Digital Visitor, one of the leading social media companies in the South West, was awarded ‘Best Online Application’ at the prestigious 2011 Travolution Awards. Now in their fifth year, the highly-esteemed Travolution Awards recognise companies and brands that excel in the fields of online travel distribution, digital marketing and technology. 

Digital Visitor provide results driven social media applications and services, and have been finalists in this category 3 years in a row for their social media application, Visitor Review, so they were delighted that their new version was successful this year.

“We are thrilled that we have been able to win ‘Best Online Application’ at this year’s Travolution Awards”, said Digital Visitor’s CEO, Anthony Rawlins. “Especially against such stiff competition and travel industry giants such as Best Western Hotels”. He continued, “To get this recognition really is a testament to our dedicated and creative team who have worked so hard to develop and deliver our applications for the last few years”.  

Also this year, Digital Visitor was finalists in 2 other categories, including ‘Best Technology Provider’ and ‘Rising Star of the Year’ (CEO Anthony Rawlins). Digital Visitor’s suite of social media applications plug seamlessly into any website, enabling organisations of all sizes to gather reviews, photos, videos and enable discussions about their specific products and services.

“Our solutions don’t just look pretty on our client’s websites, they are geared around a delivering a visible and clear return on investment for our clients. We aim to show increased conversions, increase traffic and reduced customer acquisition costs” said Anthony. He added, “Research has proven that nearly 50% of consumers prefer to read ‘reviews on a company’s website’ over magazines, forums, shopping comparison sites, newspapers and social networking sites.  In fact, the only other sources that were more preferred than reviews on a company website were ‘via a search engine’ or ‘reviews on shopping sites’, so this really does highlight the great importance for brands to provide real reviews by real people on their very own websites.”

They have proudly worked with many of the travel and leisure industries most respected brands including Virgin Holidays, Flight Centre, ebookers, TopDeck, Warner Leisure Hotels, The Doyle Collection, London Clubs International, VisitBritain, VisitEngland, The National Trust, National Museums Scotland, Cape Town and Western Cape tourism board, the French Provence tourism board, and many more travel companies and visitor attractions including the South West’s very own At Bristol centre, Thermae Bath Spa and Roman Baths just to name a few.

More recently, Digital Visitor have begun working with clients in retail and education, Champneys and North Somerset Council respectively, proving that their social media applications and strategies are beneficial for any organisation, of any size, and in any industry.

As well as developing cutting edge social media applications, Digital Visitor also provide a range of social media marketing services to greatly enhance the online exposure of their clients to the 1 billion or so individuals engaged in online communities and social media sites throughout the world.

The winners were announced at the Awards ceremony on 12th October at the Roundhouse London.

Click here to view the complete list of Travolution Award winners.

To find out more about Digital Visitor’s award winning applications and services, please visit www.digitalvisitor.com, email info@digitalvisitor.com or call +44(0)1179 055 195