Somewhat ironic that in the week that BBC sold Lonely Planet to a little known digital publishing house that a site created to cover issues affecting travel writers and blogging revealed it would be closing.
RIP Travelllll – quirky name, plenty of content, potentially a large, vociferous and captive audience
March 24, 2013 By 9 Comments
Do clarified US rules mean travel bloggers must disclose freebies in relevant tweets?
March 18, 2013 By 51 Comments
Most US travel bloggers have assumed that they can tweet about press trips without mentioning that they are press trips as long as they link to a blog post that discloses it was a press trip. Yet that’s not the law.
Travel blogger makes it to a TED stage [VIDEO]
March 12, 2013 By 9 Comments
Say what you like about travel bloggers, when one of them gets a slot at a TED event they probably deserve at the very least a hearty congratulations.
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Travel blogging calendar project falls flat, organisers blame rest of travel blogging community
February 4, 2013 By 58 Comments
Creators of a calendar featuring travel bloggers in various states of undress have turned on their peers for not supporting the initiative after sales fell short of expectations.
Are blogs REALLY that important to hotels?
January 29, 2013 By 25 Comments
When I first started writing about hospitality, I was surprised at the number of hoteliers who came to me and said: “I have to have a blog – my SEO is bad without a blog!”, or some other variant.
(Some) Travel bloggers, paid-links and who is to blame
November 21, 2012 By 5 Comments
One of the common problems I come across when doing outreach is bloggers replying but asking to be paid for the link.
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CNNGo.com is folded into the main CNN brand, leaving lessons for travel content creators
November 20, 2012 By 4 Comments
Whether you’re a journalist, blogger, or content creator for a travel site like a hotel or metasearch company, there are interesting lessons to be learned from the success of CNNGo and its current rebranding effort.
If you do not have a blog, your hotel website is dead
November 19, 2012 By 17 Comments
I can’t even begin to remember the number of times I have heard hoteliers talk about the need to get more direct business, preferably through their own hotel websites.
Oh my goodness – Men of Travel Blogging Calendar for 2013 [women version also available]
November 1, 2012 By 71 Comments
Tnooz has covered (often stirred) the various debates about the rise of bloggers as a force within the world of content in online travel.
A very rough guide for new online travel companies working with writers
September 18, 2012 By 13 Comments
It was Jorge-Luis Borges, the blind Argentinian poet-writer, who called shyness “evil”.
