Serious Social 25/10/17

October 25, 2017

We’ve settled in nicely to our new format, and we’ve got two new guests to impart social wisdom to the world. Our CEO, Katy Howell is talking to our MD, Colin Jacobs about tourist industry tweaks and 2018 holidays. Yes, it is only October. Catrina Burns shares her enthusiasm for an app that lets you post to Insta…from a desktop. Combine the two, and that’s some serious tourism sector social.

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