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USA TODAY Expands Travel.USATODAY.com
May 27, 2010
McLean, Va. — USA TODAY announced today an expansion of its travel Web site, Travel.USATODAY.com. The redesigned and enhanced site is a one-stop destination for travelers looking for expert travel-planning information, news you can use, actionable advice and tips, best-of-breed tools and apps, and community and conversation. It inspires readers, guides them through the travel process and helps them travel better, smarter and cheaper. The expanded site now includes: Expanded and detailed destination content on 295 locations around the world, enriched with maps, photos and tools to help readers plan their trips. A new “Travel Tips” section provided by Demand Media with more than 4,000 savvy consumer tips and videos on a host of travel topics such as finding low airfare and hotel rates and traveling with kids on a business trip. A new destinations blog called “Dispatches” that features insider news, updates, mini trip reports and select photos from around the globe. A... Read More →
Media Buzz Member Press Releases Spotlight: SustainabilityThe Conservation Fund’s Go Zero® Program and NomadsLand Launch Viral Micro-Documentary Campaign to Fight Habitat Loss and Climate Change
April 14, 2010
Arlington, VA—Top-rated environmental nonprofit The Conservation Fund and strategic video marketing company NomadsLand joined forces to co-produce the Fund’s first viral video campaign. The campaign features a six minute micro-documentary by NomadsLand highlighting the Fund’s voluntary carbon offset program, Go Zero. The Go Zero program pairs leading companies with thousands of donors working to address two of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges—habitat loss and climate change—by planting trees. The micro-documentary celebrates the planting of Go Zero’s one millionth tree on behalf of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The campaign includes five co-branded video players featuring several of Go Zero’s largest corporate donors, including Dell, Gaiam, Travelocity and U-Haul, and aims to raise $100,000 to plant 10,000 more trees by Earth Day. To help reach their goal, the Go Zero team is asking viewers to watch the film, embed on their blog, make a donation... Read More →
Media BuzzWebTV Travel Show Recognized by National Geographic Traveler
April 13, 2010
Washington, D.C.— Jet Set Zero, the first online high-definition reality travel series and content network, has been recognized again for its pioneering take on budget travel, recently appearing in the March issue of National Geographic Traveler. The show, now in its second year, features twenty-somethings that have opted out of the daily grind of work and life to travel the world on what they can earn. “Appearing in Traveler was a dream for us,” said Brian Lio, an original cast member and co-creator of the Jet Set Zero project. “We’ve had copies of it laying around for inspiration since even before setting foot in another country.” Jet Set Zero cast members are required to put everything they have on the line, landing in a foreign country and securing jobs, housing and local friends in 90 days—all while saving whatever they can to do it all over again. “One day, you just have to stop making excuses and buy the ticket,” said Rob Ward another project founder. “There’s... Read More →
Media Buzz Member Press ReleasesLaunch of New Mozambique Eco-Adventure Safari to Coincide with National Geographic’s Latest Documentary “Africa’s Lost Eden – Gorongosa National Park”
April 6, 2010
DENVER, CO – Denver-based Africa Adventure Consultants, Inc. (AAC) announces a new green safari itinerary in Mozambique to compliment National Geographic’s new film “Africa’s Lost Eden – Gorongosa National Park” with a television debut April 12 on National Geographic’s Wild Channel. AAC’s new 11-day safari, Mozambique Eco-Adventure, follows in many of the same footsteps as the film in celebrating the diverse wildlife and mythical landscapes of Mozambique. It includes Gorongosa National Park and the country’s remote and unspoiled coastline and deserted beaches. This is one of several carefully crafted, low-impact “green” safaris utilizing small-footprint camps and lodges that have innovative eco-friendly programs and social projects that AAC will launch in 2010, noted owner Kent Redding. Another new eco-friendly program is the Tanzania Green Safari, a 10-day eco/socially responsible safari to Tanzania’s best parks. The National Geographic film produced by James... Read More →
Media Buzz Member Press ReleasesOutside Television Announces New Senior Executive Hires
March 24, 2010
Carmine Parisi appointed as SVP of Sales and Catherine Rasenberger tapped to lead Distribution Expansion NEW YORK, NY – Outside Television, the active lifestyle network formed in partnership with Outside Magazine, today announced the appointment of media sales veteran Carmine Parisi as Senior Vice President of Sales, and cable industry veteran Catherine Rasenberger as EVP of Distribution on a consulting basis. Parisi will manage all of the sales initiatives for Outside Television, which he identifies as a network that is “poised for rapid expansion.” Parisi says, “We have the right executive management team, brand, positioning, and assets to grow aggressively. Outside Television will satisfy the needs of advertisers looking for unique, integrated marketing solutions targeting an upscale, passionate, and active audience.” Parisi comes to Outside Television from the National Football League where he expanded the NFL network and NFL.com by five times between 2006 and 2009 in his... Read More →
Media BuzzTravel + Leisure’s March 2010 Issue Features “World’s Top Adventure Trips”
February 25, 2010
According to Travel + Leisure’s March 2010 issue, “T+L has surveyed the field to create the ultimate directory of adventure trips around the globe, each listed with a top outfitter.” Editor’s Note: In the story written by veteran and prolific writer of all things adventure, Jeff Wise, includes 33 companies on Travel + Leisure’s World’s Top Top Adventure Trips list for 2010, 21 of which are offered by ATTA Members. In the online version, the article shows thoughtful diversity of place, price, activity, seasonality and duration. Review the online version. Read More →
Media Buzz Must Read/ViewNational Geographic Channel Premieres “Nasca Lines: Buried Secrets”, Sure to Inspire
February 25, 2010
The National Geographic Channel has just premiered a new documentary, Nasca Lines: Buried Secrets, from Edge West Productions, directed by celebrated British documentarian Philip J. Day. This in-depth doc comes at a perfect time, giving an American audience an exciting view of the history and mysteries of Peru beyond Machu Picchu. Nasca Lines: Buried Secrets will certainly inspire its audience to visit Peru to see the lines in-person and to experience the county on the whole. The show premiered in the USA on Sunday, but will be re-airing a number of times over the next few weeks. 2/25, 7 PM EST 2/25, 10 PM EST 2/28, 12 PM EST 3/4, 3 PM EST * Editor’s Note: In 2005, I had the good fortune to visit the Nasca lines from the ground, and from above in the seat of a 6 passenger Cessna, and was simply mesmerized, realizing a childhood dream to visit the mysterious lines drawings on the face of the earth. It’s this very location and that very trip that inspired ATTA efforts to collaborate... Read More →
Media BuzzNewly-Formed Outside Television Appoints Programming Head
January 20, 2010
Award-Winning Producer Rob Faris Tapped as Senior Vice President of Programming and Production NEW YORK, NY – Outside Television, the active lifestyle network formed in partnership of Outside Magazine publisher Mariah Media and Resort Sports Network, today announced the appointment of television industry veteran Rob Faris as Senior Vice President of Programming and Production. Faris, a multiple Emmy Award-winning television producer, will oversee the creation and development of programming content for the network, which will launch in June. Based in the Outside Television’s New York City office, he will manage the Television Operations department and will supervise an acclaimed production team of producers, directors, and writers. His duties will also involve collaborating with Outside magazine’s editors on the conception of a host of new series that will reflect the editorial content of the publication. “Rob Faris is very well regarded, and his broad experience and relationships... Read More →
Media BuzzAffiliate of Fletcher Asset Management, Inc. Purchases Newsweek Budget Travel
January 15, 2010
Nancy Telliho to Remain President; Harold Shain to Rejoin as Chairman NEW YORK, NY – Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel President, Nancy Telliho announced today that an affiliate of Fletcher Asset Management, Inc has officially closed on the purchase of Budget Travel and BudgetTravel.com from Newsweek, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO.) The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Telliho confirms that while Budget Travel is under new ownership she intends to stay on as President along with the entirety of the senior management team: Bernadette Haley, Publisher; Nina Willdorf, Editor in Chief, Stephen Merrill, Online General Manager and Michele Mausser, Director of Finance. The Company also announced that Harold Shain, former President of Newsweek, Inc., and former President of Newsweek Budget Travel, Inc., will rejoin Budget Travel as Chairman. Shain will help oversee the Company and, with Telliho, will guide the Company in identifying... Read More →
Media BuzzMariah Media and Resort Sports Network Partner to Launch the “Outside Television Network”
December 7, 2009
A Joint Venture That Will Rebrand the Existing RSN Network Santa Fe, NM – Mariah Media Inc., publisher of Outside magazine, America’s leading active-lifestyle publication, today announced a partnership with Resort Sports Network (RSN) to bring Outside’s award-winning coverage to life with the launch of the Outside Television Network. This will be a complete rebranding of the existing Resort Sports Network, the national television network that specializes in creating and distributing outdoor-lifestyle content to premier vacation destinations throughout the country. The network—which currently reaches 61 million viewers annually, is distributed to 110 destinations, and is the number-one-rated channel in its markets as measured by Nielsen Media Research—will debut as the Outside Television Network on June 1, 2010. The joint venture will unite two prominent leaders with large bases of both active and affluent consumers in the active-lifestyle categories. This unprecedented deal will... Read More →
