Vagabondish Travel-Writing Tips

By Abha | November 18th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Vagabondish, a great portal full of travel-resources,tips and commentary, last week launched their ‘guide to better travel-writing’ which gave 23 habits of a good travel-writer.
Today they released the 2nd... [Read this entry]

Guardian’s Weekly Top 10 Travel Blogs

By Abha | July 24th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

So the Guardian has a new travel-blog spy on board - Benji Lanyado. Looks like the Guardian is diverting new focus to the blogosphere, and this dude is doing the... [Read this entry]

How Traveling Made Her a Writer…

By Abha | June 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Check out a great interview on Gadling with founder or Seal Press Barbara Sjoholm. The interview has been done by our very own Kelly Amabile, and is in the context... [Read this entry]

An All New Gridskipper: Snazzy and Spreadout

By Abha | June 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Gridskipper re-launched yesterday and the result is a completely new look, expanded features, wider focus, more contributors and detailed maps with hotspots marked out per city. New focus cities include:... [Read this entry]

Call For Unusual Travel Stories

By Abha | May 31st, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Brothels on a farm, airports designed like footballs, a visit to a kimchi museum, a midnight party with extras on a film set in Brazil — that’s the kind of... [Read this entry]

Job Lead: BUG Europe Travel Guide

By Abha | May 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The Backpackers Ultimate Guide (BUG) is looking to fill 12 one-month long travel research positions for a Europe travel guide.
The job would involve:
-reviewing hostels (100-150 words per hostel)[Read this entry]

The Travel Channel Acquires World Hum

By Abha | May 21st, 2007 | 4 Comments »

The word has just gotten out, and it’s already been covered considerably. The Travel Channel has acquired World Hum.
Taken over!? Gobbled-up by the fierce and firey bigshots at Discovery?... [Read this entry]

“Take to the street and wander” - Tyler Brûlé

By Abha | May 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

“…To become a real official resident of a city or truly fall for a place you’ve got to let the city push, pull, divert and distract you till you’re either... [Read this entry]

Travel Rants Blog-a-thon

By Abha | May 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Adventure E-zine Goes Live

By Abha | March 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Award-winning travel writer and editor Don George has just begun editing a new monthly online trave-lit-zine called ¨RECCE: Literary Journeys for the Discerning Traveler.”
Sponsored by travel adventure company Geographic... [Read this entry]