Travel Blog Camp 2012

by Steve Keenan

TBC has long had a remit to be controversial in what can often be a sea of blandness and bollocks around World Travel Market. And this year was no different, with organiser Darren Cronian devising with Tnooz moderator Kevin May a theme of ‘Back to Basics.’

In the fifth year of Blog Camp, the idea was to invite speakers to talk about good writing and story-telling, the basics of a good read.

And speakers Matthew Teller, Rick Calvert and Jeremy Head didn’t fail to find controversy - albeit from different angles. Perhaps most acerbic was Matthew’s withering denunciation of PR as “corrosive: it undermines independent thought and judgement.”

See what you think …