PhoCusWright Conference

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Applications for a free press pass or reduced-fee blogger pass for the 2012 PhoCusWright Conference will be available via this page. Please check back or contact us for more information.

2011 Attending Press
and Bloggers

"A Taste for Travel" Radio Show
David Carman, Host and Co-Producer

AirGuide & AirGuide Business / Pyramid Media Group
Aram Gesar, Editor in Chief

Aviation Week
Andrew Compart, Transport Editor

Bed and Breakfast Blogger
Marie Lanier, Publisher

The BTN Group
Jay Boehmer, Senior Editor

Conde Nast Traveler
Wendy Perrin, Director of Consumer News & Digital Community

Consumer Traveler
Charles Leocha, Correspondent

Digital Ministry
Christopher Brinkworth, Co-Founder

Frommer's Travel Guides
Anna Goldrein, Senior Editorial Manager

Frommer's Unlimited
Jason Clampet, Senior Online Editor

Genteviajera (ONDA CERO)
Javier Gonzalez-Soria, Editor

HotelNewsNow.com
Jason Freed, News Editor

LDTV/esRadio
Pablo Kleinman, Columnist

Max / Travelupdate
Olivier Dujardin, Editor in Chief

The Miami Herald
Hannah Sampson, Reporter

msnbc.com
Joy Jernigan, Senior Travel Editor

MTI Blog
Stefan Wagner, Travel Blogger

National Geographic Traveler
Christopher Elliott, Freelance Writer/Producer

OSNews
David Adams, Technology Editor

PBS / Nightly Business Report
Marqueeta Curtis-Haynes, Producer

PBS / Nightly Business Report
Tom Hudson, Anchor / Reporter

PBS / Nightly Business Report
Michael Malanga, Senior Photojournalist / Editor

Reisrevue/ANVR
Walter Schut, Senior Editor

Society of American Travel Writers
Marcia Levin, Freelance Writer

SpaGypsies
Peggy Lee, Chief Spa Gypsy

Sparkloft Media / GoSeeTell Network Blog
Martin Stoll, CEO

Professor Sabena
Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, Managing Partner

Tnooz
Stephen Joyce, Canadian Node

Tnooz
Kevin May, Editor

Tnooz
Dennis Schaal, North America Editor

Travel Pulse
Kate Rice, Executive Editor

Travel Technology Update
Michele McDonald, Editor

Travel Weekly
Johanna Jainchill, Senior Editor

TravelandLeisure.com
Rich Beattie, Executive Editor

TravelMole TV
Charles Kao, TV Correspondent

USA TODAY
Benjamin Abramson, Online Travel Editor

USA TODAY
Veronica Stoddart, Deputy Managing Editor, Travel

USA TODAY
Roger Yu, Travel Reporter

Views from a Corner Suite
Robert Cole, Founder

Yahoo! Travel
Deborah Hopewell, Senior Editor

Press Passes

The PhoCusWright Conference features senior executives and key influencers from numerous sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry and provides an excellent opportunity for members of the print and online media.

The PhoCusWright Conference offers members of the media:

• The ability to conduct interviews with industry leaders and analysts in a relaxed environment.
• All-inclusive passes for admittance to scheduled conference programs, luncheons and cocktail receptions.
• Speaker and sponsor/exhibitor information.

Complimentary press passes are available to professional members of the media who are "working press" on assignment covering the event or the companies presenting. To qualify for a pass, you must be employed by or freelance for the editorial side of a travel, business, financial or general news/lifestyle print or online publication (excludes company and member newsletters), or produce news segments for a broadcast network. Your role or title at the print or online publication or broadcast network cannot be in a sales, promotional or executive capacity (i.e. publisher, CEO, public relations titles do not qualify for complimentary press passes). Consultants, book writers and others who are not working press do not qualify for press passes. To qualify for a press pass, you must earn your living as a journalist.

You will be asked to submit recent, relevant bylined articles or describe your qualifications. Your attendance at past PhoCusWright Conferences on a press pass does not automatically qualify you for a press pass for this year's conference. The pass is valid for all conference sessions, meals and materials.

PhoCusWright reserves the right to qualify journalists upon receipt of the application. Questions should be directed to events11@phocuswright.com or +1 860 350-4084 x500. Your request for a press pass acknowledges that we may share your contact information with conference attendees (we will not divulge your email address without permission, however).

Members of the press are not permitted to sell or promote any company or product at any time during the three-day event.

Blogger Passes

Bloggers and other members of the press who do not qualify based on the terms shown above may qualify for a blogger pass. The cost for this limited number of three-day The PhoCusWright Conference blogger passes is US$1,000.

PhoCusWright will maintain 100% control over application approval. Only B2B bloggers will be accepted and the following criteria will be used during the application review:

• Quality of blog posts
• Quantity of blog posts
• Number of readers
• Number of Twitter followers
• Past experience with PhoCusWright

All accepted bloggers will be expected to act like press – posting and writing about the conference and its components – but it is understood they may be at the conference promoting their own business as well.

Accepted bloggers will be expected to:

• Tweet consistently during the conference
• Post photo and/or videos during and after the conference
• Post on their blog during the conference highlighting the event, speakers, sessions, etc.

Note: There will be no "Bloggers Summit" or "New Media Summit" activities. PhoCusWright will coordinate a press briefing, on Wednesday morning and will endeavor to invite key speakers who have relevant and timely news on the industry. Philip Wolf will be asked to participate, but the point of the press conference is not to promote the conference or PhoCusWright, but the news of the day.