Twitter’s New Notification Emails

Twitter

I really dislike Twitter’s notification emails of new followers where the subject line now just says “You have a new follower on Twitter.” In the past it was the person’s name and their handle — here’s a sample: “Natalie Bahadur @NatalieBahadur is now following you.” As you can see from the screenshot above if I [...]

Tweeter of the Week: @ehasbrouck

Edward Hasbrouck Twitter

Edward Hasbrouck (aka The Practical Nomad) is an author, journalist, blogger, consumer advocate, travel expert and consultant to the Identity Project on travel-related civil liberties issues. He’s based in San Francisco, CA and although he doesn’t tweet often, when he does it’s either for a good cause or he will teach you something like this [...]

Tweeter of the Week: @LuxPRLady

Allison Sitch

Allison Sitch is a real-time, luxury travel PR lady from England. She lives in the U.S. but travels often for business and pleasure. Although she works for Ritz-Carlton she doesn’t just tweet about them. For example a recent tweet was 10 hidden gems of Europe. Follow her at @LuxPRLady. You can also follow me on [...]

Tweeter of the Week: @Sweden

@Sweden

The Swedish government came out with a brilliant idea last December when they decided to hand over their @sweden Twitter account to a different citizen each week. It made sense as Thomas Brühl, CEO of VisitSweden, told Mashable “No one owns the brand of Sweden more than its people.” They use the account solely to [...]

Tweeter of the Week: @JimByersTravel

Jim Byers Travel

Jim Byers, Travel Editor at the Toronto Star, shares great information and it’s not just for folks north of the border. Here’s a sample of one of his most recent tweets: Mexico tourism officials say foreign travel to their country up 5.3% from January to April compared to last year.

Tweeter of the Week: @MarthaStewardes

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Martha is based in San Francisco and is a well-seasoned flight attendant for a major U.S. airline. She’s active on Twitter mostly tweeting travel-related stories.

Tweeter of the Week: @CruiseCritic

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CruiseCritic has been helping cruisers plan and have the perfect cruise for years. Their website has over 50,000 cruise reviews and they often tweet interesting articles like “Cruise From Home in 10 Easy Steps”.

Tweeter of the Week: @MimiMM_

Travel Tweeter of the Week

If you like following flight attendants on Twitter, then you can add Mimi M. She describes herself as a flight attendant that’s a real hot mess. Her tweets are loaded with sarcasm, stupidity and some humor.