I have to get this post off my chest, be it for mere reference for myself, but also as preparation for the tagging of the many photos I took and uploaded already.
Here are the travel bloggers that were listed for the Berlin ITB Bloggers summit:
- Ram Badrinathan PHOCUSWRIGHT (India)
Ram commented that only recently he started to blog, but also started to like it. - William Bakker WILHELMUS (The Netherlands / Canada). Nice to meet, dine and talk with. He was blogging and twittering on the fly as a real professional.
- Annalisa Ballaria RELACTIONS (Italy) Unfortunately I had no chance to talk to her.
- Florian Bauhuber TOURISMUSZUKUNFT.DE (Germany)
- Claude Benard LES EXPLORERS (France). Nice to meet, dine and talk with.
- Vicky Brock TRACKING TOURISM (Scotland). Nice to meet, dine and talk with.
- Karen Bryan EUROPE A LA CARTE (U.K.). Nice to meet, dine and talk with. She came in rather agitated because she had booked in a Hostel right across Berlin, only to find out early in the morning that public transport in Berlin was on strike.
- Stephen Budd TRACKING TOURISM (Scotland). Nice to meet, dine and talk with. I’ll nickname him “Our Professor”, because he has already forgotten what I still have to learn:-)
- Joe Buhler TRAVEL MARKETING IN THE AGE OF WEB 2.0 & BEYOND (U.S.). Nice to meet, drink and talk with. Our Veteran Hospitality Guru
- Philip Caines TOURISM TIDE (Canada). One of the initiators of the Book Tips from the T-List.
- Martin Cowen TRAVOLUTION (U.K.) Newly arrived at the Travolution crew.
- Darren Cronian TRAVEL RANTS (U.K.). Who missed his train and unfortunately couldn’t make it.
- Ralf Eggert TRAVELLO (Germany).
- Klaus Hildebrandt FVW (Germany).
- Yeoh Siew Hoon THE TRANSIT CAFE (Singapore). Our Asian Travel Guru.
- Jamie Horwitz CANADIAN TOURISM (Canada). Nice to meet, dine and talk with. The lonesome hockey fan who took it upon him to solely make Mexican travelers understand Canada better as a travel destination.
- Stephen Joyce TRAVEL & TOURISM TECHNOLOGY TRENDS (Canada). Another initiator of The Tips from the T-List book.
- Kevin May TRAVOLUTION (U.K.). The editor of The Industry blog who can listen and write and edit at once. I envied him.
- Detlef Meyer ROUNDTRIP (Germany)
Who seemed a bit busy with other appointments at the Fair. - Abbas Nokhasteh OPENVIZOR (U.K.). Not a Blogger per se, but trendy he is!
- Jens Oellrich TOURISMUSZUKUNFT.DE (Germany)
- Goetz A. Primke LE GOURMAND (Germany). Likes Girls (who doesn’t:-).
- Eckart Reiche OPENTS (Germany).
- Henri Roelings WIWIH (WHO IS WHO IN HOSPITALITY) (The Netherlands). Watch my sleeping with Henri post.
- Bruce Rosard PHOCUSWRIGHT (U.S.). A swell guy.
- Karin Schmollgruber FASTENYOURSEATBELTS (Austria), who unfortunately couldn’t make it due to the strike.
- Carlo Alvarez Spagnolo TEXTING ALL OVER THE WORDS (Spain).
- Ludolf Stavenga REISPORTALS (The Netherlands).
- Jens Thraenhart TOURISM INTERNET MARKETING (Germany / Canada). The third Tips from the T-List initiator.
- Guido Van Den Elshout HAPPY HOTELIER (The Netherlands), yes, Yours Truly.
- Dr. Klemens Waldh BLOGS IN TOURISM (Austria).
I intend to add the photos later.
The ITB Travel Bloggers Summit was a great event for me, meeting fellow travel bloggers and listening to all the presentations by travel companies.
The public transport strike did cause problems for many attendees of the Travel Fair. I had more of a problem with the snow and not having my pass on the first day. I hadn’t received my press pass by post so I couldn’t gain access to the building at the main entrance. I had to walk about half a mile on very slippery pavements round the perimeter of the buildings to pick up my pass. I was afraid to walk too fast in case I slipped and fell. So yes, I did arrive late and pretty flustered.
I always think that your name, the Happy Hotelier, is very aptly chosen.
Hi Karen,
Thanks for popping in.
I am still digesting ITB. Indeed a great event! BTW I have upgraded your status, as I have done with several commenters, here as “contributor” in order that you can log in and comment without me having to monitor you.
Guido