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and sets out a new, green way forward in tourism.

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links that carry the main message of the link and that carries our brand. Bitly
also gives us data analytics on who is clicking our links which helps us carry
the clients forward in the advertising process.

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Our goal was to implement a system that would not interrupt the gameplay
experience when a new update was announced, and we found QR Codes to be the
perfect answer.

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link-associated things.

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