The second Travel Bloggers Unite (TBU) Conference has been and gone, running over 5 jam-packed days (24th-28th August) in the western Austrian city of Innsbruck. Delegates from all corners of Europe and further afield enjoyed city-wide photographic tours, presentations from the experts and lively discussion, and somehow still managed to find the time to party their socks off.
So what did they get from the experience?
- Isabelle Kenis summarises key presentations, including links to slideshows and video footage…
- For Kate McCulley, aka. Adventurous Kate, it was about the PR perspective. As with the first TBU event in Manchester earlier this year, the PR agencies had a say (and a presentation) – in Manchester by Dru Bryan of gosh PR, and in Innsbruck by Ruth Haffenden of Four bgb…
- Abigail King gave a talk on the lessons of print media and the craft of travel writing – and later picked up a community award for the quality of hers…
- For Kash Bhattacharya, inspiration and gratitude in being involved in such a rapidly-evolving (yet still fledgling) industry was the big take-home…
- Andy Hayes was all about the e-mail…
- For Paul Corbett, TBU Innsbruck was the second part in a comprehensive travel-blogging education that began for him in Manchester…
- Anthony Middleton treasured the friendships and professional connections he made, and the profound value of spending a weekend discussing “the bleeding obvious” – the things that travel bloggers should be focussing on to develop their brand, but rarely are, because they’re, like, so obvious…
- Kirsten Alana did some frankly amazing things with her camera and iPhone, and then showed everyone what she’d done on the streets of Innsbruck and in her own presentation…
- Jayne of Flight Centre UK couldn’t get enough of the jaw-dropping scenery, and was grateful for all the heated discussion (which is always a sign that people really care)…
- Jools Stone (winner of Best Niche Blog for his Trains On The Brain) was predictably entranced by the Innsbruck Funicular…
- …and newly-freelanced writer Maxine Sheppard connected, connected, connected, and pondered the dangers of bloggers getting too hung up on metrics and intra-community matters when their real audience was outside it.
All attendees seem agreed – a worthy second act. Next up? TBU 2012: Umbria!
Were you an attendee at TBU Innsbruck and have you written up your thoughts on the event? We’d love to read them. Leave us a link in the comments. Thanks!
Image: James Cridland.
Post Revisions:
- 13 September, 2011 @ 14:22 [Current Revision] by Mike Sowden
- 13 September, 2011 @ 11:32 by John O'Nolan
- 13 September, 2011 @ 11:27 by John O'Nolan
- 13 September, 2011 @ 9:29 by John O'Nolan
- 13 September, 2011 @ 8:49 by Mike Sowden
- 13 September, 2011 @ 8:48 by Mike Sowden
Thanks for including me in this round up guys. Love the site and as I have said in my tweets just gutted I didn’t come up with the idea myself :)
A pleasure, Jayne!
Cheers for the mention. I love being predictable. You knew I was going to say that didn’t you?
Yes. And I knew you were going to say that I knew you were going to say that, too. ;)
Ah…but did you know that I knew that you were going to say that, that who knew, that…Oh, hang on, wheels have come off…
Thanks for including me! Great round-up of the posts for everyone who missed TBU.
And I’m one of them. :) Cheers, Isabelle.
Too bad that I missed it but thanks for all the summarises!
Thanks for dropping by, Nisa!
Thank you so much for the shout-out Mike! It really was a terrific time in Innsbruck. You know the only thing missing at TBU was your presence. #justsayin
I very much feel the same way, Kirsten. *looks longingly at the photos* Alas… #NextTimeForSure
Thanks for including me Mike, great round-up. Make sure you get there next time :)
Cheers for the mention – Innsbruck was a great experience and good to catch up with fellow travel bloggers.
Hope to see you in Umbria?
I had a great time in Innsbruck, the conference was a big success in my eyes. I learned a lot from the seminars, met a ton of very cool people and had a whole lot of fun. Can’t wait till the next one!
I had such a great time in Innsbruck and meeting all of you was a great pleasure! Hope to see you all soon again somewhere.
Top notch round up as ever – looking forward to a little bit of Italy…