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		<title>The perfect press trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230; &#160; A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A dubious approach to website content</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/01/29/a-dubious-approach-to-website-content/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/01/29/a-dubious-approach-to-website-content/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#38;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get media coverage for your hotel or tour – advice for independent operators</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2010/09/27/how-to-get-media-coverage-for-your-hotel-or-tour-%e2%80%93-advice-for-independent-operators/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2010/09/27/how-to-get-media-coverage-for-your-hotel-or-tour-%e2%80%93-advice-for-independent-operators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#38;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa’s World Cup – why it can’t fix everything</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2010/06/03/south-africa%e2%80%99s-world-cup-%e2%80%93-why-it-can%e2%80%99t-fix-everything/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2010/06/03/south-africa%e2%80%99s-world-cup-%e2%80%93-why-it-can%e2%80%99t-fix-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who will pay for travel writing? A potential compromise</title>
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		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/10/14/who-will-pay-for-travel-writing-a-potential-compromise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 reasons why I deleted your press release without reading it</title>
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		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/10/12/ten-reasons-why-i-deleted-your-press-release-without-reading-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the internet really killing travel journalism?</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/10/02/is-the-internet-really-killing-travel-journalism/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/10/02/is-the-internet-really-killing-travel-journalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green travel: Did many travellers care in the first place?</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/09/16/green-travel-did-many-travellers-care-in-the-first-place/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/09/16/green-travel-did-many-travellers-care-in-the-first-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paid content on the internet: Will Murdoch’s plans succeed?</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/06/paid-content-on-the-internet-will-murdoch%e2%80%99s-plans-succeed/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/06/paid-content-on-the-internet-will-murdoch%e2%80%99s-plans-succeed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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