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Latest news from A Luxury Travel Blog (Q3, 2022)

Hello readers! You may already be aware that, as of this year, I’ve been getting into the habit of providing quarterly updates on some of latest news and developments from A Luxury Travel Blog. Here is our third instalment of the year.

Reviews

We are currently in Scotland working for a small hotel group, producing some first hand reviews of their accommodation and gastronomic offerings and, of course, writing some destination editorial to sit alongside. Soon after we return, we’ll be heading to a very remote property in Cumbria – by no means a luxurious property, but unique in terms of its setting within the Lakeland fells. Then, on our return from there, we’ll be taking a family trip to Iceland where again we will be working with a number of hotel partners as well as documenting some incredible experiences.

For anyone interested in having a professional travel writer and representative of A Luxury Travel Blog carry out first-hand reviews for destinations, DMOs, airlines, luxury hotels, resorts, vacation rentals and other accommodation providers, cruises, yachts, restaurants, attractions, tours, etc., please submit a request using this Google Form.

Best Upscale Tourism Blog

Last quarter I reported how A Luxury Travel Blog had been been shortlisted for a Travmedia Award again. I attended a black tie ceremony in London and, although I didn’t win my category (‘Influencer of the Year’) that time around, it was an honour to be shortlisted all the same. Since then, though, I’m pleased to report that A Luxury Travel Blog has been awarded the title of ‘Best Upscale Tourism Blog’ in this year’s UK Enterprise Awards. You can’t win them all, of course, but it’s nice to pick up one or two now and again!

A Luxury Travel Blog mailing list

As we do quite regularly, we’ve given our mailing list quite a severe ‘pruning’ recently. In instances where subscribers regularly don’t open our newsletters, we remove them from the list. This might seem a little harsh but there’s little point in us repeatedly mailing people who aren’t really interested in what we’re sending them. Plus, by keeping the list smaller and with a higher open rate, it probably enhances the chances of our emails going to recipients’ inboxes rather than their junk mailboxes.

If you are not already a subscriber to our mailing list but would like to be, please click here. There are different channels for luxury travellers, people working in the luxury travel industry and luxury retailers.

Arabian Travel Market

It feels like a while ago now, but our panel session on “How to work with influencers post-COVID” at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai seemed to go down well. The ATM event itself was a great success – the first conference I’ve been to since the pandemic that really made me feel that travel is back on the map.

I was honoured also, to be selected as a judge for exhibition stands at the events. There were some amazing stands, with SAUDIA scooping the award for Best Stand Design as well as the People’s Choice Award.


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Contests and giveaways

We have received a number of requests for to feature some incredible giveaways – everything from hotel stays and holidays to travel products and accessories – which we hope to start rolling out in the not too distant future.

If you want to be kept informed on these, please just make sure you are subscribed to our mailing list (see above)! If instead you want your product to be featured in one of these competitions, then please do contact us.

Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson is Editor of A Luxury Travel Blog and has worked in the travel industry for more than 30 years. He is Winner of the Innovations in Travel ‘Best Travel Influencer’ Award from WIRED magazine. In addition to other awards, the blog has also been voted “one of the world’s best travel blogs” and “best for luxury” by The Daily Telegraph.

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9 Comments

  1. Clearly once again there’s a lot going on which is a testimony to the revival of the travel industry! Seems like we were too optimistic when we thought 2021 would be the year where everything came back, yet it took the industry an extra 365 days to get on top of it.

    Can’t wait to see the new content and be inspired once again!

    1. Thanks, Kristof… I have quite an intense couple of months ahead of me with various trips, but come September/October, we have all sorts of new things planned!

  2. Congratulations on your win in the Best Upscale Tourism Blog competition. It’s not an easy category to compete in. There are plenty of blogs that want to target the upscale market segment.

    1. Thank you, Mary… as the very first blog (ever, worldwide) to focus on luxury travel, we have certainly seen a lot of interest in this area over the years, with lots of new blogs and websites appearing with a similar focus.

  3. I’ve dropped into many blogs that like to focus on luxury as I’m always on the look out for insider tips. A few of them are really good. The thing is that none of them are as global as A Luxury Travel Blog.

    1. Awww… thank you, James! That’s very kind. Because we have so many different contributors, we are in a fortunate position of being able to cover many different corners of the globe.

    2. Generally, the writing is of a good standard too. Most of your contributors are very skilled at taking you to the destination.

      I get the impression that most of your contributors know the destination really well and are not just travel writers calling in for a few days.

  4. Great that the ATM in Dubai went ahead. So many millions of people are heavily dependent on the travel industry for their living. For all the problems with trains and planes we’re all desperate to get our holidays back.

  5. These quarterly updates serve as a useful barometer on the travel industry. It is beginning to look as if the patient is responding well to treatment.

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