Johnny Jet To Become American Express Star Blogger

by Rich Whitaker RSS 5 Comments
Man selecting credit card

To showcase the benefits of the Starwood American Express card, money-saving travel blogger, Johnny Jet, has been selected by American Express as one of its star travel bloggers.

American Express has teamed up with Johnny Jet to help people discover better ways to travel while saving money and getting the most out of their experience. As part of the deal, Johnny and a guest will have the opportunity to attend some really cool events including the Tribeca Film Festival, the Continue Reading

New Social Map Site Connects Travellers With Bloggers

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 6 Comments
pins on a map

People love to stick pins in things as the success of Pinterest has demonstrated! So why not in a map?

Recent startup, Uencounter.me is a virtual pin map that is social. It allows users to create a personalised virtual pin map to mark locations of interest, and its open design enables a wide range of uses.

For example, shortly after its ‘coming out’ last month (the site went “quietly live” in Nov 2011), the Uencounter team saw users Continue Reading

An Open Letter To Aspiring Travel Bloggers

by Gary Arndt RSS 60 Comments
Gary Arndt & friends,Prambanan

Dear Aspiring Travel Blogger,

I know you are considering jumping into the world of travel blogging. I can’t blame you. Over the last five and a half years, my travel blog has opened up many doors that would otherwise have been closed to me.

However, before you dive head first into the rainbow and unicorn world of travel blogging, there are probably a few things you should know:

 

1) You will not have overnight success. Continue Reading

Ten Strategies To Increase Your Conference ROI

by Gabi Logan RSS 10 Comments
2011 North Louisiana Travel Outlook Conference, Bossier City, La

These days there are plenty of interesting conferences to fill your diary and your thirst for knowledge: BlogHer in NYC, TBEX in Colorado, TBEX Europe in Spain, Travel Bloggers Unite in Australia, Europe and the Americas, World Travel Market in London, ITB in Berlin or Malaysia International Tourism Blogger Conference & Awards in… well, Malaysia. As nice as it is to have an excuse to Continue Reading

Twitter Recognises Gatwick Airport As A Trusted News Source

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 0 Comments
Passenger at Gatwick airport

Gatwick is the first UK airport to be granted Twitter’s little ‘blue tick’ of authority for its customer service role keeping passengers up-to-date on the latest travel news.

Gatwick Airport is the UK’s second largest airport and the busiest single-runway airport in the world. Its 24/7 Twitter service not only keeps passengers informed by ‘broadcasting’ up-to-the minute details during disruptive weather, flight delays and everyday airport activity, but also pro-actively handles passengers’ queries and concerns through the #askgatwick hashtag. This Continue Reading

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