Taking stock and reviewing our goals, what we wish to achieve and whether we are progressing is essential for everyone, regardless of their career or life path. Asking ourselves what we want out of life; fulfilment, enlightenment, blogging celebrity status, wealth, lifelong happiness or all of the above is useful to ensure we are heading [...]
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New Media; Balancing Promotion with Story Telling
‘New media’ is rapidly evolving and the number of opportunities to attend press or blog trips are increasing all the time. These usually involve exciting itineraries, providing excellent opportunities to travel, experience new destinations and to rediscover a few familiar ones. The trips are usually sponsored by a tourism board or possibly a hotel chain [...]
Excursionphobia – An Aversion to Organised Tours
It’s a made up word of course and unlikely to ever get accepted by the Oxford dictionary or the British Medical Association but excursionphobia may adequately describe an aversion to commercial tours. Organised excursions are often a great way to get to know a destination, to understand the history and culture. An experienced and knowledgeable [...]
Responsible Tourism – Giving to Beggars
I recently read a thought provoking article *Do you give money to beggars in which the author questioned their motives for not giving hand-outs to beggars. The article concentrated on the homeless of cities like Auckland or New York but nevertheless it did its job and made me think, about begging and responsible tourism. We [...]
‘Tempting’ Eyes of Saudi women – A Culture of Discrimination?
Thanks to a highly respected source posting on social media site Twitter, the shocking story about discrimination against women in Saudi Arabia. They maybe required to cover their eyes was brought to my attention and I feel compelled to comment. Apparently Saudi women with ‘attractive’ eyes may in future be required to cover them up, the [...]
World Travel Market – Making the all important first Impression, or not!
Two months ago I had not even heard of the World Travel Market, finger on the travel pulse; not! A hatful of nudges from friends and a few tentative enquiries from exhibitors and just over two weeks ago the decision to attend was finally made. This required registering for a press pass before booking accommodation [...]
Partnerships
and the Ultimate Romantic Destination is …….
on February 14, 2013
Happy Valentine’s Day, thanks for taking the time out from reading through the mountain of cards you received and the planned romantic dinner to view this post. Especially as there is also a mountain of published articles recommending the ultimate romantic destination, hotels and restaurants to take your special somebody. Where to whisk them to [...]