Jen Leo http://jenleo.com lets talk about Travel + Twitter Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 This Week in Travel: Episode 24 with Kim Mance (TBEX & Galavanting.tv) http://jenleo.com/this-week-in-travel-episode-24-with-kim-mance-tbex-galavantingtv/ http://jenleo.com/this-week-in-travel-episode-24-with-kim-mance-tbex-galavantingtv/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:42:18 +0000 admin http://jenleo.com/?p=144 kim-mance-headshot_200pxThis week we chat with Kim Mance (@KimMance), co-founder of TBEX and Galavanting.tv. Get a preview of what we talked about on our website.

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]]> http://jenleo.com/this-week-in-travel-episode-24-with-kim-mance-tbex-galavantingtv/feed/ This Week in Travel: Episode 23 with Marilyn Terrel http://jenleo.com/this-week-in-travel-episode-23-with-marilyn-terrel/ http://jenleo.com/this-week-in-travel-episode-23-with-marilyn-terrel/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:24:39 +0000 admin http://jenleo.com/?p=139 This week we chat with Marylin Terrell (@Marilyn_Res), the Chief Researcher for National Geographic Traveler magazine and Intelligent Travel Blog. Get a preview of what we talked about on our website.

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]]> http://jenleo.com/this-week-in-travel-episode-23-with-marilyn-terrel/feed/ Live-Tweeting the Condé Nast Traveler World Savers Congress #CNT09 http://jenleo.com/live-tweeting-the-conde-nast-traveler-world-savers-congress-cnt09/ http://jenleo.com/live-tweeting-the-conde-nast-traveler-world-savers-congress-cnt09/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:26:26 +0000 admin http://jenleo.com/?p=114


I’m heading out to New York City to be the Official Twitterer for the 3rd Annual Condé Nast Traveler World Savers Congress.

When: Monday, Sept. 21; 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street

The widget above will show all the tweets (including yours from home) from the event hashtag #CNT09. It’s going to be a big day—thoughtful, celebratory and inspiring. The conference message that I’m already absorbing as I ready myself for the trip is what an impressive power the travel industry has to ignite positive change.

Read @WendyPerrin’s blog post, How Can YOU Help Save the World When You Travel

There’s a video of Matt Damon from last year’s WSC in which he tells the travel industry just how much power they have to help the planet. Just one memorable quote I took away was:

“There is no greater single tool to combat ignorance, small midnded-ness, fear of other-ness— than travel. So besides being a great business…the industry you’re in promotes people getting outside of their own myopic perspective, of them getting out of their own little community, out of their own culture, and greater cross-culture understanding and ultimately good global citizenship.”

Watch the video. His hopes for the big and little travel companies at last year’s conference is timeless.

What to look forward to from the event:

  • The 2009 World Savers Awards
  • The Economics of Doing Good with Keynote Panelists Abby Joseph Cohen (President, Goldman Sachs Global Markets Institute), Blake Mycoskie (CEO, Toms Shoes), RAchel Webber (Director of Energy Initiatives, News Corporation), Moderated by Nicholas D. Kristof (Columnist, The New York Times).
  • Ken Burns, Filmmaker and Director of The Natonal Parks: America’s Best Idea

  • The Commited Consumer: Engaging Your Guests Now with panelists Carmen Baker (VP of responsible business, Carlson Hotels), Richard Edelman (President & CEO, Edelman Public Relations), Niki Leondakis (COO, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants), Gregg L. Michel (President and COO, Crystal Cruises), Bruce Poon Tip (Founder and CEO, Gap Adventures), Moderated by Wendy Perrin, Consumer news Editor, Condé Nast Traveler.
  • Featured Speakers:

    • Wyclef Jean, How Tourism Can Help Haiti

    Jeffrey B. Swartz, The Connections Between Doing Well and Doing Good

    Mandy Moore, Condé Nast Traveler Five & Alive Fund

  • The Bottom Line: Why Responsible Travel Matters with panelists Raymond N. Bickson (Managing director and CEO, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces), Mark S. Hoplamazian (President and CEO, Hyatt Hotels Corporation), Jorie Butler Kent (Vice chairman, Abercrombie & Kent), Gilles Pélisson (Chairman and CEO, Accor), Moderated by Dorinda Elliott (Deputy editor, Condé Nast Traveler).
  • The Local Benefit with panelists Luis Bossoms (President adn CEO, Groupo Plan), Simon Cooper (President and COO, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company), Darrell Wade (CEO and co-founder, Intrepid Travel), Tensie Whelan (President, Rainforest Alliance), Moderated by Kevin Doyle (News editor, Condé Nast Traveler)
  • The Ripple Effect with panelists Julie Klein (Director of Environmental Affairs, Rock Resorts, Vail Resorts Hospitality), Brian Mcguinness (Senior Vice President, Specialty Select Brands, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc), Frank Rainieri (President and CEO, Groupo Puntacana), Moderated by Dorinda Elliott (Deputy Editor, Condé Nast Traveler)

Stay tuned…

]]> http://jenleo.com/live-tweeting-the-conde-nast-traveler-world-savers-congress-cnt09/feed/ Listen to “This Week in Travel” on iTunes http://jenleo.com/listen-to-this-week-in-travel-on-itunes/ http://jenleo.com/listen-to-this-week-in-travel-on-itunes/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:12:15 +0000 admin http://jenleo.com/?p=101

The new podcast that I’m participating in—This Week in Travel—is already available on iTunes. I know there are a few of you who are just catching up. I think you’ll like our second episode.

Already caught up? We’ll have another one for you tomorrow.

It won’t be long before we’re adding guests and taking topic requests…so hold tight!


]]> http://jenleo.com/listen-to-this-week-in-travel-on-itunes/feed/ New podcast - This Week in Travel http://jenleo.com/new-podcast-this-week-in-travel/ http://jenleo.com/new-podcast-this-week-in-travel/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:01:18 +0000 admin http://jenleo.com/?p=93 thisweekintravelLast week I was asked by Gary Arndt to join him, Chris Christensen and Chris Elliott on a new travel podcast called This Week in Travel. We had a bunch of fun - technical difficulties a side - and are going to continue recording it every Wednesday morning.

Listen here: This Week in Travel (Aug. 12, 2009)

More info on the guest hosts:

If you’re inclined, please become a fan of This Week in Travel on Facebook.

Thanks!

]]> http://jenleo.com/new-podcast-this-week-in-travel/feed/ Speaking at TBEX—the Travel Bloggers Exchange ‘09 in Chicago http://jenleo.com/speaking-at-tbex%e2%80%94the-travel-bloggers-exchange-09-in-chicago/ http://jenleo.com/speaking-at-tbex%e2%80%94the-travel-bloggers-exchange-09-in-chicago/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:44:13 +0000 jenleo http://jenleo.com.whsites.net/?p=77

TBEX is short for The Travel Bloggers Exchange. It is a meetup started by Kim Mance of GoGalavanting.com and Debbie Dubrow of DeliciousBaby.com to connect travel bloggers with each other and offer them resources so that they can advance their own blogging. The first TBEX meetup is taking place in Chicago on July 26, 2009 and it is S-O-L-D…O-U-T. The Travel Bloggers Exchange is also an online meeting place for travelers.

Here is the schedule and speaker lineup. I’ll be on a panel between 1:00-1:45 p.m.

Travel Journalism vs. Blogging - is it all just writing?
Panelists:

Wendy Perrin (@wendyperrin) - Conde Nast Traveler Magazine
Jen Leo (@jenleo) - LA Times Daily Deal Blog
Chris Elliott (@elliottdotorg) - Nat’l Geographic Traveler’s ombudsman and columnist for MSNBC.com
Rosalind Cummings-Yeates - Far-Sighted Fly Girl

Watch from home: If you’re not in Chicago at TBEX, follow along with the Livestream and Twitter feed from the comfort of your own desktop, laptop or mobile phone.

I’ll be tweeting from the event and from all sorts of fun stuff outside of the event like the Cubs game (Sat. 12:05 p.m. - come on out!) with @sekeener from BootsnAll, one of the TBEX sponsors. Just DM me if you make it to the game. Would love to meet you!

]]> http://jenleo.com/speaking-at-tbex%e2%80%94the-travel-bloggers-exchange-09-in-chicago/feed/ Interviews with online travel industry leaders http://jenleo.com/interviews-with-online-travel-industry-leaders/ http://jenleo.com/interviews-with-online-travel-industry-leaders/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:32:12 +0000 jenleo http://jenleo.com.whsites.net/?p=86 Here is a list of interviews I’ve done for the Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal Blog:

This will get updated as they come in with the newest on top.

  • FareCompare’s 170+ Twitter accounts, new Dealfinder and Q&A with CEO Rick Seaney
  • Virgin America comes to Orange County: ‘Twittologue’ with Richard Branson on Wednesday
  • WholeTravel.com launches: Q&A with CEO Matthew Davie
  • Chit-chat with Virgin America CEO David Cush about schedule changes
  • Q&A with Signspotting photo editor Doug Lansky; win a round-the-world plane ticket for sharing funny travel snapshots
  • Q&A with Tom Romary, CEO of Yapta.com
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  • What Businesses Can Learn From Travel Tweets [ClickZ]
  • How the Travel Industry Should Use Twitter [T-List]
  • Which travel firms do Twitter well (and badly)? [Times Online]
  • Twittering your travel? Avoid the urge to overshare [USA Today]
  • What You’re Missing if You’re Not on Twitter [The Perrin Post]
  • Changing travel, one tweet at a time [MSNBC]
  • Twitter Tips from 25 Tweeting Travelers [WorldHum]
  • Using Twitter for Travel [Travel + Leisure]
  • With Twitter as your tour guide, hitting L.A.’s hot spots is a breeze [USA Today]
    • ]]>     http://jenleo.com/industry-articles-about-travel-twitter/feed/     Pad up your list already! Travel Twitterers to follow http://jenleo.com/pad-up-your-list-already-travel-twitterers-to-follow/ http://jenleo.com/pad-up-your-list-already-travel-twitterers-to-follow/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 06:31:50 +0000 jenleo http://jenleo.com.whsites.net/?p=89 Those that are tapped in, tell you who else is tapped in. If you’ve seen a good list that’s not on here, let me know and I’ll add it.

    > 50 travel twitterers you should follow [Elliott]

    >Top 50 Travel Twitterers you should follow [Voyageek]

    >Twitter: 50 great travel tweeters [Telegraph]

    >T-List for Twitter - the Travel Twitterati [Uptake]

    > Top 10 Travel Twitterers [NileGuide]

    >List of Travel Twitterers by # of followers [WeFollow]

    >Top 15 tourism heavyweights on Twitter that you must follow! [Viscape]

    ]]>     http://jenleo.com/pad-up-your-list-already-travel-twitterers-to-follow/feed/     The new JenLeo.com http://jenleo.com/the-new-jenleocom/ http://jenleo.com/the-new-jenleocom/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 01:16:56 +0000 jenleo http://jenleo.com.whsites.net/?p=66 Welcome to my new personal site. The move from a website to blog software has been a long time coming. All the top nav bar links are current and I’m excited to move forward building out Travel + Twitter related content on this space. You might’ve already noticed that the home page is Twitter heavy. That’s on purpose.

    I’ve been on Twitter since 2007 and even twittered my wedding and the birth of my first child. Since Travel is my game, I’m going to start writing posts that welcome newcomers from the travel world to Twitter. Airlines, hotels, CVBs, small businesses, travel journalists and round the world travelers alike are all using this addictive microblogging tool to tell their tale, network within the community and improve their business. I want to point to all the good work that’s taking place in the travel twittersphere and I’m looking forward to the community using the work to come as a resource for their own growth.

    So welcome. There’s lots more to come - and soon!

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