ALENTEJO E ALGARVE | TD Hotels

FERIAS DE VERAO ALENTEJO E ALGARVE | TD Hotels

SIC NOTICIAS - Contra Poder - Passos Coelho

Could We Record Our Dreams?

Average Lighting Strikes per Square Kilometer per Year

World map showing frequency of lightning strikes, in flashes per km² per year (equal-area projection). Lightning strikes most frequently in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Combined 1995–2003 data from the Optical Transient Detector and 1998–2003 data from the Lightning Imaging Sensor.

Average Lighting Strikes per Square Kilometer per Year infographic

How to Turn Sound Into Light: Sonoluminescence

PBXww™ Tutorials - Introduction

Pinterest Best Practices for Hotels

Recently, Pinterest launched an analytics dashboard for businesses, which gives brands the ability to more closely monitor their presence on the platform. If you haven’t started using Pinterest, it is a pinboard-style photo-sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, hobbies and interests. Users can browse other pinboards for images, ‘repin’ images to their own pinboards, or ‘like’ photos. Hotels and restaurants can have their own boards where they can ‘pin’ images, track which users have repinned their images, and identify followers.

see the full story @ HospitalityNet

Official Website Hotel Marques de Riscal, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Elciego | Best rate guarantee | Luxury hotel in la Rioja alavesa

Official Website Hotel Marques de Riscal, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Elciego | Best rate guarantee | Luxury hotel in la Rioja alavesa

French hotels take on online booking firms

French hotels launched an attack on three of the world's biggest online booking firms, saying they are unfairly twisting their arm on prices by banning them from offering reductions or taking bookings direct.

see full story @ The Telegraph

Demissão de Vitor Gaspar visto pela imprensa estrangeira

Os principais jornais internacionais destacam a inesperada demissão de Vítor Gaspar, o rosto da troika e da austeridade, que deixou como marca de governação a maior subida de impostos de que Portugal tem memória. Leia mais em http://expresso.sapo.pt/a-demissao-de-gaspar-vista-pela-imprensa-estrangeira=f817575 Conhece a aplicação Expresso.pt Android? Pode fazer o download desta e de outras aplicações em http://mobile.sapo.pt/smartphones .

Algarve vai ter mais 20.000 chegadas pelo aeroporto de Faro

O Algarve vai ter no próximo inverno mais cerca de 20.000 passageiros provenientes de países com potencial de crescimento de turistas, como a Escandinávia, a Polónia, a Alemanha ou a Irlanda, anunciou hoje o Turismo de Portugal.

Algarve vai ter mais 20.000 chegadas pelo aeroporto de Faro

How Amadeus approaches the hotel business of its customers

Believing their customers were not maximizing their hotel business opportunities, Amadeus introduced a consultancy-led approach to help to grow the hotel business of its customers - travel agents and corporations.

Get the full story @ Amadeus Site

Teixeira Duarte vai construir a autoestrada entre a capital da Venezuela e o principal porto e aeroporto do país - Política - Notícias - RTP

Teixeira Duarte vai construir a autoestrada entre a capital da Venezuela e o principal porto e aeroporto do país - Política - Notícias - RTP

O novo presidente venezuelano, Nicolas Maduro, está em Portugal e assinou 14 acordos de cooperação económica e institucional, no valor de seis mil milhões de euros.

The Future 'Global' Hotel Traveler

At BITAC Global, Ron Swidler, Principal of Gettys, shared his thoughts on how the future will potentially change the global hotel industry.
Great design sets the foundation for every hotel experience. Sure hotels can excel with amazing service, but without high design enhancing every detail of the experience, it’s impossible to get guests passionate about that property.

In recent years design has become so important it plays a key role in branding too, it’s an essential element required to connect with potential guests to keep them coming back for more. Of course we all know that brands are what help us make sense of a complex world by simplifying decision making and allowing us to extend our persona to the products and services we use.

Without strong design that makes people have an emotional reaction a hotel will quickly see loyalty evaporate and along with it, pricing power.

get the full story @ www.hotelinteractive.com

Marketing agencies will disappear in 10 years, study says

A new study predicts that social media and digital marketing agencies or service providers will disappear within 10 years, and reactions range from indifference to shock, and from cheering to jeering.
Overall, people deem the projection accurate.

The study, conducted by European business school Mediaschool Group, surveyed 2,000 marketing students throughout Europe in March and April. According to the study, 70 percent of respondents believe that in 10 years marketing will focus on content marketing and "PR thinking"—a focus on building brand recognition and image, and on inspiring customer trust. Further, 80 percent anticipate the demise of stand-alone social media services firms and digital marketing agencies.

get the full story @ PR DAILY

This year good, next year better: U.S. hoteliers optimistic for 2014

That’s a quick synopsis of the generally upbeat view of demand for the U.S. lodging industry expressed here last week by experts speaking at New York University’s International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference.

get the full story @ Travel Weekly

Brand marketing varies by chain

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—Several hotel franchisors are taking fundamentally different approaches to marketing their brands. Each said there are advantages and disadvantages to the approaches they’ve chosen.

Some franchisors choose to market their umbrella of brands, such as Choice Hotels International. For example, consumers will see TV commercials for Choice Hotels rather than Choice’s individual brands.

get the full story @ hotelnewsnow.com

Why Hotels Aren’t Making a Killing on Fees Like the Airlines

Love it or hate it, the fee-based business model appears to be here to stay for airlines. But the hotel business is a different story.

Airlines, as even casual fliers are well aware, have been piling on fees for years. U.S. carriers collected more than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees last year, an all-time high. For a particularly fee-crazy carrier such as Spirit Airlines, roughly one-third of revenues come from fees—seat reservations, carryon and checked luggage, bottled water—rather than money paid strictly for flights.

get the full story @ TIME - Business and money

How to use TripAdvisor to win guests and grow your business

There is no magic formula for achieving a high ranking on TripAdvisor but what we do know is that a meticulous approach is essential. A big part of that is hiring great people, people who love to serve. Ritesh Gupta reports

get the full story @ Eye for travel

Hotel vs. OTA Parity Agreements: Does It Have to be a Battle?

If a love-hate relationship exists in the hospitality industry, it’s between hotels and online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Expedia, Orbitz and Priceline, among many others. On one hand, OTAs extract sizable commissions, which understandably grate on the hotels that must pay them. On the other, they also produce an enormous amount of bookings, which hotels covet.

Hotels would prefer their own websites and call centers be their guests’ major distribution channel, but so popular are OTAs—and so dependent on them have many hotels become—it’s difficult to imagine hotels eschewing their services altogether. Particularly challenging are OTA parity agreements, which require hotels to guarantee that room rates on their own websites are not below those offered by the OTAs.

Despite this challenge, savvy hotel operators are finding ways to provide incentives that entice customers to book directly through their own websites, front desk or over the phone. In this article, we present six such strategies that hotel operators can use without conflicting with their OTA agreements.

get the full story @ Software advice

Six strategies for more direct online hotel bookings

Savvy hotel operators are finding ways to provide incentives that entice customers to book directly through their own websites, front desk or over the phone. This article shares six such strategies that hotel operators can use without conflicting with their OTA agreements.

If a love-hate relationship exists in the hospitality industry, it’s between hotels and online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Expedia, Orbitz and Priceline, among many others. On one hand, OTAs extract sizable commissions, which understandably grate on the hotels that must pay them. On the other, they also produce an enormous amount of bookings, which hotels covet.

Hotels would prefer their own websites and call centers be their guests’ major distribution channel, but so popular are OTAs - and so dependent on them have many hotels become - it’s difficult to imagine hotels eschewing their services altogether. Particularly challenging are OTA parity agreements, which require hotels to guarantee that room rates on their own websites are not below those offered by the OTAs.

Despite this challenge, savvy hotel operators are finding ways to provide incentives that entice customers to book directly through their own websites, front desk or over the phone. This article shares six such strategies that hotel operators can use without conflicting with their OTA agreements.

get the ful story @ Software Advice 

The power of purple pricing

As a pricing mechanism, Purple Pricing allows a seller to learn buyers' maximum willingness to pay so they get an excellent picture of demand. And, at the same time, the seller makes money despite giving refunds.

get the full story @ HBR - Harvard Business Review

A Hotelier’s Take on IATA’s New Distribution Capability

For decades, the airline reservation was the focal point for every automated travel itinerary. Despite considerable internet-enabled innovation, it still largely remains that way today. Now the International Airline Traffic Association (IATA) has embarked on it ambitious “New Distribution Capability” (NDC) initiative, with the stated objective to “define a messaging standard that will enable retailing opportunities.”

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Teixeira Duarte dá prioridade à distribuição no desenvolvimento de actividades - Construção - Jornal de Negócios

A Teixeira Duarte quer desenvolver até ao final do ano a sua actuação noutros sectores de actividade, em especial na distribuição, assume o grupo no relatório intercalar do primeiro trimestre divulgado sexta-feira. Até Março, esta área cresceu 40,4%, gerando um volume de negócios de 49,56 milhões de euros, assumindo-se assim como o segundo sector mais importante para o grupo depois da construção. A justificar esse crescimento esteve, segundo a Teixeira Duarte, a "expansão da placa de vendas das lojas Maxi".

Teixeira Duarte dá prioridade à distribuição no desenvolvimento de actividades - Construção - Jornal de Negócios

Pay me now or pay me later

Pay me now or pay me later

Have You Seen Your Online Reputation? [Infographic]

Have You Seen Your Online Reputation? [Infographic]: The digital revolution has made it increasingly difficult for a brand to maintain control of its online reputation. From talk on social media to articles on other websites and mentions via search engines, it seems like everyone has an opinion about brands and an abundance of online channels to share these views. While positive posts...


Infographic
by MDG Advertising

IS SOCIAL MEDIA VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR HOTEL?

IS SOCIAL MEDIA VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR HOTEL?

Pricing is critical to a hotel’s success

How we price is critical to a hotel’s success. It is also a subject that can generate some passionate discussions. The question becomes: how are we making these important decisions and what factors do we take into account? Whether you use a sophisticated price-optimization system or determine your rates manually, it is necessary to make a critical assessment of the information you are using to make and validate your pricing decisions.

Pricing is critical to a hotel’s success

Proactive branding: Begin with the brand platform

Proactive branding: Begin with the brand platform

Cimpor, o fim de uma multinacional portuguesa

(Texto publicado a Exame, em Dezembro de 2012. Recebeu o Prémio de Jornalismo Económico Santander Totta/FCSH de 2013)

Cinco meses após a OPA da Camargo Corrêa, a Cimpor está uma empresa completamente diferente. Perdeu metade das fábricas, concentrou a atividade na América Latina e em África. Os quadros de topo estão a ser substituídos por altos responsáveis do novo acionista e o centro de decisão já está a caminho do Brasil. Quem compra, manda, e o racional económico acaba por se sobrepor às promessas. É a lógica das fusões e aquisições e será assim em futuras operações Foi a nona maior cimenteira do mundo e uma das mais bem internacionalizadas empresas portuguesas, por isso, ao longo dos últimos anos a Cimpor foi cobiçada pelos gigantes mundiais do sector. Comprada este ano pela brasileira Camargo Corrêa, a Cimpor está em profunda transformação.

As suas fábricas, espalhadas por 12 países, foram divididas entre a Camargo e a também brasileira Votorantim. As decisões estratégicas começam a ser tomadas no Brasil, embora o presidente da comissão executiva (CEO), Ricardo Lima, esteja em Lisboa, onde se mantém ainda a sede. A OPA foi elogiada e apoiada pelo governo e por António Borges. O sim da CGD foi fundamental para que a oferta vingasse.

get the full sotory @ EXPRESSO.SAPO.PT

Android’s Market Share Is Literally A Joke | Tech.pinions - Perspective, Insight, Analysis

This is the first of two articles looking at how we measure – and mis-measure – who is “winning” in the mobile sector. Article one focuses on market share and was inspired by an article written by Bill Shamblin, entitled: “Chasing Smartphone Market Share Is A Chump’s Game.” Article two will focus on how market share affects platforms and the network effect. - See more at: LINK

Android’s Market Share Is Literally A Joke | Tech.pinions - Perspective, Insight, Analysis

Boutique Hotel Summit 2013: Five tips to beat the big brands

‘Non-standard’, ‘trendy’ and ‘unique’. Just three of the words used to describe a boutique hotel at yesterday’s Boutique Hotel Summit in London. But with larger chains beginning to take a grip of the sector with the emergence of so-called lifestyle brands, how can independent boutiques stand out in an increasingly crowded segment?

Boutique Hotel Summit 2013: Five tips to beat the big brands

Noticias ao Minuto - Estado paga alojamento a médicos cubanos no Algarve

O Estado português fechou um acordo, ainda no tempo de José Sócrates, com Cuba para o envio de médicos cubanos para Portugal. Hoje, o jornal i escreve que o alojamento desses médicos que trabalham no Algarve é pago pela Administração Regional de Saúde do Algarve. No entanto, em Alpiarça, distrito de Santarém, os custos com os médicos são suportados pela autarquia.

Noticias ao Minuto - Estado paga alojamento a médicos cubanos no Algarve

Moçambique vai abrir novas áreas para exploração de petróleo e gás

Moçambique vai abrir novas áreas para exploração de petróleo e gás: "Temos muitos recursos minerais, mas se pudermos descobrir petróleo melhor ainda", salientou o PCA do INP, reiterando que as características geológicas da costa moçambicana fazem acreditar na ocorrência de hidrocarbonetos líquidos.

Taking on the minibar

Taking on the minibar

Connecting the dots between love and work

Connecting the dots between love and work

DONOS DE PORTUGAL

Donos de Portugal é um documentário de Jorge Costa sobre cem anos de poder económico. O filme retrata a proteção do Estado às famílias que dominaram a economia do país, as suas estratégias de conservação de poder e acumulação de riqueza.

Mello, Champalimaud, Espírito Santo – as fortunas cruzam-se pelo casamento e integram-se na finança. Ameaçado pelo fim da ditadura, o seu poder reconstitui-se sob a democracia, a partir das privatizações e da promiscuidade com o poder político. Novos grupos económicos – Amorim, Sonae, Jerónimo Martins - afirmam-se sobre a mesma base.

No momento em que a crise desvenda todos os limites do modelo de desenvolvimento económico português, este filme apresenta os protagonistas e as grandes opções que nos trouxeram até aqui.

Produzido para a RTP 2 no âmbito do Instituto de História Contemporânea, o filme tem montagem de Edgar Feldman e locução de Fernando Alves.

A estreia televisiva teve lugar na RTP2 a 25 de Abril de 2012. Desde esse momento, o documentário está disponível na íntegra em donosdeportugal.net.

Donos de Portugal é baseado no livro homónimo de Jorge Costa, Cecília Honório, Luís Fazenda, Francisco Louçã e Fernando Rosas, editado em 2011 pela Afrontamento e com mais de 12 mil exemplares vendidos.

Donos de Portugal from Donos de Portugal on Vimeo.

Ride your bike and get a free beer or meal ...

GOOD Lite: Ride Your Bike to These Cafes, Get a Free Beer or Meal. http://goo.gl/mag/416NDya

I blogged a while back offering five simple suggestions to optimise Tweets. As it went down well I thought it worthwhile expanding on this and giving my insight on growing a follower base and increasing engagement.

Get the full sotry @ econsultancy.com

Next generation site architecture

The need to design and deploy a next-generation site architecture that maximizes your chances of findability, no matter where and how searchers look for you, is one of the hottest topics in the evolving mobile and multi-device world.

Get the full story @ Search Engine Watch

Want better email revenue? send late at night

In everyday life, most people don’t want to be bothered late at night. But the opposite seems to be true when it comes to email. According to new data, emails sent late at night outperformed emails sent any other time of day.

Get full story @ eMarketer

Choice Hotels launches technology division

Choice Hotels International has launched SkyTouch Technology, a division that develops and markets technology products for hotels. With the launch comes the unveiling of SkyTouch Hotel OS, a cloud-based property- and rate-management solution for other hotel chains and independent properties.

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Three technology trends that are transforming meetings

While virtual meetings technology won’t ever replace the networking, brainstorming, and relationship building that happens at face-to-face meetings, they are going to play an important role, and will continue to transform the meeting industry.

Get full story @ MEETINGS NET

TripAdvisor introduces new property dashboard

The new Property Dashboard, now available to Business Listings subscribers, includes in-depth competitor metrics, local market trends, page view data and more. The Snapshot – available to all registered users – helps you easily measure your daily performance on TripAdvisor.

Get full story @ Revinate - The new standard for guest satisfaction

Tripadvisor for buiness - Introducing tha property Dashboard and Snapshot - PDF

Speedy check-in lets hotel guests bypass front desk

Hotels are changing the way guests check in to their rooms, eliminating the traditional stop at the front desk to speed up, simplify and, in some cases, personalize the process. In the age of social networking, it’s more important than ever to get the guests’ experience right.

Get full story @ New York Times

Google está a desenvolver ténis inteligentes - Dinheiro Vivo

Google está a desenvolver ténis inteligentes - Dinheiro Vivo

Repsol admite entrada de parceiros na exploração de gás no Algarve - Dinheiro Vivo

Repsol admite entrada de parceiros na exploração de gás no Algarve - Dinheiro Vivo

Content creation, curation and marketing - today’s holy grail for travel marketers

As search engine optimization and marketing evolve to become mobile, local and social, the confluence of search and social is the most exciting tourism marketing trend, a main topic at last weeks EyeForTravel Social Media and Mobile Strategies Conference in San Francisco.

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Three ways technology will transform future of business, according to IBM

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Manage hotel customer service with Facebook Recommendations

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How Evernote Food can help market your restaurant

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TripAdvisor pre-installed on Samsung’s new Galaxy S 4

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Google Flight Search launches in five European countries

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Travel one of the least popular mobile activities

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TripAdvisor, the future online advertising king in travel

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As redes sociais melhoram a sua vida?

As redes sociais melhoram a sua vida?:

De acordo com um estudo promovido pela marca de whisky Grant’s, 70% dos inquiridos afirmam que as redes sociais contribuem para uma melhoria das suas vidas, “uma vez que estas lhes permitirem partilhar histórias com maior facilidade, aumentando a sua consciência em relação ao mundo exterior”.

O estudo “Storytelling in the Digital Age”, que tem como objectivo analisar de que forma as novas tecnologias e as redes sociais têm influenciado o modo e a tradição de contar histórias, resulta de entrevistas online a 800 participantes até 64 anos de Portugal, Bulgária, Canada, Colômbia, França, Índia, Rússia e Reino Unido.

Segundo o estudo, sete em cada dez inquiridos consideram que as redes sociais têm ampliado o seu conhecimento em relação a eventos e histórias ao nível mundial. Mais de metade das pessoas em Portugal, na Rússia e Reino Unido, subindo para 67% na Bulgária, concordam que as redes sociais têm simplificado muito a partilha e o conhecimento de histórias pessoais comparativamente ao que acontecia no passado.

O inquérito conclui ainda que “enquanto os utilizadores que aderiram inicialmente são mais reticentes relativamente aos conteúdos que partilham nas redes sociais, os novos utilizadores, nos países em desenvolvimento, são mais entusiastas na partilha de histórias pessoais e na comunicação online com outras pessoas”.

“Os resultados confirmam que, com as redes sociais em ascensão em todo o mundo, as pessoas tendem a deixar de contar as suas histórias cara a cara, passando a expressar-se mais livremente em áreas públicas por intermédio das novas tecnologias”, refere a Grant’s.

Recorde-se que a Grant’s, marca de whisky distribuída em Portugal pela PrimeDrinks, realizou, no ano passado, o primeiro festival de storytelling em Portugal.

Super Bowl: do cavalo sentimental ao beijo improvável

Super Bowl: do cavalo sentimental ao beijo improvável:

A febre da final do campeonato de futebol americano pode não atingir toda a população mundial, mas há pelo menos um momento que não deixa ninguém indiferente durante a Super Bowl: os intervalos marcados pelos anúncios publicitários. Para além dos Baltimore Ravens, que se sagraram campeões no passado domingo, a competição ditou outros vencedores e derrotados fora do campo, desta feita entre as marcas que desembolsaram milhões para se associarem a um dos maiores eventos desportivos do ano.

Entre 3,7 milhões e 3,8 milhões de dólares (2,7 a 2,8 milhões de euros) foi quanto os anunciantes investiram por cada 30 segundos de publicidade durante os intervalos da Super Bowl. Os valores astronómicos de um evento que ficou às escuras durante 35 minutos devido a uma falha na iluminação, mas onde viria a brilhar mais alto a estrela Beyoncé, com uma interpretação de tirar o fôlego.

No que aos anúncios diz respeito, o título de “vencedor” coube à Budweiser, de acordo com o ranking da AdMeter, ferramenta que mede as campanhas com maior e menor sucesso junto do público. A marca de cerveja detida pela Anheuser-Busch InBev, que tem uma longa tradição na Super Bowl, apostou num vídeo que mostra uma história de amizade entre um treinador de cavalos e um dos seus animais da raça Clydesdale – os cavalos Clydesdale são usados de forma regular nas campanhas da Anheuser-Busch InBev. Veja em baixo o filme “Brotherhood”, que contou com a criatividade da Anomaly:

Em segundo lugar no ranking surge o anúncio da Tide. O filme da marca de detergentes da Procter & Gamble tranforma uma nódoa num “milagre de Super Bowl”, mas termina com o headline “nenhuma mancha é sagrada”. A criatividade é da Saatchi & Saatchi americana.

A fechar o pódio do ranking da AdMeter está o anúncio da Doritos. Desde 2007 que a marca deixa a criação e escolha dos seus anúncios para a Super Bowl nas mãos dos fãs, e este ano o resultado foi um filme que mostra um pai entre o dilema de ir jogar futebol com os amigos ou ficar em casa a brincar com a filha. O vencedor do concurso da marca terá a oportunidade de trabalhar com o director Michael Bay na produção do filme Transformers 4.

Apesar de um dos seus anúncios ter sido o mais votado pelo público, a Anheuser-Busch InBev tem outros três filmes entre os cinco piores da noite, segundo a AdMeter. Mas o destaque pela negativa vai para a Go Daddy. A empresa de alojamento de sites e de registo de domínios na internet pôs a modelo israelita Bar Refaeli a dar um beijo na boca a um actor que interpreta um “geek”. O objectivo seria o de mostrar o “lado sexy” e o “lado inteligente” da empresa de uma forma ousada. mas o resultado parece não ter caído bem junto do público e dos internautas, e a verdade é que o filme “Perfect Match” chegou a ser editado pela CBS antes de ir para o ar.

Mais ou menos bem sucedidos, a verdade é que os anúncios mostrados durante a Super Bowl deram – e continuam a dar – muito que falar. A edição deste ano do evento originou um recorde de publicações na rede de microblogging Twitter: nada mais nada menos do que 24,1 milhões de tweets. O pico de comentários ocorreu durante a falta de energia no estádio Mercedes-Benz Superdome, em Nova Orleães, que motivou 231,5 mil mensagens por segundo. A acrescentar há ainda as milhões de visualizações e partilhas dos filmes nas redes sociais.

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PortugalFoods promove-se na Rússia

PortugalFoods promove-se na Rússia:

Sabia que o mercado russo importa 40% do total dos produtos alimentares consumidos? Esse é um dos motivos que leva a PortugalFoods, marca umbrella do sector agro-alimentar português, a marcar presença na Prodexpo 2013, em Moscovo, entre os próximos dias 11 e 15.

A presença portuguesa neste evento insere-se no âmbito do Projecto Conjunto de Internacionalização da PortugalFoods e tem como objectivo consolidar a posição dos produtos e das empresas nacionais naquele mercado, visto como estratégico para o sector agro-alimentar  Prevê-se que, na Rússia, o retalho de bens alimentares venha a crescer cerca de 20,5% ao ano. Derovo, Nutrigreen, Maçarico, MinhoFumeiro e Sonae MC – com a sua marca Continente -, são as empresas que, sob o chapéu da PortugalFoods, irão marcar presença na Prodexpo 2013. Num espaço próprio, irão estar a Primor e a Vieira de Castro, ambas associadas da PortugalFoods.

Recorde-se que a PortugalFoods é uma associação constituída por empresas do sector, universidades e outras entidade, que tem como missão reforçar a competitividade do sector agro-alimentar  actuando como promotora da inovação e da internacionalização das empresas portuguesas.

Motorola X-Phone aparece em anúncio de emprego

Motorola X-Phone aparece em anúncio de emprego:

Embora Larry Page, CEO do Google, não tenha feito qualquer comentário sobre os recentes rumores, lançados há poucas semanas pelo Wall Street Journal, um anúncio de emprego no site da Motorola revela detalhes do ultra-secreto X-Phone.
O telefone foi mencionado em um anúncio de emprego descrito como “Diretor Sênior de Gerenciamento de Produtos da Motorola, X-Phone”. A menção, porém, foi removida após a divulgação pela mídia e pode significar a primeira colaboração do Google com a Motorola, uma vez que o buscador comprou a fabricante em agosto de 2011.
Embora o aparelho possa ser uma continuação da linha Nexus, ou até mesmo substituir o Nexus 4 durante do Google I/O deste ano. A CNET, outro portal de notícias, afirmou que o dispositivo poderá apresentar algum “nível de personalização” pois há um requisito técnico na vaga pública para novo diretor.
A CNET também publicou que o X-Phone não deverá ser o único dispositivo da Motorola pois o anúncio deixa escapar que seriam “vários produtos” em desenvolvimento.

FCC revela detalhes do Google Glass

FCC revela detalhes do Google Glass:

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) publicou detalhes oficiais sobre o Google Glass em documentos que mostram o funcionamento dos óculos inteligentes que vem sendo desenvolvido pelo Google.
De acordo com os documentos, o Google Glass Explorer Edition será a versão que Sergey Brin, co-fundador do Google, prometeu aos desenvolvedores no último Google I/O e virá equipado com módulo WiFi de 2,4 GHz 802.11 b/g e Bluetooth 4.0.
Uma apresentação ainda descreve um sistema auricular como tendo um carregador micro USB como provável método para carregamento. Já o The Verge, nota em outro documento, a ideia de um conector “barrel”.
No entanto, um dos aspectos mais curiosos é um “elemento vibratório que proporciona áudio para o usuário através do contato com a cabeça do usuário”. Alguns blogs acreditam que o dispositivo terá um alto-falante de “condução óssea indireta”.

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This 2.5 gigapixel panorama from the top of the Burj Khalifa is making us dizzy

This 2.5 gigapixel panorama from the top of the Burj Khalifa is making us dizzy:

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Presidente do BCE prevê recuperação da economia ainda em 2013

Presidente do BCE prevê recuperação da economia ainda em 2013: O presidente do Banco Central Europeu, Mario Draghi, previu hoje "uma recuperação da economia na segunda metade de 2013" depois de uma estabilização a um nível muito baixo na zona euro.

O Facebook está a tornar-nos mais gordos?

O Facebook está a tornar-nos mais gordos?:

De acordo com o estudo “Truth About Wellness” – A Verdade Sobre o Bem-Estar, divulgado pela McCann Erickson, os jovens do sexo masculino (25% dos inquiridos) preocupam-se mais do que as mulheres (17%) sobre a possibilidade de a sua obsessão com a tecnologia e as redes sociais estar a motivar uma vida mais sedentária e, consequentemente, a torná-los mais obesos.

O estudo, que tem como objectivo aferir de que forma a tecnologia interfere com o nosso bem-estar, revela ainda que, globalmente, mais de metade (54%) dos inquiridos acredita que a tecnologia está a tornar-nos mais saudáveis, enquanto 94% concorda que as marcas têm um papel importante no suporte ao seu bem-estar. «Com a obesidade a ser vista como a maior ameaça à saúde futura, existe a preocupação que a tecnologia esteja a motivar estes maus hábitos», afirma Darly Lee, global chief strategy officer da McCann Erickson. A boa notícia é que «nunca houve um momento melhor para as marcas liderarem mudanças positivas», ressalva.

De acordo com o inquérito, o cancro é visto como a potencial causa de morte nº1, tendo sido referido por 27% dos inquiridos, enquanto 21% considera que no futuro os médicos se vão tornar obsoletos, dado o papel da tecnologia e a tendência crescente de as pessoas pesquisarem informações sobre saúde na internet. Porém, a maioria (66%) dos inquiridos acredita que se os médicos se focarem mais na prevenção da doença do que na cura, continuarão a ter relevância na vida dos consumidores.

34 anos foi a idade apontada pela maioria dos inquiridos como a ideal para atingir o bem-estar. E embora comecem, em média, a sentir uma perda da qualidade de vida aos 65 anos, os inquiridos acreditam que vão viver, em média, até aos 80 anos (os norte-americanos são os mais optimistas, e esperam viver até aos 92 anos).

O estudo “Truth About Wellness” resultou de inquéritos online a 7000 entrevistados nos EUA, Reino Unido, Brasil, China, Japão, África do Sul e Turquia.