About A Luxury Travel Blog
A Luxury Travel Blog is like no other travel blog.
It focuses on the finer aspects of travel and serves as a gateway for the discerning traveller, providing information on the most luxurious hotels and resorts, the finest restaurants and news from within the luxury travel industry, to name just a few.
The blog is brought to you by Dr. Paul Johnson (pictured right on Mnemba Island, a remote luxury island off north-east Zanzibar, Tanzania) and a team of more than 250 writers and guest bloggers.
Paul has worked in the travel industry for more than 25 years and has travelled extensively, from his home in Kendal, Cumbria (UK) to places all over the world. He is also a Director of The Dedicated Partnership Ltd., an online tourism marketing company with a client base that includes some of the finest hotels in the world.
The Dedicated Partnership Ltd. operates over 200 travel-related websites including UKseries.com, a very popular network of UK travel sites that includes UKhotel.com, UKcottage.com, UKattraction.com and several others.
If you would like to contact Paul, please use this contact page.
News, features, interviews and more…
Featured in LaCure WorldWise Magazine in ’8 experts share the secrets of luxury villas’ (May 2013)
Featured #1 by Tamar in ‘Spotlight: the model for identifying influencers in travel’ (Apr 2013)
Featured #1 by The City Apartment Book in ‘Five of the best luxury and lifestyle bloggers’ (Apr 2013)
Featured in walking on travels in ‘Budget travel is a relative term for families’ (Apr 2013)
Featured #1 by Cision in ‘Luxury travel blogs UK top 10′ (Mar 2013)
Featured in i&i travel media in ‘Navigating the fractured landscape of travel influencers’ (Mar 2013)
Featured in beatthebrochure in ‘Top Travel Tweeters to Follow in 2013′ (Mar 2013)
Featured in canada.com in ‘Travel Scanner’ (Mar 2013)
Featured in TravelBloggerBuzz in ‘amazing travel links’ (Mar 2013)
Featured in Travel Habit with ‘A Luxury Travel Blog – check it out!’ (Feb 2013)
Featured in Running in Heels on ‘stylish travel’ (Feb 2013)
Referenced on Pimsleur Approach in ‘top travel links’ (Feb 2013)
Referenced in RWeThereYetMom in ’30 skiing tips for beginners’ (Jan 2013)
Featured on canada.com in ‘best travel content’ round-up (Jan 2013)
Selected as judge on EarthCam‘s ’25 most interesting webcams of 2012′ (Dec 2012)
Published in Media Planet’s Luxury Travel supplement distributed within City AM (Dec 2012)
Interview with mydestination (Dec 2012)
Featured in Navigator Travel‘s 5 travel blog posts we loved in November (Dec 2012)
Interview with Tropical Sky (Nov 2012)
Interview with The Lazy Travelers (Nov 2012)
Interview with Kutoa Travel (Nov 2012)
Interviewed live on Los Originales, the most popular radio programme in Colombia, South America, broadcast by La X Mas Musica (Nov 2012)
50 tweeting travel experts you really should know about on World First (Oct 2012)
Referenced on Gadling (Oct 2012)
Adventurous Blog Award from Tripsfor2 (Oct 2012)
Featured in Scott Dunn news article (August 2012)
Featured in ‘This week in travel’ by travel channel (Jul 2012)
Interview with Travel Links Sites (Jul 2012)
Featured in ‘Twitter’s top luxury travel writers to follow’ in examiner.com (Jul 2012)
Featured at #2 in ’50 travel blogs to never leave home without” on DatingWebsite.com (July 2012)
Featured in ‘Top UK Travel Blogs 2012 Edition’ by Affair Travel Blog (Jun 2012)
Featured as one of ’100 blogs to visit before you die’ by G34 Media (Jun 2012)
Referenced in ‘how to build your blog’ feature on ttg luxury (Jun 2012)
’10 of the best beaches in Britain’ guest blog post on The Travelers Way (May 2012)
Top 25 travel blog in the Viator Travel Awards (Jan 2012)
Expert predictions feature on travel in 2012 with essentialtravel (Dec 2011)
Interview with essentialtravel (Dec 2011)
McCool Travel Tips: 5 Minutes with Paul Johnson, ALuxuryTravelBlog.com (Dec 2011)
Interview with Pommie Travels (Nov 2011)
Interview with The Lusso Report (Nov 2011)
Interview with travelybyu.com (Nov 2011)
The Book People‘s top 10 travel advice blogs (Sep 2011)
Top 100 must-follow Twitter users for travelers, from TravelersPress (Sep 2011)
First ever luxury travel blogger of the month with Azamara Club Cruises (Sep 2011)
News & Star: 10 minutes with Paul Johnson (Aug 2011)
Iglu Travel Award from Iglu Cruise (Aug 2011)
Featured in ’100 top travel blogs based on traffic’ by touropia (Mar 2011)
Top 50 travel blogger with lastminute (Mar 2011)
Top 5 Portugal Travel Blogs on Jeni’s Travel Stuff BootsnAll Travel Blog (Mar 2011)
Featured as Best Travel Blog by Bestcovery (Jan 2011)
#1 in the Top 50 Blogs of 2010 from Donny Gamble (Dec 2010)
Featured by The Travelwrap Company (Aug 2010)
Short interview with Share Your Travels (Jul 2010)
Top 3 luxury travel blog winner courtesy of MyTravelMoney.co.uk (Jul 2010)
Featured in ’44 of the best international travel blogs’ by travelinsurance.org (Jul 2010)
Featured in ’45 blogs that offer first class travel advice’ on travelinsurance.org (May 2010)
‘Off the beaten path: England’s Lake District’ published on The FlipKey blog (Apr 2010)
Winner of LuXplosion Award (Mar 2010)
Featured in ’39 best travel blogs, podcasts and tips’ on Travel Answer Man (Dec 2009)
Featured in ‘Top travel blogs – Justfares picks’ by Justfares (Dec 2009)
Featured in ‘Top 10 Travel Blogs – Our Pick of the Best’ on lastminute.com (Nov 2009)
Featured in ‘Top 50 Travel Blogs’ on Gap Year Escape (Nov 2009)
One of the 10 most followed travel accounts on Twitter (Jun 2009)
Referenced on Not Delia (May 2009)
Referenced on venere.com (March 2009)
Featured in ’50 more travel blogs you should be reading’ on Go Green Travel Green (Feb 2009)
One of the world’s best travel blogs, in the Daily Telegraph (Nov 2008)
#3 in top 100 blogs for business travelers on TravelHacker (Oct 2007)
Top 100 luxury blogs at International Listings (Oct 2007)
Featured as one of ‘The Recommended’ on Travolution (Sep 2007)
Referenced on Luxist (Mar 2007)
Referenced on HotelChatter (Jan 2007)
Interview with Hotel Blogs (Nov 2006)
Blog of the Day Award (Oct 2006)
Featured on Happy Hotelier (April 2006)
Small Business Blog of the Day (Mar 2006)
Top 10 luxury travel blogs and online magazines from Paradizo (date of publication unknown)
Top 10 travel blogs for hedonists from blogs.com (date of publication unknown)
A Luxury Travel Blog also appears regularly on The Huffington Post
If you would like to contact Paul, please use this contact page.
Endorsements
“We were delighted to hear Paul was coming to “road test” our newly refurbished hotel, as his blogs are hugely respected in the travel industry. He wrote an incredibly accurate account of his stay and managed to capture the essence of what Congham is all about in his words and pictures. We have already had some guests stay through his blog!” Ruth Gallop, Director at Congham Hall
“I met Paul on Twitter through several ‘Travel Tuesdays On Twitter’ and have enjoyed being in engagements with him on travel topics that affect our businesses and our clients. He has also provided me with insightful suggestions for my travel blog to help increase its readership. Paul is a wonderful and professional travel industry insider. His blog is a great source of information for any traveler and I personally re-tweet his postings so that my clients and followers have access to his travel knowledge as well.” Terry Jones, Independent Owner with Cruises, Inc.
“A Luxury Travel Blog has such interesting content that I approached Paul to work with him. He is super professional and friendly! Promoting our business via this blog was great because he has such a good following and is so influential on social media too. Our article was shared numerous times and created a buzz! Thanks and I look forward to working with you in the future!” Catherine McCurdy, Marketing Manager at London Serviced Apartments Ltd.
“Paul has provided us with many excellent opportunities to promote our brand and we have collaborated with ALTB on a number of successful promotional and branding projects… ALTB is a fantastic brand fit for us as a high end luxury travel product, promoting and selling to a British and international audience. ‘People do business with people’ in my experience and I have found Paul relaxed, friendly and a pleasure to work with, inputting great ideas and working to the highest level of detail and always conscious of timelines. Thank you Paul – I look forward to many more collaborative working projects.” Niamh Barker, The Travelwrap Company
“Paul is an absolute joy to deal with – professional in conduct and prompt in reply, and his site reflects these same exacting standards. As a marketer in the cruise industry, we have dealt with all the major travel websites, and ALTB still sets itself apart. The content is engaging and beautifully laid out, and has a loyal and passionate community. In fact our first post garnered nearly 5000 views and 150 tweets, and ALTB still continues to help us in SEO, and be a relevant source of referral traffic. Thank you for all your help, and we look forward to working with you in years to come!” Kirsty McIntosh, Marketing Manager at Cruise 1st
“As CEO of Family Twist, a French company specialized in family luxury travel, I have become a rather compulsive visitor of A Luxury Travel Blog. The quality of the editorial content, the excellent pictures as well as the number and frequency of new releases are just fascinating. I have the privilege to be a guest blogger of ALTB and the traffic generated is amazing, resulting in many business relationships and commercial leads. My latest article about Christmas in Paris was read by 3,700 visitors and re-tweeted 180 times! Paul is highly professional, very helpful and efficient. In his excellent post “7 top tips to running a successful travel blog”, Paul writes about blogging as a “labour of love” and it is so true, you can feel his blog is all about passion, engagement and mastery. I would highly recommend A Luxury Travel Blog to anyone working in the luxury travel industry to enhance its traffic and coverage.” Magali Déchelette, CEO, Family Twist
“Working with ALTB is a very fast and simple process. Paul was incredibly prompt at getting back to me, and made extra effort to ensure that my article was perfect for the site and would generate the maximum interest from readers. We have now had an increase in traffic to our site, and a boost in our brand awareness. I would highly recommend working with Paul.” Nina Sanderson, Marketing Executive, Last Night of Freedom
“Paul was one of the first bloggers we approached when looking for high profile bloggers to come over to Jura and experience both the island the Jura Lodge. ALTB’s reach and audience are amongst the best within the travel blogging sector, and from the quality of Paul’s review, it’s easy to see why. Paul thoroughly immersed himself in the island and everything it had to offer, resulting in a comprehensive travel review which we continue to share with other potential visitors to the island. We wouldn’t hesitate to work with Paul again.” Harry Hussain, Director, Weber Shandwick
“Paul is a great person to collaborate with. I found him to be very very professional and personal at the same time. I enjoy reading the latest updates that he posts on A Luxury Travel Blog and I feel that my luxury travel company will gain a much wider audience through being featured on his blog and other online platforms.” Cristy Elmendorp, Managing Director, Soma Journeys
“We have worked with Paul and A Luxury Travel Blog on a number of occasions; Paul is the consummate professional and we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to the travel community. The website has long been essential reading for us when it comes to the finer side of travel – we have written guest posts for A Luxury Travel Blog and it’s a great site with excellent levels of engagement and social mentions. We definitely look forward to continuing to work with Paul.” Tristan Rothwell, Social Media Manager, World First Travel Insurance
“DMA is a digital sales and marketing agency focusing on luxury boutique hotels. As specialists in the field of digital marketing we understand the important role blogs play for hotels and destinations. We ask A Luxury Travel Blog to profile all of our hotels; they have quality editorial, good presentation and a loyal readership. In a digital era, trustworthy blogs are rare and precious gems. A Luxury Travel Blog is one of them.” Guido Phillips, Marketing Manager, Digital Marketing Asia
“A Luxury Travel Blog is one of the first places we go to when starting to publicise a new destination or tour. It’s great to see referrals from our guest posts on the site, and we will continue to work with Paul to reach our audience, many of which read ALTB. Highly recommended.” Justin Wateridge, Managing Director of Steppes Travel
“A Luxury Travel Blog is a go-to destination in the luxury travel industry, and has given our marketing campaigns for various travel clients a big boost, both in terms of SEO value, plus branding and traffic. I would thoroughly recommend Paul and his blog to any contacts in the luxury travel niche who are looking for greater exposure.” Kevin Morley, Search Specialist at SearchPath
“In a cyber world filled with ‘travel bloggers’, Paul is the definition of the kind and A Luxury Travel Blog has become a destination itself for discerned travelers. I worked with Paul already from my previous engagement with elounda s.a. Hotels & Resorts and I had no hesitation to ask him to be literally the first one to cross the doorstep of Elounda Solfez Villas, my current project, and review it. It was not just the fact that he would bring followers and potential guests to us, but mostly because his experience would be an evaluation of the work we have done so far and his honesty would guide us to further improve the villas if needed. A small sample of the dynamics of ALTB is that when Paul posted a contest we were running with Solfez, we had over 600 participants within the first two days. In times that e-marketing dollars are under the microscope and words are becoming a ‘content marketing automation’, Paul and ALTB are a beacon, built with trust, respect and honesty, and most importantly results.” Nikolas Lygeros, E-Marketing & Sales Manager for Elounda Solfez Villas
“I have been a long time reader of A Luxury Travel Blog. The level of quality when it comes to content is second to none. I regularly visit for some interesting reading on luxury travel. The site has pretty much replaced the travel magazines I used to subscribe to. I recently had my first guest post featured on the site and we have already seen a rise in rankings and traffic. Paul is excellent to communicate with. I look forward to reading and contributing to the site in future.” Anna Fern, Owner of Unique Holiday Cottages
“A Luxury Travel Blog is actually one of the best travel blogs available; neat, informative, to the point, interesting and inspirational. Paul, the owner of the blog is a true marketer who knows how to transform basic information into fascinating articles and always in a reliable way. Once Paul’s article of Larnaka was featured, it immediately received a good amount of tweets and, most importantly, aluxurytravelblog.com is currently the number one referral source in our website.” Nana Asmeni, Officer at Larnaka Tourism Board
“Working with A Luxury Travel Blog and Paul is an absolute dream – he is always very professional and prompt in the way he deals with his clients. The exposure we have gained from working with A Luxury Travel Blog has been unrivalled in terms of social media shares and traffic referrals. We wouldm’t hesitate to recommend working with Paul to anyone.” Jill Landeryou, Owner of Latitude50
“When it comes to the luxury lifestyle niche, we have found that A Luxury Travel Blog provides one of the finest promotion opportunities available. The blog’s owner, Paul Johnson, always makes time to dialogue with you one-on-one to ensure that your public outreach campaign goes off without a hitch, whether that be a sponsored guest post or a contest giveaway. If you’re looking to reach out to a large, well-heeled readership base, A Luxury Travel Blog is the perfect medium to do so.” Roman Sharf, CEO of Luxury Bazaar
“Paul has a loyal and relevant following. Within a couple of minutes of writing my guest blog article, it was being retweeted around the world. Collaborating with ALTB has not only re-enforced the brand of my company but also driven a significant amount of traffic to our website.” Charlotte Nicol, Co-Founder of Most Curious Tours
“Having our articles hosted on A Luxury Travel Blog has proved a great branding exercise for our business and given us access to a wide audience of readers, many of whom have shared our articles across the various social media platforms. We will continue to work with Paul and look forward to future projects between our two businesses.” Chris Jones, SEO Manager at Destinology
“I have visited thousands of travel blogs and travel sites since I started my own travel site in 1996. Many of the blogs are focused on budget to mid range travel experiences. A Luxury Travel Blog stands out because it is so much rarer to find a travel blog dedicated to the “finer” things in life. The site is an invaluable resource for researching luxury hotels, restaurants and experiences. Paul has built up invaluable content and is a prolific user of social media; this is a site that gets some serious traffic!” Dave Thompson, Founder of Dave’s Travel Corner
If you would like to contact Paul, please use this contact page.
