TMD Partner Edition: 10 Tips for Optimizing Social Media at Hotels
Facebook, Twitter and TripAdvisor have become essential components of most hotel marketing plans. Improve your social media presence by implementing these tactics.
Discover Multicultural Downtown LA Car Free
Some of the best experiences in Los Angeles are by way of some its multicultural enclaves, such as Olvera Street, Chinatown and Little Tokyo. Here’s a car-less tour of these districts that offers a virtual trek around the globe but leaves the gas tank full.
This half-day itinerary takes a minimum of five hours and calls for a lot of city walking, so wear comfortable shoes. Skip stops if you are running low on time, or want to spend more time enjoying a particular point of interest.
Recommended Methods of Travel: Metro, Walking
Total Distance: 1.7 miles. Distance Walking: 1.2 miles
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Discover the Beach Cities Car Free
No place conveys the healthy lifestyle often associated with Los Angeles more than the area’s coastal communities, so it’s only natural that a one-day tour of the beach cities of Santa Monica and Venice would be of the human-powered variety, with no motors required. Here’s a local itinerary that can be completed by bike, on foot or even on skateboard.
Allow a minimum of six hours walking, or three hours biking, for this day-long coastal itinerary. Essentials include comfortable shoes/sandals, sunscreen and occasional water breaks.
Recommended Methods of Travel: Walking or Biking
Total Distance: 5.6 miles. Distance Walking or Biking: 5.6 miles
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Andrew Zimmern's Los Angeles
Andrew Zimmern is a two-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer and teacher. The globe-trotting host of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern recently led an expert panel of celebrity foodies to create the list of 100 nominees for the 2013 Munchies: People’s Choice Food Awards. Now through April 30, 2013, the public is invited to vote for the Munchies here.
Find out some of Andrew Zimmern’s favorite places to eat and stay in Los Angeles.
Discover Hollywood Car Free
Why beat around the fact that Los Angeles is the Entertainment Capital of the World when you can delve right into it by exploring Hollywood. And the beauty of the region is that, while Hollywood covers a lot of ground geographically, many of its primary attractions are near each other. Plus the Metro Rail Red Line runs under much of the area, meaning that seeing stars doesn’t necessarily require driving cars.
- Recommended Methods of Travel: Metro, Walking
- Total Distance: .4 miles. Walking Distance: .4 miles
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Top Events This Week in Los Angeles: April 8-14, 2013
This week's highlights include concerts by world famous singers, a movie anniversary, a classic Broadway musical, and a day of dressing up and riding the Metro Rail.
The Best Restaurants in Venice, California
What do you do after GQ dubs you "The Coolest Block in America”? In the case of Abbot Kinney, you just keep getting cooler. In fact, the hip factor seems to permeate the whole neighborhood. But Venice has always done its own thing. An alternative area since real estate developer Abbot Kinney founded it as the “Venice of America” in 1905, the beach community is distinct for its Italian-inspired canals, the carnival-like Ocean Front Walk and its ever-evolving restaurant scene.
From pioneers like the Rose Café and Joe’s, to vanguard restaurants like Tasting Kitchen and Superba Snack Bar, find out more about one of the best dining neighborhoods in LA.
洛杉矶当季精选
随着中国摄影爱好者的增加，越来越多以摄影为主题的旅游日益受到人们的追捧。洛杉矶这个充满创意，不断给人惊喜的城市，更成为了摄影发烧友的灵感圣地。
今年5月洛杉矶将举办洛杉矶国际摄影业博览会（The big photo show），这绝对是一场摄影谜们不应错过的饕餮盛宴。博览会将全美乃至全球的摄影爱好者汇聚一堂，同时还有众多器材制造商、营销商、工作室共同参与。您可以在这里与众多发烧友切磋经验，磨练技能；可以亲身尝试一下最新的摄影器材，体验前所未有的摄影乐趣；可以与世界顶级制造商面对面交流，探讨未来产品趋势；可以与志同道合者共谋未来合作的美好蓝图。
还犹豫什么，带上你的热情，来洛杉矶寻找意想不到的灵感吧！
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