Travel Gossip membership reaches 10,000
Travel Gossip, the travel industry’s social media forum, has welcomed its 10,000th member.
To celebrate and to thank members for their continued support, it has launched a special ‘Perfect 10’ prize giveaway.
Members will have the chance to win prizes donated by 10 of Travel Gossip’s Premium Suppliers.
From April 27 until May 8, prizes include fam trips, a river cruise, long haul tickets, Tiffany vouchers, a meal for two at the Shard and a £200 Red Letter Day voucher (see full list below).
Launched in August 2011 by Sara Mason-Parker, the Travel Gossip community gives industry professionals the chance to ask questions in confidence, discover new products and services and share their knowledge and experience.
Since then it has grown to 10,000 trade-only members and over 12,700 followers on Twitter.
While suppliers are offered free membership, those looking for more prominence can pay for premium membership from £1,500 per year.
Amongst other benefits, members will have their logo added to the banner at the top of the Facebook page, get two weeks of promotional posts with the post pinned to the top of the group, receive Twitter exposure and have their link and logo displayed on the Travel Gossip web page.
Bruce Martin, director of Travel Gossip, said: ‘We are so proud to reach this special milestone and I’d like to thank all our members for making Travel Gossip such a success. Last month alone we had around 1,400 posts, 7,000 comments and 10,000 reactions. It’s amazing to see how popular it has become within the UK travel trade.’
Sara Mason-Parker, founder and director of Travel Gossip, added: ‘I’m so proud to be able to witness Travel Gossip grow into the engaging, fabulous travel community we have today. Thank you to all the travel agents, travel suppliers and travel services for embracing the group and to those who have donated such fantastic prizes.’
The full list of prizes is as follows:
Thursday 27 April – Fam trip – donated by Kuoni
Friday 28 April – Two long haul tickets – donated by Faremine
Saturday 29 April to Monday 1 May – Fam trip – donated by Intrepid Travel
Tuesday 2 May – River cruise for two – donated by Tauck
Wednesday 3 May – Fam trip – donated by Fred Olsen
Thursday 4 May – Bubbly and goody bag – donated by Dynamics
Friday 5 May – A £200 Tiffany voucher – donated by Silversea
Saturday 6 May to Sunday 7 May – A meal for two at the Shard – donated by All Clear Insurance
Monday 7 May – A £200 Red Letter Day voucher – donated by Titan Travel
Tuesday 8 May – Fam trip – donated by Travelpack
For more information about the Perfect 10 giveaway and details of how to take part, click here.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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