Could social media save the Greek economy?
Greece has been all over the news in the past few weeks, and in light of the country’s uncertain situation, one Londoner has turned to social media and crowdsourcing to help the country out. Thom Feeney is rallying fellow European union members and international friends to contribute to the #crowdfundgreece campaign "try and rescue the Greece economy". So far the campaign has received an overwhelming response and in just five days has reached well over the €1.5million mark.
Tennis fans rejoice – the world’s oldest tennis tournament, Wimbledon, kicked off this week with an exciting new digital campaign. Wimbledon has teamed up with Twitter and Periscope, the live streaming video app, to get tennis fans from all over the world joining in on the action at the annual event, even if they are not there physically. Twitter has designed a number of tennis themed emoji’s including the iconic strawberries and cream, tennis balls and trophies which appear when users Tweet using the #Wimbledon hashtag. Over on Periscope, fans can interact with players through live Q&As and streams from the matches.
Disney is the latest in a number of international tourist attractions to ban selfie sticks due to safety concerns for guests and staff. The ban came into play in Disney’s Orlando, Paris and Hong Kong theme parks this week, and unfortunately means that those travelling to the ‘best place on earth’ will need to revert to more traditional methods to snap a selfie with Mickey or Minnie.
A thrill-seeking couple from South America have stunned social media users this week after posting photos of them dangling from Brazil’s Pedra de Gavea Mountain, 2,769 feet above Rio and the Atlantic Ocean. Leonardo Edson Pereira admits that he was terrified the first time he performed this daredevil stunt, but now apparently finds it ‘rather relaxing’. The photos have since gone viral and while the adventurous couple enjoy living on the edge, we’re sure most would rather live vicariously through Leonardo’s Instagram.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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