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 visit Continue Reading
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
TBEX, the travel blogger conference recently acquired by Blogworld, is coming to Europe.
Today TBEX has announced that TBEX Europe 2012 will be taking place at the Girona Auditorium and Conference Centre, in the Costa Brava region of Spain on 21-22 Sept 2012.
The deal with the Costa Brava Girona Tourist Board, who will be hosting the event, was signed in Spain last week by Blogworld’s CEO & Founder, Rick Calvert, who Continue Reading
Since early 2011 I’ve attended numerous conferences and events relating to the world of travel, social and blogging. As with other people in this space, I work on the industry side, though I also participate in (as well as organise) blogtrips from time to time.
It seems that there are what I’d like to refer to as ‘re-occurring themes’ that appear during these conferences. They’re discussed as part of the healthy debate that has helped to shape the Digital Travel Continue Reading
The Egyptian Tourist Authority is supporting a live blogging trip this week, which will then be presented as a case-study at the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) conference on Travel and Media on Thursday.
The #WeVisitEgypt trip started today with Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll of Uncornered Market, heading for the Sinai and its Red Sea resorts. Also on the trip is Erica Hargreave from Roamancing.
Audrey and Dan (who were Continue Reading
At this weekend’s TBU conference in the Italian region of Umbria, organiser Oliver Gradwell used his opening address this morning to outline three main projects – the TBU Ad Network, TBU Jobs and TBU School of Excellence.
The ad network will bring in advertising from media buying agencies and offer them to registered bloggers. The amount of money the bloggers will be paid will be based on their traffic, Continue Reading