CNT's World Savers Congress: Shout-Out to Fellow Travel Bloggers
by Wendy Perrin
If you follow me on Twitter--where I've discovered a worldwide virtual community of travel hounds sharing nifty tips daily--you know I've been prepping for Conde Nast Traveler's 2nd annual World Savers Congress in NYC on Sept. 23. The Congress gathers leaders of the travel industry to discuss how their companies can limit environmental impact and improve the health, education, and economic well-being of the communities in which they operate. Featured speakers will include Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan (pictured at left), Jeffrey Sachs, and Ashley Judd. Me, I'll be moderating an industry-leader panel entitled "The Consumer: Is Social Responsibility Smart Business?" Thus the prepping. Must be on my toes! (The pic below is of Conde Nast Traveler editor in chief Klara Glowczewska with Bill Drayton and Richard Holbrooke at last year's Congress.)
I'm thrilled that Pam Mandel of the fab blog NerdsEyeView will be coming to NYC to twitter the World Savers Congress from start to finish. You might already know Pam from her clever comments here on The Perrin Post, if you don't already follow her on Twitter.
What this means is that, if you're not actually with us at Gotham Hall but you are with us on Twitter, you'll get Pam's live continuing news feed about what's being said at the Congress, both on stage and behind the scenes. (I recommended Pam for the job because, when she twittered a conference last month, it was riveting. And it ain't easy conveying passion and import in only 140 characters -- which is what Twitter updates are limited to.) Fortunately, Pam won't be constrained to 140 characters on her blog, where she'll also be covering the Congress. In fact, she's already published her take on what it was like to get the call from Conde Nast Traveler. I laughed out loud reading it.
Speaking of blogging . . . we've got a limited number of seats left at the Congress for NYC-based travel bloggers. Interested? If so, please email Ty Trippet at ty_trippet@condenast.com. Hope to see you there!
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How exciting! We will be in Europe, so will have to follow it via Twitter and blogs which I know will be the next best thing.
I really love Queen Rania of Jordan & we are planning a trip there this winter, so can't wait to hear what she has to say. I am subscribed to her on Youtube, so I hope she puts something there about this event.
So fun to see the two of you working on this together!
Posted by: Soultravelers3 | September 12, 2008 at 06:19 PM
Ah, the power of Twitter. Gotta love it.
Thanks Wendy and Conde Nast Traveler for creating a way for those of us on the West Coast to be at the World Savers Conference.
Pam at Nerd's Eye View is a Twitter Rock Star. I look forward to following her news feed.
NancydBrown
Posted by: WhataTrip | September 12, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Ditto! Brilliant idea. Looking forward to reading Pam's live "tweets" on Twitter.
Beth
Posted by: DesertMama | September 12, 2008 at 06:59 PM
Very cool. Good to know about. Trying to get adjusted to keeping up on Twitter now so this will be a good reason to check in. WWW
Posted by: TheWorldWideWill | September 15, 2008 at 11:38 AM