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Gorillas, Chimps and Game Parks with Intrepid Travel

Intrepid Travel has a number of late availability places on the 26 May and 2 June departures of its 16-day ‘Gorillas, Chimps & Game Parks’ trip valued at £840/USD$1495/EUR€1000.

 

Rather than let the overlanding trucks set off half empty,…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on May 4, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

TBU Umbria Helicopter - WIN a place

So the TBU Umbria confernce helicopter will be taking pleasure flights around the Umbrian skies tomorrow, from 9am.  If you want to win a place and have the unique opportunity to take photos of Assisi and the surrounding countryside, from the sky then read on.

City Tours or Photo / Video Workshops and Walks?

Photo / Video Workshops + Walks

If you are a travel blogger, then you can…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 19, 2012 at 7:28pm — No Comments

How To Improve Your Narrative Travel Writing

Storytelling isn't just for novelists and aspiring Hollywood scriptwriters. It's at the heart of effective communication, and for getting readers to invest their time in your work.…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 19, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

Friday 20th Airport Transfers

Below are the pickup details for those that have requested an airport transfer on Thursday 19th April from either Rome Fiumicino or Perugia Airport.

The pick up times are noted, along with your fellow passengers / delegates.

Perugia

10:55

  • Mike Briggs
  • Scott McLay
  • Ian Humphreys
  • Sabrina…
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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 17, 2012 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Thursday 19th Airport Transfers

Below are the pickup details for those that have requested an airport transfer on Thursday 19th April from either Rome Fiumicino or Perugia Airport.

The pick up times are noted, along with your fellow passengers / delegates.

 

Perugia

10:55

  • Michelle Brideau
  • Katrina Wong
  • Leila Stocker
  • Pleasance…
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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 17, 2012 at 1:00am — No Comments

City Tours of Perugia and Assisi

City tours to Perugia or Assisi have been made available for delegates attending the Travel Bloggers Unite conference in Umbria, on the morning of Friday 20th April.

 

The tours are intended for any TBUMBR delegate, especially those who weren't able to regsiter for the…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 14, 2012 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Win 4 European Urban Adventure Packs with Intrepid Travel

Short and Tweet – WIN Intrepid Urban Adventures

Intrepid Travel - Gold sponsor of TBU Umbria

Intrepid Travel aims to introduce a wider audience to adventure travel through its ‘bite-size’…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 12, 2012 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Win 2 Great Sailing Trips With Intrepid Travel

Tweet Ahoy – Intrepid’s new sailing trips up for grabs

Intrepid Travel - Gold sponsor of TBU Umbria

Sailing is a new style of adventure for Intrepid Travel in 2012. We’ll be sailing the oceans blue in Croatia, Greece and Thailand. Perfect for solo…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 12, 2012 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

Umbria Slow App: FREE Download

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: we are very excited about TBU Umbria, which is shaping up to be both an excellent conference and an excellent opportunity to get to know this unique and beautiful Italian region which we chose as our 2012 venue.

And because we…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 10, 2012 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Cheapflights Media Sponsor TBU

Travel Bloggers Unite are delighted to announce that Cheapflights Media have signed up as Gold sponsors of the TBU Umbria conference.

 

Cheapflights Media

Cheapflights Media is one of the…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 10, 2012 at 2:00am — 3 Comments

How To Use Social for the Soul – not the Ego

The social landscape has started to stabilise after years of flux; social networks have come and gone and only a few have remained. Locating, communicating and developing an enthusiastic army to help you and your website has never been so…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 9, 2012 at 9:08pm — 3 Comments

How To Get Google To Love You: Online Dating For Bloggers

Getting the Google love is about knowing what Google looks for in the natural search results. Google has things it like’s in a partner, and things it dislikes.

 

 

Sadly, getting Google love has never been so difficult – and…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 9, 2012 at 8:30pm — 3 Comments

How To Take Your PR + Marketing Contacts To The Next Level

After you've started to work with a PR, marketing or travel company how can you take that relationship to the next stage?



How can you develop the relationship…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 9, 2012 at 6:00pm — 3 Comments

TBU Umbria Conference Helicopter

Is it a bird?, no.... Is it a plane?, no.... It is the TBU Umbria Conference Helicopter of course!!! :)

Seriously!

 

 

 

At TBU Umbria, there will be a helicopter taking travel blogger delegates on…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 7, 2012 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

TBU Umbria Prizes

The following is a list of prizes that  Travel blogger delegates have the opportunity to win at TBU Umbria.  We'll be adding to the list in the next week, so keep checking back.

 

 

 

The…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 6, 2012 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Win a trip to see polar bears and 2 iPads at TBU Umbria

The Canadian Tourist Commision have been great supporters of TBU and of travel bloggers over the past year or so.  We are delighted to say that our friend Nim, from the London office of CTC will be at TBU Umbria and she is providing some rather amazing…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on April 5, 2012 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

The New Social Media Manager for TBU

Travel Bloggers Unite are delighted to announce our new Social Media Manager is Monica Stott, aka on twitter as @TheTravelHack.  TBU continues to…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on March 30, 2012 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Steve McCurry Appearing At TBU Umbria

It is a massive honour to announce that Steve McCurry, one of the finest image makers in the world, will be appearing at TBU Umbria next month.

 

" Most of my photos are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person's face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person."

Steve…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on March 29, 2012 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

TBU Umbria Conference Schedule

 Here is the conference schedule for TBU Umbria.

 

 

 

Thursday19th April

  • Suggested main arrival day
  • Free day
  • 7pm -…
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Added by Oliver Gradwell on March 22, 2012 at 10:00pm — 3 Comments

Travel Photography Workshop + Walk with Ken Kaminesky

National Geographic featured photographer, Ken Kaminesky is back at TBU Umbria, to deliver yet another insightful & informative photo workshop and walk.



Those who attended our previous conference in Innsbruck will remember…

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Added by Oliver Gradwell on March 11, 2012 at 8:30pm — No Comments

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