by mcoletta | Oct 15, 2014 | Travel+SocialGood |
The TRAVEL+SOCIALGOOD SUMMIT aims to congregate the travel/tech community and inspire action for social good. The day will be part inspiration, part brainstorm, with the goal of identifying great ideas and, most importantly, formulating a concrete plan to act on when we leave the room that day. This is not just talk! In partnership with The Ritz-Carlton, JetBlue, The Nature Conservancy, Jolt Innovation, and MIT publication IdeaShift, we will craft solutions for our industry and our world. Details...
by mcoletta | Mar 6, 2014 | NY TravFest, Travel 2.0, Travel+SocialGood |
I am helping to produce the 2nd annual New York Travel Festival on April 26, 2014 at Bohemian National Hall. My groups Travel 2.0 (Co-Organizer) and Travel+SocialGood (Committee Member) are both holding events in conjunction with the festival, and each will offer travel entrepreneurs and companies some fantastic visibility opportunities. Call For Presentations and Participants At “Travel 2.0 @ NYTF” We still have spots open for innovative travel startups and companies to collect helpful feedback and showcase what they are working on to the tech-savvy, immersive audience of the New York Travel Festival. Participants will have two opportunities: 1) Give a presentation to the audience to demonstrate your product 2) Set up at a table with latptops, tablets etc to interact 1-on-1 and go into more detail on your product with attendees All participants will also receive promotion via nytravfest.com and the festival’s social media channels. We expect dozens of people in the room at any one time, especially for the presentations. This will be similar to the typical Travel 2.0 event format in that it is a forum for young travel companies to get feedback and exposure, but on a larger scale. Details on the audience: In addition to the Travel 2.0 audience, the NY Travel Festival attracts hundreds of consumers, media and industry. Consumer attendees are generally younger (25-40), a third have incomes over $100,000 a year, and a great portion of them take at least one international leisure trip a year. Media attendees range from niche bloggers to editors of major publications. Industry attendees include primarily tourism boards, PR agencies and suppliers. More details here: http://nytravfest.com/travel-2-0-at-nytf Call For Presentations at Travel+SocialGood...
by mcoletta | Feb 17, 2014 | Travel+SocialGood |
This Thursday Feb 20th I’ll be helping to host the first Travel+SocialGood event since our conference in September 2013. Partnering with Social Media Week NYC, T+SG will host a panel discussion called: “Transparency in Travel: Who Do Consumers Trust? The Brand, The Media or The Influencer?”. Moderated by Michaela Guzy, Editor-In-Chief of Oh the People You Meet, our panel will include top travel professionals sharing their thoughts on this very relevant topic. Our Panelists include travel personality Lee Abbamonte, Emily Garvey, Director of Global Digital Marketing at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and AFAR Magazine Co-Founder Joe Diaz. Join us at WeWork, hosted by DevShop for a night of awesome discussion with like-minded individuals as we navigate the nexus of travel, technology and social good. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please click here to RSVP on Eventbrite:...
