Events, Market Leads, News, Resources for Writers 2 comments on Online Travel Content – movers and shakers get together

Online Travel Content – movers and shakers get together

It’s certainly been a busy couple of weeks for the online travel community, with bloggers, developers, start ups and long-established travel companies chewing the cud together on the future of travel. Last week, for example, the UK’s blogging community prised their fingers from their laptops for a get together, for the very first time, as […]

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Events, Market Leads, News, Resources for Writers 3 comments on Learn from travel great at TRAVELLERS’ TALES FIRST FESTIVAL – 103 discount available

Learn from travel great at TRAVELLERS’ TALES FIRST FESTIVAL – 10% discount available

Jonathan Lorie, Director of Travellers’ Tales has just emailed his faithful following with details of the company’s first ever Festival. It isn’t often that travel writers – wanna be and professional alike – get the chance to spend a weekend picking up tips of the trade and mingling with Michael Palin…not to mention John Simpson […]

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Events, Resources for Writers, Travel Books 0 comments on Travel Reading Group & Online Travel Writing Bootcamp – inspire and energise your writing

Travel Reading Group & Online Travel Writing Bootcamp – inspire and energise your writing

As a reader and editor, I’ve always had slightly more of a leaning towards travel literature than fact-focused guidebooks. Of course, both genres do have different jobs to fulfil; travel books’ rich, subjective descriptions inspire us to visit far-flung places and then, once you’ve visited and with every subsequent book you read, writers’ differing responses […]

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Events, Market Leads 0 comments on Calling all travel industry bloggers – apply now for the 2008 PhoCusWright Bloggers’ Summit

Calling all travel industry bloggers – apply now for the 2008 PhoCusWright Bloggers’ Summit

Running from November 17-20 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood, California, The Bloggers’ Summit, part of the PhoCusWright Travel Industry Event of the Year is a way for travel industry bloggers from around the world to get together, share and exchange ideas and to participate in the Travel Industry Event of the Year. This Bloggers’ […]

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Authors, Events, Platform Profiles, Resources for Writers, Travel Books 0 comments on In October: Travel-writer events in NYC

In October: Travel-writer events in NYC

We got a heads-up from ex-Written Road contributor Kelly Amabile, of some cool travel related events in NYC this October. Although the events do not talk about travel-writing directly, they involve some great travel-writers who will be talking about their books: WHAT: 1) Wednesday, October 8 at 7pm: Stephanie Elizondo Griest reads from her new […]

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Events, Market Leads, Resources for Writers 0 comments on World Travel Market 10-13th November – Free Press Registration Open

World Travel Market 10-13th November – Free Press Registration Open

WTM (World Travel Market) arrives at London’s Excel exhibition centre from 10-13th November. If you’re scheduled to be in the UK around that time I’m guessing you’ll be making a beeline for the Excel exhibition centre too. The annual four day trade show is THE travel gathering of the year in the UK with more […]

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Events, News 0 comments on Travellers’ Tales Announce Three Break-through Master Classes

Travellers’ Tales Announce Three Break-through Master Classes

To continue the theme of Abha’s latest post, there’s lots to gain from one of Travellers’ Tales Travel Writing and Photography workshops; even if you’ve already nailed some paid commissions. They offer practice, practice and more practice, professional and peer appraisals and the chance to add a few more industry contacts to your address book. […]

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