Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Nov 27th, 2008
This is the final weekend of Sweden’s best film festival. It may not be “shorts weather” outside, but inside short films reign. Previous festival guests have included Dennis Hopper, Lauren Bacall, Gena Rowlands, Ang Lee, David Cronenberg, Roman Polanski, Terry Gilliam and Elia Kazan. But it’s not just about the big stars. In fact one-third of all films screened are from unestablished film [...]
Posted in Travel Trends on Nov 25th, 2008
The Budapest Christmas market opened this week. It doesn’t usually get included in the “Best of European Christmas Markets” lists but I think it deserves a spot. What makes it so appealing is that only certified handcrafted goods are allowed in. I know, I know… all the markets claim handcrafted credentials, but if you go there you’ll find a lot [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Nov 21st, 2008
Cannabis Cup is a 420 paradise for marijuana lovers of all varieties stemming from all nations. There aren’t many places in the world like Amsterdam, a city whose liberal attitude opens welcoming arms to getting high. Stoner magazine High Times organizes Cannabis Cup in celebration of weed’s wonderful worldwide accomplishments. Amsterdam’s 400-some coffee shops compete [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2008
I was so busy last week that I never got around to announcing the redesign of the joobili.com landing page. Aside from the design tweaks, the biggest addition is the Joobili demo video. Here is where I have to warn you that I created the demo video myself, but on a budget like mine you have to save wherever you can. Mocking of [...]
Posted in Joobili Buzz on Nov 17th, 2008
Enormous, exhausting, exciting…three “E” words that sum up my WTM London experience. I was there from opening until closing on Monday and Tuesday and I barely covered the Europe section of the expo. No time for the other continents, the cool travel technologies, the seminars and speeches, not even time for the Kazakh folk dancers. No [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 14th, 2008
Sorry about the posting lull. I just returned from London and I’m swimming against the current to catch up. Joobili was a big hit with the tourism boards at the World Travel Market, but I’ll give the juicy details in a forthcoming post. On Tuesday night I attended the first Travel Blog Camp. There were about 80 bloggers [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Nov 7th, 2008
Shakespeare was far too caught up with family feuding and romantic trysts when writing Romeo and Juliet to ever mentioned that Verona is also famous for an annual Horse Fair. Then again, it’s usually the stories of love, deception and death that make history, and not the prancing of pretty horses. Nevertheless, Verona’s Fiera Cavalli has [...]
Posted in Site Features on Nov 5th, 2008
We recently published a new version of the Event Details page. Go to the site and check it out for yourself. The page now has previews of the Nearby Events, Forum, and Who’s Going features. The Nearby Events feature is perfect for planning longer trips. After selecting an event you can view all the other events [...]
Posted in Joobili Buzz on Nov 3rd, 2008
I made a bit of a last minute decision on Thursday. I’m going to attend the World Travel Market in London on November 10-13. It’s the biggest gathering of tourism professionals in the world (as the name implies) and it will be a great chance to demo Joobili to European countries and cities looking for a [...]
