TBEX Admin's Blog – July 2010 Archive (3)

TBEX Continues to Break Barriers with Research, Conferences

Excerpt from TBEX's latest press release..."In the wake of the 2nd Annual Travel Blogging Conference, titled TBEX, which recently took place in New York City on June 26 and 27, 2010. This Monday, pre-registration tickets went on sale for TBEX '11, and sold out within 18 hours. "
View the rest of this press release at http://pitch.pe/74299

Added by TBEX Admin on July 8, 2010 at 3:56pm — 1 Comment

So what does the travel blogging industry look like anyway?

It's a good question. There has been talk about whether this community of like minds (not the TBEX community per se but the community at large) or an actual profession or an emerging trend that will someday become an industry.

I know that I personally would like to know. As a marketing professional new to the industry, I not only deal with travel and public relations professionals, but community managers, hospitality professionals, marketing reps and lots more. Where does the… Continue

Added by TBEX Admin on July 8, 2010 at 2:58pm — 14 Comments

Necco Wafers, Smoking in Airplanes and Ice Skating in Paris

My love affair with travel began pretty early on. As a five year old traveling between my mother (who married an Air Force captain) and my dad (who stayed in sunny California, where I was born), I navigated airports and traveled treacherous Canadian roads to get to the nearest airport that offered non-stop flights to Sacramento. I saw it all as an adventure, for the most part, and reveled in the one on one attention that comes from a 6 hour road trip with one's parent.

I was little.… Continue

Added by TBEX Admin on July 7, 2010 at 12:23pm — 1 Comment