BITW 134: 2018 Travel Media Showcase Niagara Falls & 1000 Islands Media Trip

Today’s show is all about my experience at the 2018 Travel Media Showcase in Niagara Falls & media trip to Oswego & 1000 Islands, New York.

Join me as I share how to get a coveted ticket to the Travel Media Showcase and my experience exploring New York on a post-conference media trip.

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2018 Travel Media Showcase & Oswego and 1000 Islands Media Trip

In this episode, I share how to apply for the Travel Media Showcase (TMS). TMS connects CVBs & Destinations with Travel Writers & Travel Bloggers in a speed-dating format. But it’s much more than this. TMS is a 3-day event that includes two days of scheduled journalist – tourism appointment sessions, a local FAM tour, plus a pre-tour or post-tour. There are also tons of networking opportunities with other bloggers & journalists as well as tourism reps outside of the scheduled appointments.

In this episode, I also share my luxury media trip to the 1000 Islands-Seaway Region. This trip included freshwater adventure, lots of history, and luxury lodging along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. On this trip we had the opportunity to bike, kayak, salmon fish, spend a day on a classic chartered wooden boat on the famed 1000 Islands, visit castles and island lighthouses.

Click here to listen to the full episode to hear how to get on the right mailing lists for PR invitations and the top conference to attend to land U.S. media trips. This is “BITW 134: Travel Media Showcase & 1000 Islands Media Trip”.

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What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

My favorite travel writer threads for SEO, Traffic and Google Ranking
Everything you need to know about applying for the Travel Media Showcase
Why you always need to do one night of networking in the bar when you attend a conference
All the details of my media trip (FAM) to Oswego and Clayton, New York
Where you can find a for-real castle in New York
If there are really 1,000 islands on the St. Lawerence River
The story about the creation of 1000 Island dressing

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