Booking a flight? Go on Facebook. Running late to the hotel? Send a tweet. Hotels, airlines and other segments of the nation's multibillion-dollar travel industry are aggressively tapping into social media, ramping up their use of online sites such as Facebook and Twitter to build loyalty to their brands. Lee County, with a $2.6-billion-a-year tourism and hospitality industry, is part of the trend.

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