Procrastinating Ola

The Travel Marketing Awards 2011 - did your favourite travel brand win?

March 30 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #advertising, #awards, #black tomato, #campaigns, #Chartered Insititute of Marketing, #CIMTIG, #marketing, #Rough Guide, #Rough roads, #To-Tuscany, #travel, #Travel brands, #Travel Interest Group, #travel marketing, #Travel News

While running DiverseTraveller.com is my passion, it doesn't keep me in the style I have grown accustomed to. So in order to keep the bills paid, I dabble in marketing. Well I do more than dabble, I lecture on a number of marketing subjects and in the...

Travel health reminder for Brits in search of a holiday Royal Wedding free

March 17 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #8weekstogo, #health advice, #holiday, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Royal Wedding, #travel, #travel advice, #travel health, #travel tips, #travelling

According to The Telegraph on line, 1.5 million people will be watching as much as they can of the Royal Wedding live, in London, come April 29. Up to four billion others worldwide will be watching the hour long service on TV. I say more grease to their...

Celebrating the best of British (and Ireland)

March 9 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Best of British, #Birmingham NEC, #Britain, #British, #British Tourism Week, #Ireland, #Minister of Tourism & Heritage, #Ola Fagbohun, #Tourism, #Trade Show, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK

Picture: 'Party on the Pier ' . Source: http://www.britishtourismweek.com Hands up who knew that British Tourism Week kicks off this weekend, 12 - 20 March 2011 ? I thought so, not many of you. Well it does, and the aim is to "demonstrate the critical...

Let's creatively procrastinate together

February 23 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #creative, #non-planner, #planner, #procrastination, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews)

If you've been wondering why my blog posts have no been as free flowing of late, it's because I have whole-heartedly adopted the procrastinator's life-style. For Christmas, a dear friend thought it would be funny to give me the must-have guide to procrastination:...

Top 10 backpacker destinations

February 18 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Argentina, #Australia, #backpackers, #Bolivia, #Brazil, #Cambodia, #Columbia, #Destination, #destinations, #India, #Italy, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Reykjavik, #Thailand, #top 10, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #Travel Insurance, #travel tips, #Travel Write Now (stories and news)

If you are after an adventure filled, life changing experience, then backpacking could be the answer. Afterall, what else gives you that sense of endless freedom plus the chance to redefine yourself and life's priorities? When it comes to backpacking,...

Travel quote: Ode to the habitual traveller

February 8 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #black woman, #Canada, #Colleen J McEloy, #Ottawa, #Snap Away (travel photography), #travel, #traveler. traveller

"What are the telltale sign of the inveterate* traveler? She love the act of traveling; the motion, the confusion of tickets and luggage, strangeness waiting like tickets to be opened." Colleen J. McEloy. A Long Way from St. Louie Picture right: Or like...

HistoricEllicottCityIMG_1863

February 2 2011 , Written by DiverseTraveller Published on #usa, #maryland, #historic, #howardcounty, #ellicottcity

DiverseTraveller.com travel competition: Ski prize pack up for grabs from The Sun Mousse (TM) & Oakley - Closed

February 1 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Oakley, #Skiing, #snow goggles, #SPF, #Sun MousseTM, #Sun protection, #Sun screen, #the sunmousse, #travel competition

If there’s one good thing about winter it’s escaping the grey British sky for the slopes of Europe and North America. Not only is it a chance to get some high octane skiing action abroad; but also means a much needed dose of winter sun. However after...

Travel quote: Experiencing a city

January 25 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Harlem, #new York, #photo, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Snap Away (travel photography), #The Apollo Theatre, #Travel quote, #travelling

"For me, cities are like people, with souls and temperaments of their own." - Arthur Symons, historian Photo: The Apollo Theatre, Harlem. New York.

Travel quote: dare to dream

January 19 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Anais Nin, #Boboli Gardens, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #dreams, #Giorgio Cosulich, #Italy, #LonelyPlanet.com, #Quotation, #travel dreams, #Travel quote

Boboli Gardens, Italy (LonelyPlanet.com) "Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country." - Anais Nin, writer