Tabsite joins the list of sponsors for Kay Walten’s Seminar Explore Tourism Social Media Boot Camp 2011 to show the importance of a Facebook presence for tourism businesses

Playa del Carmen, QR -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/06/2011 -- With only 35 days to the launch of the first Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp in the Riviera Maya, Tabsite, a Facebook application that enhances fan pages for small businesses secured a sponsorship position with the Kay Walten Group for this seminar and additional webinars.

'Facebook is a key player in the social media industry and continues to offer great options for small businesses. Tabsite has extended that innovation to include a simple and effective way for small businesses to launch a marketing strategy and online presence without having to be technically savvy. Our initiative to support small to large businesses parallels that of Tabsite, making their sponsorship support a great addition to the Explore Tourism™ seminar,' stated Kay Walten, speaker and developer of the Explore Tourism Seminar and webinar educational series.

To celebrate this new sponsorship, Kay Walten Group will run a Facebook Contest from September 5 to 11, 2011 with participants eligible to win tickets to the upcoming seminar or a Gold Plan membership from Tabsite. The contest can be reviewed on the Kay Walten Group Facebook fan page starting September 5.

With over 90% of tourism businesses being small businesses, the Tabsite application can create a larger fan base for small businesses and supports the need for one-stop social media marketing. Tabsite is powerful, easy and social, important components of a successful social media marketing strategy. The drag and drop features makes customization of this platform and its unique layering components easy for a first time or seasoned user.

Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011 will be held October 8 and 9, 2011 at the Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa from 9 am to 2 pm each day with a networking lunch included. Discounted enrollment is $1750mn and available online when attendees sign up prior to September 15, 2011. Sponsors for the event include Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa, Social Media Examiner and Tabsite. For additional information about the Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011 review all seminar details at the website.

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Social Media Examiner and Dreams Riviera Spa and Resort sign up within hours of learning about Kay Walten’s new social media seminar for tourism businesses.

Playa del Carmen, QR -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/30/2011 -- Social Media Examiner, a free online American magazine and top industry social media news blog and Dreams Riviera Cancun Spa and Resort, one of 24 of the AMResorts properties with a leading resort brand in Mexico, have eagerly signed on as sponsors for the first social media seminar to be held in the Riviera Maya that supports travel and tourism businesses.

"We are pleased to have our first sponsors embrace this new seminar so quickly. Travel and tourism businesses need ongoing educational support as marketing strategies rapidly evolve and grow in this highly competitive business environment. Our role is to take a large amount of information and deliver it to travel and tourism businesses in a format that can be used and implemented as quickly as the changes occur." stated Kay Walten, speaker and innovator of the social media seminars for travel and tourism businesses.

Social Media Examiner is a free online magazine designed to help businesses discover how to best use social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to find leads, increase sales and generate more brand awareness. The blog was ranked one of the world's Top 100 business blogs and the company has successfully gained more than 95,000 email subscribers.

Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa is not new to social media, with a history of supported social media events and seminars in the Riviera Maya. They have hosted Riviera Maya tweet-ups, press meetings for social media specialists and industry bloggers, and are active on social media to support their individual marketing strategies and goals.

To include more business support of this innovative seminar, the Kay Walten Group has expanded their sponsorship options and included an affiliate program for small businesses that want to monetize their commitment to social media education in the travel and tourism sector. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities or affiliate programs please email sales@kaywalten.com to learn more about how your business can receive exposure during this event.

Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011 will be held October 8 and 9, 2011 at the Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa from 9 am to 2 pm each day with a networking lunch included. Discounted enrollment is $1750mn and available online when attendees sign up prior to September 15, 2011. Group discounts are offered until September 1, 2011. For additional information for the Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011 review all seminar details at www.kaywalten.com .

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Kay Walten is conducting a social media seminar for small businesses and large companies in the Riviera Maya October 8-9, 2011 to increase the use of social media destination marketing

Playa del Carmen, Mexico -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/22/2011 -- Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011 is a new marketing seminar that focuses on social media marketing for the tourism industry in Mexico. This two-day seminar is open to travel and tourism businesses that want to learn more about and effectively use social media to increase profits and the number of tourists to the Riviera Maya.

"We are really excited to bring the first Social Media Boot Camp to the Riviera Maya, a seminar that will prove to be an invaluable resource for tourism businesses. It will also gather industry professionals together where they can share ideas to boost the economy and increase individual profits", said Kay Walten, the keynote speaker and coordinator of the Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011.

The seminar is designed to empower and educate more tourism industry professionals on the use of social media marketing techniques for their businesses and inspire marketing professionals to work with others to promote the Riviera Maya as a first class vacation destination. Kay Walten, the speaker at the event and owner of Kay Walten Group, an international social media consulting firm, is a the owner of Locogringo and a well respected social media marketing voice in the industry.

Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011 will build an understanding about social media, define the best social networks for tourism based businesses, provide free resources for the ongoing successful use of social media strategies and bring tourism based businesses together to discuss and learn the most effective ways to coordinate promotional strategies for the destination, a much needed stratetgy after recent challenges faced by the Mexican tourism industry.

Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011 will be held October 8 and 9, 2011 at the Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa from 9 am to 2 pm each day with a networking lunch included. Discounted enrollment is $1750mn and available online when attendees sign up prior to September 15, 2011. Group discounts are offered until September 1, 2011. For additional information for the Explore Tourism™ Social Media Boot Camp 2011 review all seminar details at www.kaywalten.com .

Media Contact
Nicola Inwood
nicola@kaywalten.com
(984) 125 5608
http://www.facebook.com/kaywaltenconsulting
@kaywaltengroup
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kaywalten

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