Unfortunately, at this year’s TBEX conference in Toronto, we were forced to cancel one of our speaker’s talks at the last minute due to the speaker’s continued violations of our speaker and attendee agreements. This caused a bit of controversy at the time, so I want to explain why we made the decision we did, and to help everyone understand the broader ethical responsibility that event organizers have to their attendees, sponsors, and speakers.
Travel Blog Exchange Special Announcement: Our First Group of TBEX Dublin Speakers!
Today is an exciting day: we’re announcing our first group of speakers for TBEX Dublin! Obviously, we still have a ton of proposals to review, but we want to give a hearty welcome to the following speakers who will be coming to the Dublin stage in October.
TBEX Sponsor Post: Dublin’s New Dawn
TBEX couldn’t have picked a better time to come to Dublin.
Revitalising after a spell of recession, the Irish capital has hit a purple patch. There’s excitement in the air, as if a whole new brand of electricity has been tapped and zapped around the city streets, energising everything and everybody. It’s Dublin 2.0, and its time is now.
TBEX Dublin: Deadline Extension for Speaker Proposals
Have you been mulling over your ideas for a session at TBEX Dublin this fall? Well, here’s a little bit of good news – you’ve got a few more days to polish it up and send it to us. That’s right, we’re extending the deadline for TBEX Dublin speaker proposals.
Travel Blog Exchange: Dublin Attendee Badges
Share with your friends and readers that you’re going to TBEX Dublin with our TBEX Dublin badges.
Sponsor Post: Expedia Travel Blogger Contest Offers Free Trip & Chance to be a Filmmaker
The Expedia® Viewfinder Film Contest has a few days left! Open to travel bloggers, in partnership with the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), one travel blogger will win the chance to bring their blog post to life through film and star in their own travel short video. The winner will travel to one of five pre-selected destinations – each destination an icon of the silver screen – including Australia, Paris, Morocco, London, and Seattle. The Expedia Viewfinder Film Contest began June 5 and the entry period will close on June 30, 2013.
TBEX Toronto: Live Recording of This Week in Travel Podcast
The crew from the This Week in Travel podcast has recorded live shows at past TBEX conferences, and they took the stage again in Toronto during the closing general session. This time, hosts Gary Arndt, Chris Christensen, and Jen Leo had the never-understated Spud Hilton as their guest, and they also got help from TBEX speaker Leif Pettersen, who made sure the podcasters all had something cold to drink before they dug into the topics at hand.
Travel Blog Exchange: Call for Speakers TBEX Europe in Dublin
We’re still reeling from the experiences at TBEX 13 in Toronto, still amazed at the A-game our speakers brought to the stage, and now it’s time to knuckle down and make sure that we deliver a consistent quality educational program for TBEX Europe in Dublin.
TBEX Sponsor Post: When Great Storytellers Came to Visit
TBEX, you sure are a prolific lot. You generated more than 31,000 tweets and 6,000 photos on Instagram in a 96-hour period. And counting. Trying to work through it is like taking a sip from Niagara Falls.
Travel Blog Exchange: Travel Bloggers Bid Farewell to Toronto
There will be plenty of time for telling stories, discussing and analyzing TBEX 13 in Toronto. We’ll have speaker slides up later this week, we’ll have surveys coming out, and we’ll be opening speaker submissions for Dublin.
