tbex 2013 toronto travel + leisure smitty award for bloggers
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TBEX 2013 Toronto Travel + Leisure SMITTY Award for Bloggers featuring, Rich Beattie,TRANSCRIPT
Travel + Leisure SMITTY Award for
Bloggers
@RichBeattie Executive Digital Editor
ocial
edia
ravel +
ourism
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2012•Inaugural year
•39 winners
•11 types of travel companies
•Judges included Andrew Zimmern and J. Crowley of Foursquare
•33 winners
•12 types of companies
•Company winners announced Monday, June 3 at travelandleisure.com/smittys
•Virtual awards party on Twitter, starting at 10am ET
• Creation of Blogger / Independent Journalist category
• Judges include TBEX founder Kim Mance
2013
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WORKING WITH BLOGGERS
2012 WINNERS•San Juan Marriott•Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica
2013 ENTRANTS•Visit Denver •Hamilton Island•Emilia Romagna Tourist Board
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ENTRANTSLondon * Australia * Oregon * Belgium
* India * Singapore * San Diego * Toronto * New Zealand * Granada * Louisiana
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POSTINGS ABOUTHawaii * Food * Skiing * Gay Travel
* Italy * Travel Fashion * Family Travel * Caribbean * Beaches * Cruising
* Luxury Travel * Small Town Indiana * Israel * Norway * Art & Culture * Food * Southeast Asia
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UNIQUE IDEAS & USES
GoBigOrGoHomeUsed social to promote NYS travel after Hurricane Sandy
VeryGoodPoints Lobbied for and got a hotel in Macau to pull shark fin soup off its menu
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BeersAndBeans Hosts weekly live chats on Pinterest
#WeVisitEgypt Real-time storytelling campaign promoting travel to Egypt in 2012
QUOTESI have not vomited since 1993, making me a consummate travel journalist and excellent party guest.
— Leif Patterson
I can't put a hard number on what the community I have created has meant to me; it's beyond awesome.
— Kate Boelhauf, Trip Logic
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RUNNER-UP
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
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WINNER
PASSPORTS WITH PURPOSE
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SMITTY AWARDS
• Travel company winners announced Monday, June 3
• Virtual Awards Party on Twitter,
starting at 10am ET
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