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We learn a lot from our own journeys, but we learn even more from the really smart people we meet. Here we've compiled the tweets of 100 of our favorite travel experts. We hope you find them as insightful as we do.
Can you think of anyone we missed? Email us at ismtravels@ismboston.com. Travel on!
Ruthanne Terrero
Luxury Travel Correspondent, Editor
Luxury Travel Advisor Magazine
Editorial Director of Luxury Travel Advisor and Travel Agent magazines based in NYC
Nancy D Brown
Travel Writer and Blogger
Owns a public relations consulting business
Has a very popular blog about travel and food
Bruce Sweigert
Management Consultant/Director in the Travel Industry
Director at Peppers & Rogers Group
Has a unique perspective about airline travel, bounces living between Dubai and Singapore
Don Nadeau
President BidonTravel.com and Priceline bidding strategist
BidonTravel.com
This blog is all about making the travel sites work for you; how to get the best deal
Philip Wolf
Travel Guru
PhoCusWright
Tons of info on travel; last few tweets heavy on airlines
Simon Ashwin
Digital Marketing Consultant specializing in destination marketing
Lots of articles on travel, news and the world
Rambadri
General Manager Asia Pacific of PhoCusWright
PhoCusWright
Travel information, specifically focusing on Asia
Douglass Quinby
Travel distribution analyst
PhoCusWright
Recently mentioned on the follow Friday travel blog
Dennis Schaal
Freelance Writer for Travel Weekly, Ask.com, Travolution etc.
Four Seasons is mentioned multiple recent tweets
Laura Bly
Travel Writer for USA Today
USA Today
Recent Tweets focus on travel and the swine flu
Alex Bainbridge
Managing Director of TourCMS
TourCMS
I blog about travel ecommerce and travel social media.
Maureen Dine
CEO at Avalon Report
Avalon Report
Recent tweets on Starwood and Southwest Airlines
Wendy Perrin
Feature Editor at Condé Nast
Condé Nast
Some travel info; she seems to answer a lot of travel questions on her blog
Gary Kitching
Public Relations Consultant in Asia
A ton of tweets on hotels in Asia; lots on travel writing even a few tweets about twitter
Susana Soltero
Travel and Hospitalty Pro
CM Communications
All tweets seem to focus on hotels, but there are some recent tweets on staycations
Gary Arndt
Travel Blogger
Travel blogger/photographer. I've blogged and tweeted from over 60 countries and territories since March 2007.
Spud Hilton
Travel Writer for San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
Recent tweets on the death of the staycation
Mary Gostelow
Editor-in-Chief
Kiwi Collections, Luxury Travel Magazine, WOW.travel
Tweets on all things travel; last tweet about Gordon Ramsey's new restaurant
EFSmithsonian
Education First
Smithsonian Student Travel combines the educational resources of the Smithsonian with the travel expertise of EF to create educationally-enhanced tours
Stacey Small
Luxury Travel Planner/Consultant
Elite Travel
Mostly travel tweets, a lot of focus on the swine flu
Joe Buhler
Buhlerworks CEO and Consultant at PhoCusWright on Social Marketing
Buhlerworks, PhoCusWright
Focus is online travel sites and how we use them
Tim Hughes
Orbitz
Works for Orbitz and blogs about the online travel world at the Business Of Online Travel
Travel Portland
Travel Portland
We love all things Portland - the official account for Travel Portland. Questions? Use #inpdx in your tweet. We will help.
Brett Snyder
Writer of The Cranky Flier
The Cranky Flier, Travel Blog
He writes The Cranky Flier, a snarky consumer air travel blog; all around airline dork
Michelle Higgins
Writes the Practical Traveler column
New York Times
Writes the Practical Traveler column for the New York Times
Mark Ivey
Bio New Media Consultant and Senior Level Writer
(former BusinessWeek editor, author)
New media consultant and senior level writer (former BusinessWeek editor, author) with broad corp. background in marketing, social media, public speaking
Barney Harford
CEO
Orbitz Worldwide
Tweets and travel and anything else he can think of
Henry H. Harteveldt
VP, Principal Analyst
Forrester Research
Airline, hotel and travel industry eBusiness, social computing and distribution analyst; tweeting about it all
Jared Salter
Founder
Joobili.com
Founder of joobili.com, a new site offering European travel inspirations; you say when, Joobili says where
Norm Rose
Travel Tech Consultant
TravelTechnology
Focused on emerging technology and how it will impact the global travel industry
Darren Cronian
Head Ranter
Travelrants
He writes and rants about problems that consumers face with travel
Christopher Elliott
Freelance Writer for Travel Weekly, Ask.com, Travolution etc.
National Geographic, MSNBC Travel
National Geographic Traveler’s reader advocate; Travel Troubleshooter; MSNBC columnist
Rick Seaney
CEO FareCompare.com
FareCompare.com
CEO FareCompare.com; passionate about helping people find air travel deals; owning the world's largest database of current and historical airfares helps
Caleb Tiller
Travel Nut
NBTA
business travel, managed travel, marketing, communications, PR, associations
Claude Peloquin
Tourism Analyst
Tourism Intelligence Network
Analyste, Réseau de veille en tourisme - Tourism Intelligence Network; interest about travel industry, trends, best practices, online tourism, tourist behavior
Stephan Ekbergh
Business bohemian active in online travel
Business bohemian active in online travel; lots of practical travel advice
Jay Karen
CEO
Professional Association of Innkeepers International
Lots of travel info with a focus on inns
Michael Dalesandro
Travel Guru
Where I've Been website
Lots of travel info and travel advisory info
Hugo Burge
Chairman and Co-founder
Cheap Today
Love travel, cheapness (!) and the web; enjoy dabbling with art and a silly sport called real tennis
Carolyn Gatto
Co-founder and Publisher
WeJustGotBack.com
Co-founder and Publisher of WeJustGotBack.com, a family travel site that the New York Times called an authoritative voice on family trip-planning.
Kara Williams
Co-Founder, Travelingmamas.com
Travelingmamas.com
Blogging about all things travel related with my fellow Mamas at TravelingMamas.com
Fawn Thomas
Destination Wedding Planning
Destination wedding planning; passionate about all things related to weddings/travel
Gene Sloan
Cruise Log blogger
USA Today
Alerts about cruise news, reviews and deals plus general musings from USA TODAY Cruise Log blogger Gene Sloan
Guillaume Thevenot
Head Blogger
Amadeus
Lots of tavel info; all focus on hotels; huge write up about Best Western
Laura Porter
London Travel Writer
About.com
London travel writer and happy soul; heavy focus on travel in the UK
Susan Black
Senior Advisor
Bently Associates
Susan heads up a 7-year-old strategy group focusing on leading online travel brands, traditional travel distributors/suppliers, travel publishers and start-ups
Jennifer Leo
Lead blogger
LA Times
Lead blogger LA Times Travel Blog; LAT Web Buzz column writer; editor of the award-winning Sand in My Bra series (Travelers’ Tales); new mom
Sam Daams
Co-founder/owner
Travellerspoint.com, TravelBlogs
Co-founder/owner of Travellerspoint.com and TravelBlogs.com with @daamsie; husband, father, kayaker, fisherman, web addict and traveller
Cliff Chapman
Lead Blogger
Traveljunkies.com
traveljunkie who retired from the business world only to find myself back in it
Benji Lanyado
Travel writer
Guardian innit
Travel writer for the Guardian innit; and recently, the TwiTrip pilot
Jeffery Ward
Travel Savvy Guy
SavvyNavigator
Travel savvy guy offering luxury gay tours and travel insight to those seeking life-changing experiences
Janelle
Special Projects Editor
National Geographic Traveler
Lots of info on travel; practical tips on if you lose your passport
Marilyn Res
Chief Researcher
National Geographic Traveler
Last few tweets involve the top 10 balconies in cruise lines
Wink Lorch
Wine Writer, Educator and Editor
Wine Travel Guide
Focus on travel and wine; lots of info on vineyards
Green Travel News
Focus on Eco-Travel Blog
Twitter
Blogger, Podcaster, Author, and Professor of Geography and Tourism at Northern Arizona University
MyTwavel
Revolutionary Travel Portal for Twitterers. Launching soon - get involved!
Twitter
Focus on anything travel; popular Blog
Susan Lanier-Graham
Luxury Travel Writer
Examiner.com
Travel centric blog with a focus on the mid-west
John T. Peters
CEO
Tripology
John T. Peters, CEO of Tripology; we connect travelers with global travel specialists; husband, father, entrepreneur; lead, follow or get out of the way!
David M Rubin
THE Travel Guy to plan and book your Travel
Travel + Attorney and Mensch
THE Travel Guy to plan and book your Travel + Attorney and Mensch; recommended by Travel + Leisure Mag, Conde Nast Traveler, Elite Traveler and Out Traveler
Annemarie Dooling
Jet setting, wine drinking, magazine editing, web producing sicko.
Jet setting, wine drinking, magazine editing, web producing sicko; travel bug
Anne Edwards
blogger, writer, photographer, traveler, friend of the earth, living and laughing in Guelph
blogger, writer, photographer, traveler, friend of the earth, living and laughing in Guelph
Peter Greenberg
Travel guru
NBC, AARP, Forbes, others
blog that focuses on the modern traveler
Jenny Reed
Cruise and Travel Expert
OurCruiseplanner.com
Blog focus on cruise and luxury travel with a family
Veronica Stoddart
Deputy Managing Editor for Travel
USA Today
Editor who loves to travel and talk about the business
Barbara Talbott
Founder and CEO
GlenLarkin Advisors, LLC.
Insights on the evolving consumer from a leader in global branding and service innovation; mentorship for the next generation of business leaders.
John Bardos
A Canadian in Japan
Is working on starting an English school in Japan
My wife and I have a one-year plan to free ourselves from our small business of running an English school in Japan and move to a new country; we intend to be in another country by April 1, 2010; we are not rich, nor do we have a reliable source of income for the future; we are both about 40 years old and we just want to have more experiences and do cooler things in the world
Alexia Nestora
Volunteer and Adventure Travel Industry Consultant
lassocommunications.com
Alexia Nestora is a voluntourism industry consultant, helping providers with strategy and monitoring industry trends; Alexia previously ran the North American division of volunteer provider i-to-i and has recently helped with Mintel reports on volunteer tourism as well as articles in the WSJ, Smart Money and NY Times
Roberta Westwood
I'm a doodler, blogger, traveller and all around free spirit. I Twitter as citytravelbug. The doodles are my own, I hope you enjoy them.
Freelance
She is a pure example of the TravelBug
TEDTalks
Offical Feed of TEDtalks
TEDtalks
The official feed of TEDTalks: Ideas worth spreading. For all TED News, follow @TEDNews too!
Ann Lombardi
Travel Consultant
The Trip Chicks blog
Ann and Wendy are longtime, unconventional travel consultants/tour guides who love adventure, fitness, and the 70+ countries visited on the planet we share
Melvin Boecher
Blogger
TravelDudes
I love to travel, to discover the world, to travel free and untroubled and still be informed like an insider; my motto: For Travellers, By Travellers!
Laura Byrne Paquet
Freelance Travel Writer
Freelance
A freelance travel writer specializing in ways travelers can live like locals on the road
Kevin Revolinski
I am a published author/travel writer/photographer and wandering creative type
Freelance
A freelance writer whose articles and photography have appeared in a variety of publications including Chicago Tribune, Sydney Morning Herald, Miami Herald and Caribbean Travel and Life; he is the author of The Yogurt Man Cometh, a travel memoir about a year living in Turkey, The Wisconsin Beer Guide, a travel guide to the state's many microbreweries, and the new 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Madison; he has written for Rough Guides guidebooks and is a City Expert for Home and Abroad; he writes hotel reviews for Star Service Online and does a monthly travel feature for WMMM 105.5FM in Madison called "The Mad Traveler"; his short stories have appeared in various literary journals and his photography is frequently exhibited around southern Wisconsin; currently resides in Madison where he is at work on a new travel memoir about a year in southern Italy
Overland Tales
Overland Tales is the story of my next journey, a wintry overland travel odyssey on foot, by bike, bus and train through Europe and across Russia
Jet Set Report
Jet Set Report
Why simply travel when you can travel chicly? JetSetReport.com - a luxury travel website for the jetset generation
Robert Reid
Travel Editor
Lonely Planet
Robert Reid is Lonely Planet's US Travel Editor and spokesperson for the US; has written 24 LP guidebooks, plus articles for NY Times
Carol Margolis
CEO
Smart Women Travelers
Sharing advice for frequent women travelers so they can enjoy their journeys; speaker, writer, project manager, CEO of CITA Consulting, loving life
Dorothy McGivney
Creator, Jauntsetter.com
Jauntsetter.com
The creator of jauntsetter.com, a travel website for New York women
The World Effect
Travel Writers
World travelers in search of art, culture, design and adventure
Alexander Basek
Travel Writer
Travel + Leisure
The Best Deals reporter for Travel + Leisure and a freelance travel writer; my work has appeared in the New York Post, Fodor's, New York Magazine and more
Condé Nast Traveler
Magazine
Condé Nast Traveler
Truth in Travel is our guiding principle: Condé Nast Traveler always pays its own way, and, as much as possible, its correspondents travel anonymously
Don George
Travel Journalist/Editor in Chief
adventurecollection.com/
Legendary travel writer, editor, speaker, teacher, book reviewer, broadcaster and all-around bon vivant
Dave Lytle
Travel Editor
Frommers.com
Editorial Director, Frommers.com; will travel for food, wine and spirits
Norie Quintos
Senior Editor
National Geographic Traveler
Senior Editor at National Geographic Traveler, editor Smart Traveler and Tours of a Lifetime
Ben Mutzabaug
USA Today
Get the latest airline industry news from USA TODAY's Ben Mutzabaugh in his Today In The Sky blog brought to you by USATODAY.com
Rnfrstalliance
Rainforest Alliance
International nonprofit conservation organization working to conserve biodiveristy and ensure sustainable livelihoods
ISM Boston
ism.
We're an agency specializing in travel and lifestyle marketing; we're here to share info and stories; we'd love to hear your stories, too
Bob Minihan
Executive Creative Director/Partner
ism.
Executive Creative Director/Partner ISMBoston; we specialize in travel and lifestyle marketing; clients include Four Seasons, AMEX, A&K, Best Western
Gary Leopold
President and CEO
ism.
President and CEO of ISM specializing in travel and lifestyle marketing
I'm at The Shops at Riverside (390 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack). http://4sq.com/7p3yZX
I'm at No Body Denied (Echo Plaza, Springfield). http://4sq.com/caTXkl
Top Tnooz this week: Google fear, Gen-Y locates, Hipster Hipmunk http://bit.ly/c3QfrF
Spicy NICEY! Excellent Indian food and great service! (@ Taj Palace) http://4sq.com/9aES6H
Hurricane Earl: Travel Guard offers free services to travelers http://bit.ly/9C737N (Tnooz)
When Continental website went down, Twitter worked http://bit.ly/9vh7FK (Tnooz) #Earl
aha:)RT @KarinDFW: RT @denschaal: This is perfect day for big cos to sneak in bad news when minds already are on holiday> LOL been there
This is a perfect day for big companies to sneak in some unpleasant news when minds already are on holiday. Wonder what will develop:)
getaroom.com one year later http://bit.ly/clpcgJ Tnooz hotels.com founders plan intl expansion
Amadeus Cars Plus goes online with XML http://bit.ly/9BwSUE (Tnooz)
Ten tips for better revenue management in independent hotels http://bit.ly/coMDuX (Tnooz)
Why mobile is vital for in-destination bookings http://bit.ly/9Pt7be (Tnooz) via @stephenjoyce
Ancillary services provider dives into consumer mobile world http://bit.ly/cKnR5N
Travel ad firm Sojern raises $9M in new funding http://bit.ly/ajarka (Tnooz)
I thought i pointed that out in the post:) RT @hharteveldt: @denschaal Farelogix hardly a neutral party in the full content discussion
Farelogix video: Full content deals bad for travel agencies http://bit.ly/9gIgKh (Tnooz)
Why Google has more to fear in travel than just regulators http://bit.ly/9mvYtq