I got some time ago an invitation from media agencies Carat and Vizeum to a travel blogger night.
Some of the media agencies clients were also invited to the event s also invited; travel agency Finnmatkat, ship company Finnlines, airline Norwegian and Swedish government travel PR agency Visit Sweden.
During the evening, tour operators presented their companies, between presentations there were free discussions with other bloggers. I noted few familiar faces in the crowd and introduced my self to them. Was fun to meet them also face to face. All the invited bloggers write about their travels in their blogs, but nobody wrote only about traveling. It was interesting to talk about blogging with other "colleagues".
Some of the media agencies clients were also invited to the event s also invited; travel agency Finnmatkat, ship company Finnlines, airline Norwegian and Swedish government travel PR agency Visit Sweden.
During the evening, tour operators presented their companies, between presentations there were free discussions with other bloggers. I noted few familiar faces in the crowd and introduced my self to them. Was fun to meet them also face to face. All the invited bloggers write about their travels in their blogs, but nobody wrote only about traveling. It was interesting to talk about blogging with other "colleagues".
The “blogosphere” seemed to be quite unknown to some of the companies, but Visit Sweden had used bloggers contacts successfully already for a while.
The media agency representatives had some interesting comments and ideas, I also liked search engine optimization introduction.
Our upcoming summer travel plans have already been set and I have already made most of the reservations for our July trip, but one can always plan also the next trips... We have considered taking Finnlines ship fromHelsinki to Travemunde , Germany for the potential summer 2012 European food and wine tour. The Finnlines representative promised to introduce the redone ships later on, so I gave her my card.
Our upcoming summer travel plans have already been set and I have already made most of the reservations for our July trip, but one can always plan also the next trips... We have considered taking Finnlines ship from
Sain jokin aika sitten mediatoimistoilta Carat ja Vizeum kutsun matkailublogi-iltaan.
Eilisiltaiseen tilaisuuteen oli kutsuttu myös joitain mediatoimistojen asiakkaina olevia matkanjärjestäjiä; Finnline, Finnmatkat, Norwegian ja Visit Sweden.
Illan aikana matkanjärjestäjät pitivät puheenvuoroja, välillä oli vapaata keskustelua muiden bloggaajien kanssa. Muutaman tutun kasvonkin bongasin joukosta ja kävin esittelemässä itseni. Oli hauska vaihtaa muutama sana ihan ”luonnossakin”. Joukossa ei tainnut olla ketään, joka kirjoittaisi vain matkailusta, mutta kaikki taisivat käsitellä ainakin osittain matkustamista blogeissaan.
Osalle matkanjärjestäjiä blogimaailma ja bloggaajien mielipidevaikuttaminen tuntuivat olevan vielä hieman tuntemattomia, mutta viestintätoimiston edustajilla oli muutamia mielenkiintoisia kommentteja ja ideoita, hyvää antia oli myös hakukoneoptimoinnin käsittely.
Tulevan kesän matkasuunnitelmat ovat jo lukkoon lyödyt ja suureksi osaksi varauksetkin on tehtynä, mutta ainahan voi suunnitteilla jo seuraaviakin matkoja. Finnlinesia olemme harkinneet mahdollisen kesän 2012 Euroopan ruoka- ja viinimatkan laivamatkoihin. Helsingistä pääsisi kätevästi Travemundeen laivalla. Kävinkin antamassa korttini myös Finnlinesin edustajalle, hän kun lupasi järjestää uusittujen laivojen esittelyn myöhemmin.