The COVID-19 pandemic presents a severe threat to the entire travel and tourism industry, affecting every single sector of the industry from airlines, cruise lines and hotels to travel agents, tour operators and travel media. As the industry looks towards recovery, communication is essential in rebuilding travel confidence by providing clear and authoritative information for both industry stakeholders and travellers alike. Travel media will be an essential component of this process but how has the current crisis affected them? How have they adapted to survive in this current situation? What stories are catching the most attention of their audience? Most importantly, how can stakeholders work with travel media as we look towards recovery?
Join us at the PTM Forum on “The Current State of Travel Media”, on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 1600 ICT and hear from Anne Banas, Editor, BBC Travel (BBC.com/travel); Karen Yue, Group Editor, TTG Asia Media; and Stuart McDonald, Co-Founder, Travelfish.org. Registration is complimentary.
Speakers:
Anne Banas, Editor, BBC Travel (BBC.com/travel)
Anne is the Editor of BBC Travel, BBC.com’s award-winning Travel vertical, where she creates original, engaging and sharable content for a global audience. Previously, Anne was the executive editor and face of SmarterTravel.com. As a sought after travel expert, Anne has appeared on major broadcast programs like ABC Nightline, The Early Show and Good Morning America. Anne’s commentary has also been featured among leading media outlets, including The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR and Condé Nast Traveller. Her travel stories have appeared on USAToday.com, ABC News and Boston.com. READ MORE
Denis Iulin, Editor, Profi.Travel
Denis Iulin is the editor of incoming and domestic tourism for Profi.Travel - one of the top Russian b2b travel media. He has been following his passion to become an international journalist throughout his whole career. Starting with BA in Journalism and Specialist in International Journalism degrees (with honors) from Saratov State University (Russia), he later graduated from the University of Wyoming (USA) with a MA in Political Science & International Studies. His research interests include the journalist’s objectivity in Russian and American media, as well as communication effectiveness of the European Union. He is now putting all this into practice. In 2014 Denis won a Hunter S. Thompson prize for achievements in civic journalism and proved that freedom of speech in Russia exists.
Karen Yue, Group Editor, TTG Asia Media
Karen Yue is the Group Editor of TTG Asia Media’s TTG Travel Trade Publishing business unit, a position that sees her leading a team of almost 20 editors, reporters and correspondents across Asia-Pacific and upholding the editorial quality of the team in the production of a stable of titles including TTG Asia, TTGmice, TTGassociations and TTG Asia Luxury. READ MORE
Stuart McDonald, Co–founder, Travelfish.org
Stuart is the co–founder of online travel guide to Southeast Asia Travelfish.org, launched in 2004. He is also the author of Couchfish—a paid subscription–based newsletter launched in response to Covid19. He is based in Indonesia.
Paul Pruangkarn, Director – Communications & External Affairs, PATA
Paul oversees day-to-day operations of all communications and serves as the senior spokesperson for the Association. Paul works to enhance PATA’s public image through various media outlets and maintains the Association’s media partnerships with such organisations as BBC World News, National Geographic Traveller (UK), Skift, TTG Asia, Travel Weekly Group and the Professional Travel Bloggers Association (PTBA). He has also spoken regularly at conferences on behalf of PATA, as well as facilitated and emceed many events organised by the Association.