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David on October 26th, 2011

In recent times, I’ve encountered a few press trip frustrations that, from my point of view, just didn’t need to happen. It got me thinking – what would my ideal press trip consist of? Well it obviously depends on the stories I’m going to research, but this little lot just about covers it…   A [...]

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David on January 29th, 2011

Much ado about Naples On Wednesday morning, I was putting together an article about York. I’d just written that Laterooms.com is a decent place to look for deals on B&Bs when Rotterdam-based travel writer Shaney Hudson said something rather interesting on Twitter. Shaney had spotted a sizable chunk of her article on Naples quoted in [...]

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Ten tips for getting yourself noticed: PART ONE   In recent times, I have come across a number of really interesting projects – be they unusual tours, genuinely excellent B&Bs or quirky experiences. And there seem to be some common themes with them. Firstly, they’re small, independent operations run by one or two people without [...]

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‘The World Cup won’t help us’ This morning, I flicked over to the Guardian website to be met with a headline that is becoming all too common. Above a picture of black South Africans comes a cry of “The World Cup won’t help us”. The story then goes on to talk to lots of poor [...]

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David on October 14th, 2009

Blogosphere debate Jeremy Head has written a characteristically interesting post on whether travel content that has been paid for by a company can ever be objective. As part of the debate, he references Matthew Teller’s proposal about PR agencies and tourist boards paying travel writers for articles rather than the publications they are published in. [...]

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Dear PR person. You were curious as to whether I had received your press release. I probably did. I probably didn’t read it either. Here’s why:   1. It’s not addressed to me If you’ve sent it to everyone on your mailing list in the hope that it fits something that someone, somewhere is writing [...]

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David on October 2nd, 2009

Is there money in travel writing? Jeremy Head has written a fascinating piece on the new travel technology news service, Tnooz.com. He goes through the fears that many travel writers are facing about the internet taking over from print. To put it in a nutshell, where will travel writers get their money from in the [...]

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David on September 16th, 2009

Less coverage of green travel in travel media You don’t hear quite so much about green travel these days, do you? For a good few years, it was the flavour of the month in the travel media. Far too much attention was devoted to travelling without flying, environmentally-friendly hotels, carbon off-setting and other ‘innovations’ that [...]

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The end of free news? News International proprietor Rupert Murdoch has signalled his intention to end the era of free content on the internet. He has not yet announced how he will do this, but it is likely that his newspaper websites will be introducing some sort of charges in the next year. This means [...]

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