TBEX Europe Speakers

Maren Hogan (USA), CMO, TravelBlogExchange

Twitter: @MarenHogan

Bio: Maren is GoGalavanting's resident hotel reviewer and co-host of Galavanting.tv. The rest of her time is spent as marketing chief for Galavanting's other properties, including TBEX,
which Maren co-founded.

Kim Mance (USA), Co-Host, Galavanting.tv

Twitter: @KimMance
Bio: Kim is based in Chicago, IL and some of her other writing on everything
from travel to politics to parenting can be found in places like
MarieClaire.com's Travel Diaries, The Huffington Post, and Babble. She's
also co-founder of TBEX and the Travel Blog Exchange.

Karen Bryan (UK), editor, Europe a la Carte

Twitter: @KarenBryan

Bio: Karen Bryan is the founding editor of Europe a la Carte, a UK based, multi author blog which features European travel tips about the best places to visit in Europe

Lola Akinmade (Sweden), editor, Matador Network

Twitter: @LolaAkinmade

Bio: Lola Akinmade is a freelance travel writer/photographer for publications such as National Geographic traveler, BBC, Fodors, Hemispheres and Vogue.

Robert Reid (USA), US editor, Lonely Planet

Twitter: @ReidOnTravel

Bio: US editor and spokesperson for Lonely Planet. He has written two dozen guidebooks (including USA & Canada, Europe & Southeast Asia) and articles for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and ESPN.

Paul Brady (USA), writer, blogger & editor, Condé Nast Traveler

Twitter: @p_brady
Bio: Based in New York, Paul Brady Creates websites for Conde Nast Traveler. His is also a travel writer and world traveler.

Jason Clampet (USA), senior online editor, Frommers.com

Twitter: @ClampetFrommers

Bio: Jason oversees all online-only content and develops new products. Previously, Jason wrote, and photographed the first edition of Rough Guide to Baja California. Jason spent six years at CitySearch.com, where he launched the Philidelphia site, ran the New York site, and wrote about restaurants, hotels, and bars in the cities across the U.S. His writing has appeared in Architectural Record, Shonen Jump, and Everyday with Rachel Ray.

Andrew Evans (USA), freelance writer & blogger, National Geographic

Twitter: @WheresAndrew

Bio: Andrew's traveled 10,000 miles, from DC to Antarctica, by bus from National Geographic Traveler on Bus2Antarctica. His current project will have him on the road blogging and tweeting for NationalGeographic.com.

John E. DiScala (USA), blogger, JohnnyJet

Twitter: @JohnnyJet

Bio: Johnny and his website JohnnyJet.com have been featured over 2,000 times in major publications, including USA today, Time, Fortune and The New York Times, and he has appeared on ABC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, FOX News Channel and PBS. Every week, Johnny hosts a "travel website of the week" for several radio stations around the country, he writes weekly for Frommers.com and he has written for USAToday, The Boston Herald, LAX Magazine and Coast Magazine.

Bart van Poll (Netherlands), bloggers, Spotted by Locals

Twitter: @SpottedByLocals

Bio: Spotted by Locals was started by Sanne & Bart van Poll, two married Amsterdam locals and travel addicts. Sanne & Bart travel to all online cities, and select all Spotters.

Heather Cowper (UK), blogger, Heather on Her Travels
Twitter: @HeatherCowper
Bio: Owner of Heather on Her Travels, a popular blog site, Heather is a world traveler and blogger offering her audience travel tips, reviews, culture and epiculinary adventures.


Timothy Anderson (Denmark), video blogger, My Denmark TV
Twitter: @MyDenmarkTV
Bio: he has has been an intrepid explorer of Copenhagen and of Danish culture.
He has numerous and varied interests, occupations and identities, both
past and present (besides Host of MyDenmarkTV.com), which include
blogger, writer, journalist, editor, entrepreneur, traveler, researcher,
pitchman of countless business ideas, very amateur party DJ, father,
PhD student (briefly)…oh yeah, and private jet salesman (seriously!).

Angelika Hermann-Meier (Germany), president & owner, Angelika Hermann-Meier PR

Twitter: @HermannMeierPR

Bio: Angelika studied communications, history and psychology. She worked as a freelance journalist in New York and South America, before making a name for herself in Germany as a travel journalist. In 1990 Angelika Hermann-Meier started her PR-career and founded her own agency.

Ella Marshall, Quality Hunter, Finnair

Bio: A self-confessed foodie, always seeking to test her taste buds. She is constantly on the lookout for trends in architecture, food, travel, and fashion. Ella is a reader and a writer – an experienced blogger and freelance journalist.

Maria Mroue, Communications Director, Finnair

Bio: Maria has worked for Finnair since 2005. She is a Master of Social Sciences from Helsinki University. Her areas of responsibility at Finnair include operational and internal communications, publications, social media, crisis communications and media training.