Thursday, September 8, 2011

Brooke

blog 1 www.hospitality-industry.com

blog 2 http://www.smartertravel.com/xml/rss/deals.php?channel=main

2 comments:

  1. Blog #2
    How does the blog convey the industry to an audience?
    The blog conveys the industry to the audience by keeping up with the latest deals by posting smarter ways to travels including deals of multiple areas of interest.
    Who does the blog intend to serve?
    The blog intends to serve those who are seeking to travel at a lower expense.

    Does it meet its goal?
    The blog does meet its goal because it portrays several advertisements to draw in frequent travelers, and those who seek to travel at a lower cost. It had many areas of interest such hotels/lodging, car rentals, amusement parks, plane tickets, and ski resorts. The blog intends to seek those looking for the “package deal” rather than doing everything separately.

    What image of the industry or individual is conveyed by the blog?
    The image that is conveyed by the blog is that they are trying to give the potential customers the best deal possible.

    Does the blogger have a presense on Twitter or Facebook?
    The blogger has presense of twitter.

    How is that similar or different?
    It is similar because it can keep people of date with the best deal by updating posts frequently.

    What topic(s) does the author claim knowledge of in the industry?
    The author claims to know where the best deals are and the smarter way to travel.

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  2. Blog # 1 (I chose to evaluate Royal Caribbean)

    How does the blog convey the industry to an audience?
    the Royal Caribbean blog conveys the industry to an audience by giving a brief overview about who they are and what they do and giving several links for the potential customers to click onto. They are a global cruise vacation company and seek out people interesting in traveling overseas.

    Who does the blog intend to serve?
    The blog intends to serve those who are seeking to travel over sees and gives incentives for package deals such as the meals offered, entertainment, and amenities that are including as one.

    Does it meet its goal?
    The blog does meet its goal because it portrays several advertisements to draw in people who are interested in traveling on a cruise ship and it makes it easy to travel a trip by having the access to set it up right through the website, so it is also a convenient way to plan a trip.

    What image of the industry or individual is conveyed by the blog?
    The image that is conveyed by the blog is that the cruise ship is a very convenient way to travel while being able to save money at the same time with all the necessities including in the particular package deal that you chose depending upon the person. For example, a lot of packages are geared towards families.

    Does the blogger have a presense on Twitter or Facebook?
    The blogger has presense both twitter and facebook.

    How is that similar or different?
    It is similar because it can keep people of date with the best deal by updating posts frequently. They also allow the option to connect to them through facebook or twitter so the that they will be in “the know’ about the latest deals and what options are being offered for package deals each week.

    What topic(s) does the author claim knowledge of in the industry?
    The author claims to know where the best deals are in the cruise lines and reveals the knowledge by keeping up to date with posts to share with the media/ potential customers.

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