A vision of the future for travel writers.
A week ago, I and many others were stopped in our tracks by the video released by Google to accompany their promotion – sadly, in North America only – for early adopters to try Google Glass.
Since its debut announcement a year ago, many people have been eagerly anticipating Glass. Back then, in its demo form, it was little more than a digital camera on a headset, but Continue Reading
Visit Finland has turned to the new travel blogger marketing group, Navigate Media, to highlight the country as a winter, as well as summer destination.
The campaign, which kicks off in February, is called ‘Finland Blogsposure’ and will be run under the #VisitFinland hashtag.
Six Navigate Media Group (NMG) bloggers will be hosted; Ayngelina Brogan of www.BaconisMagic.ca, Pete and Dalene Heck of www.HeckticTravels.com, Michael Hodson of www.GoSeeWrite.com, Michael Tieso of Continue Reading
The new Professional Travel Bloggers Association (PTBA) is taking two important new steps today as it emerges into the light from a long period of cooperative development.
The major travel industry show, ITB in Berlin (March 2013) has announced a partnership with PTBA, and in the next 24 hours travel bloggers will be openly invited to sign up for PTBA membership on the association’s new website.
The PTBA has been formed by a core group of Continue Reading
The land grab is under way. Less than 24 hours old, the new Google+ Communities feature is already seeing a frenzy of Community creation, but which new communities will last the course and which will be the most influential?
Rather like Facebook Groups, the new Communities feature allows G+ users to create groups to share interests, organise, and communicate around those topics. Up till now, users with shared interests have had to congregate around hashtags and shared circles. Communities gives Continue Reading
With December upon us, now is traditionally the time to be gazing into the future and for both the travel media, and the travel industry it looks like there are some interesting developments on the horizon with the arrival of a new generation of travellers – Generation Z.
Forget Generation Y (aka “The Millennials”, born between 1980-2000). They are already here. Generation Z are the first generation born (1995 – 2010) into a world dominated by the Internet, Social Media, Continue Reading
But you’ll need to be quick. Entries for the Expedia.co.uk ‘Make It Happen’ blogger trip to Berlin. need to be submitted this weekend.
Our friends at Expedia want to invite you to submit your idea of how you would explore a city using Expedia. The trip is open to any English language bloggers. You can submit and centre your itinerary around anything, choosing a particular theme such as art, fashion, food, or incorporating a bit of everything.
All itineraries need Continue Reading