RIP Travelllll – quirky name, plenty of content, potentially a large, vociferous and captive audience

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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.

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Travel blogger makes it to a TED stage [VIDEO]

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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

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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.

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Are blogs REALLY that important to hotels?

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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.

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Humbled and very grateful – Tnooz won an award again

TPA 2012

It’s always nice to be recognised for doing A Good Thing by the very people we write about. After all, we like what we do and how we do it – and it is obviously something we take very seriously.

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(Some) Travel bloggers, paid-links and who is to blame

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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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Oh my goodness – Men of Travel Blogging Calendar for 2013 [women version also available]

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Tnooz has covered (often stirred) the various debates about the rise of bloggers as a force within the world of content in online travel.

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Online travel content – now is the time to take it REALLY seriously. With bloggers. Please

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I’ll admit it: I’ve got an axe to grind. A big and rather shiny axe, one that has been resting against the cupboard called Lazy Travel Marketing for quite a while.

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A very rough guide for new online travel companies working with writers

travel writing

It was Jorge-Luis Borges, the blind Argentinian poet-writer, who called shyness “evil”.

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A brief word about guest articles on Tnooz

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Any media brand or blog with a healthy following and strong page rank will get countless requests for guest articles every week.

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