DOHA: Qatar Airways was named the best emerging airline in social media for 2013 by leading aviation marketing consultancy, SimpliFlying.
Qatar Airways was declared overall winner in the Best Emerging Airline/Airport on Social Media category as part of the Fourth Annual Sympliflying Awards, held in Amsterdam on October 23. The event took place in conjunction with the EyeforTravel Online Marketing, Mobile & Social Media in Travel Europe 2013 conference.
Led by SimpliFlying, an aviation marketing strategy firm, the rigorous awards process consisted of public voting and judging by a distinguished panel of thought leaders in the travel marketing space. The judges included Raymond Kollau, CEO of Airlinetrends.com, Robert Patterson, Vice President of Content and Social Strategy at MMGY Global and Rosie Akenhead, Business Manager at Yelp.com.
“Qatar Airways is certainly top in the league when it comes to social media,” said SImpliFlying CEO Shashank Nigam. “They have built a huge following on social media in the last couple of years.”
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