This document discusses how travel companies can use user-generated content (UGC) to create value. It explains that travelers share more photos and videos than average which they want to share where they stayed and what they did. The presentation covers why UGC is useful, how to encourage sharing through gamification, tracking influencers, and leveraging top contributors. It provides examples of contests and leaderboards to generate content and traffic for hotels and tour operators. The key benefits of UGC are that it is free, fun, authentic, and easy to obtain for marketing.