MESSAGE FROM TWGROUP EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
What’s new at
the TWgroup?
Discover a group that off ers information for all levels with industry-leading publications and websites
Like every good business, the
TWgroup has spent months
researching the rapidly changing
travel marketplace and
media landscape and we are
redirecting our operation to
match our fi ndings.
Innovation is key to business
success and on that score,
the TWgroup sets the pace.
In line with the rapidly
increasing number of homeworkers
and independents –
and growing internet usage –
we are adopting a web-fi rst
publishing strategy across the
group. This means all of our
editorial content will be on our
websites fi rst, www.gazetteers.
com, www.travelweekly.co.uk
and www.travolution.co.uk.
We are focusing our content
in Travel Weekly and Gazetteers
on agents and their business.
While you can access news on
www.travelweekly.co.uk anytime,
anywhere, you will still
continue to receive Travel
W eekly free each week. The
THE TWGROUP
COMPRISES
● Travel Weekly
● www.travelweekly.co.uk
● www.gazetteers.com
● Travolution
● www.travolution.co.uk
content will be aimed specifi -
cally at you, with news highlights,
views, interviews, musthave
destination information
and practical tips. Those who
do not receive a hard copy can
access the digital issue on www.
travelweekly.co.uk the day before
the magazine is published.
The website is due to
undergo a makeover soon but
if you check it out now you will
fi nd TW Television, which covers
conferences and events,
and from next Friday, Travel
Weekly podcasts. Use our
community forums to swap
information, or debate an
issue. Send us your pictures
and we’ll upload them for you.
Also, see what Travel Weekly
and our bloggers around the
world are saying on our blogs:
Hotel Girl, Postcards, Taylor
on Travel, Celebs on Holiday
and Travel Weekly.
You can also subscribe to
our leading practical tool for
agents, www.gazetteers.com.
In addition to hotels and resort
information, you will fi nd
independent reviews of
accommodation and packages
supplied by our own reporters
around the globe. You’ll also
fi nd reviews from other agents,
plus videos of resorts.
We are also launching the
TWgroup Travel Stars scheme,
through which agents can
submit video reviews of properties
and destinations on
www.gazetteers.com.
Another TWgroup innovation
to help agents is our
TWacademy, which can be
Travel Weekly
content will be
targeted at agents.
Travolution is aimed
at travel chiefs and
business strategists
found on any of our websites
(except www.travolution.co.uk).
This will offer information
about destinations and specialist
operators. TWacademy has:
■ A video-based module
■ A basic module
■ A game course to test your
knowledge
Complete the modules and
there are great prizes to be
won. Look out for our regular
newsletter to all registered
agents coming soon.
ANIMATED
ADVERTISING
One of the TWgroup’s biggest
innovations this year is the
introduction of animated
advertisements in Travel
Weekly digital editions.
Now your advertising can
feature moving images and
animated text, all just a click
away. Our digital creative
specialists can deliver the
entire package to you.
Email group head of sales
jackie.anderson@rbi.co.uk.
TRAVOLUTION
Travolution is the TWgroup’s
website and magazine
for online travel chiefs
and travel business
strategists, led by editor
Kevin May.
If you want high level,
big picture, analytical
information on the issues
surrounding the travel
trade, Travolution is for
you. The website,
www.travolution.co.uk,
which relaunched recently,
delivers daily news and
content. The magazine is
published quarterly and is
themed around big issues
aff ecting the industry.
The next annual
Travolution Summit will
be in London in April 2009.
For more information go to
www.travolution.co.uk.
For daily news go to
www.travelweekly.co.uk
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