Bahamas Daytrip – Whether or Not to Join a Traditional Press Trip

by Matt Long RSS 9 Comments
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A couple of weeks ago I received a strange email asking if I wanted to join a press trip to the Bahamas that was set to leave in just a few days. Furthermore, it was a traditional FAM (familiarization) trip, not a blogger junket and was just for one night.

The goal of the trip was to introduce 100 travel agents, and a handful of media, to a new air service offering direct flights from Baltimore-Washington Airport to Freeport, Grand Continue Reading

Charing Cross Hotel Presents The Travelllll.com Pre-WTM Quiz Night

by Lezaan Roos RSS 2 Comments
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To celebrate the launch of World Travel Market, we are delighted to invite our audience to the Charing Cross Hotel at the heart of London for a special travel-bloggers-only event.

On Monday 7th November, the 32nd World Travel Market takes place in London, and since it’s going to be a 4-day barrage of excitement, we’d like to ease you into the fun by inviting you to a luxurious shindig of our own. It’s taking place in the heart of Continue Reading

“Konichiwa!”: Japan Offers 10,000 Free Flights To Foreign Visitors

by Mike Sowden RSS 23 Comments
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In the wake of a catastrophic year for Japan’s tourist industry, its government is getting creative – and generous. But will it work?

Remember our story last week on Jamie Lafferty, touring and promoting Japan’s 47 prefectures as a guest of the Japanese tourist industry? It seems this is a country taking its publicity campaigns very seriously indeed (understandably so) – and now it’s stumping up 10,000 free flights to Japan in 2012.

According to Continue Reading