A Baby Tern’s First Steps: How I Learned To Market An Event
By Caitlin Trew
As an intern with no previous experience, the idea of marketing an event on social media was incredibly daunting; especially seeing as Tern was the first travel careers event of its kind.
Named after the Arctic Tern, whose migratory journey is long and zig-zag in nature, the on [...]
The Millennial Traveller: A Young Tern’s First Flight, A Near-Startup Experience
Being a writer for Web In Travel has put me in the advantageous position of being able to interview countless travel startups as they head towards (hopefully) eventual success.
It’s frankly a nice place to be, buffered from the realities and hardships that budding businesses face day in and day [...]
Remember your first job? Key is how to make your travel careers last
We all remember the first time we did anything – first kiss, first flight – so when I asked my panelists at Tern, the travel careers event, last weekend what was their first job in travel, they all had vivid memories.
Timothy Hughes, vice president business development at Agoda, worked at a b [...]
“Never let anything stop you from travelling”: 10 best quotes from intrepid women travellers
Timing is everything and timing was on my side when I was in Penang when the “Zafigo Talk: Intimate Conversations with women on travel and culture” was on as part of the George Town Festival.
The talk was moderated by Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, founder of Zafigo.com, a new website to cater [...]
The Millennial Traveller: The Four Cores of Building a Millennial Career in Travel
In an industry as widespread as travel, things are changing constantly. The ‘sharing economy’ didn’t even exist before our lifetime but now we’re carpooling through an app and staying in strangers’ homes (whom we met online) instead of hotels.
Equally so, jobs in travel have evolved far [...]
Do we need to be more ‘touchy feely’ in a high tech world?
In the BBC TV series, “Humans”, the world is now divided into humans and “synths”, human-like robots who work among us. They work in our police force, clean the house, look after our children and pets, and really they can do anything we can, just more efficiently and without question.
How [...]
Bowie by my bed, Old Clare is turning conventional hotel thinking on its head
The black-and-white framed photograph of David Bowie by my bedside got me at first sight. Next to it was a note that said, “We are big fans of David Bowie too … Hope you’ll enjoy one of our favourite quotes from the man. Life is not meant to be just black or white, we are constantly pushing an [...]
Letter from Australia: Pokemon On The Go
Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game where players collect in-game items and catch Pokemon characters or monsters, could either be the best thing to happen to gamers and travellers or the biggest social disaster waiting to happen.
I found myself having near collisions with people in Melbourne. [...]
Letter from Bethnal Green: Discovering a new hood, and the street art of Brick Lane
I have to confess that I never thought I’d ever write a letter from Bethnal Green – because, prior to last month, I didn’t even really know where it was and the name had only been on the periphery of my consciousness, associated with inner city London, gangs and crime.
It didn’t seem to b [...]
The Millennial Traveller: It isn’t easy being green, according to Greenview’s Eric Ricaurte
While travel has always been regarded as a virtuous pursuit, it is not without its caveats. As travellers become more aware of their impact on the planet, consumer decisions have evolved into far more than simply finding the best price.
Unsurprisingly, the travel industry’s sense of ‘social r [...]
