Travel Industry

UpTake Launches Travel Blog Network

We proudly announce the launch of UpTake’s new Travel Blog Network today.  The blog network helps travelers find vacation information across six travel categories, including attractions, beaches, hotels, lodging, restaurants and travel industry news. The network, a new addition to UpTake’s corporate blog, provides in-depth, complementary information to the site’s travel content and search engine. The UpTake blog network supports the company’s mission to improve search by offering information from local travel experts and writers.

UpTake Beaches Blog	UpTake Attractions Blog	UpTake Hotels Blog
UpTake Restaurants Blog	UpTake Lodging Blog	UpTake Travel Industry Blog

Meet UpTake’s Editors & Writers

We have five lead editors and a team of twenty-nine contributors. Each blog has its own tone and style which is determined by their editors and offers insights and opinions on day-trip excursions or longer vacation options in the writer’s local community. The lead editors are:

• Whit Honea, a professional writer and blogger on many of the web’s most popular blogs is the lead editor on the Vacations’ blog.
• Gudrun Enger, an independent blogger helped launch the original UpTake blog and is now the editor for the Attractions’ blog.
• Sebastien Tobler, a videographer and blogger combines his love of travel, beaches and his story-writing skill to create the Beaches’ blog.
• Colleen Lindesay is a popular writer for several blogs and leads a team of bloggers with suggestions and ideas on how to improve your next hotel stay on the Hotels’ Blog.
• Nancy Brown, a well known travel writer, built a team to offer suggestions about resorts, alternative lodging and campgrounds on the Lodging blog.
• Alison Osborne, an UpTake employee, suggests savory restaurant excursions, dining and food experiences on the Restaurants’ blog.
• UpTake senior executives contribute travel technology and industry news to the Travel Industry News.

If you have a story idea or need more information about a particular blog you can contact them via email:

UpTake Editors’ Email Addresses:

• Vacations’ blog editor (vacations.blogeditor at uptake.com)
• Attractions’ blog editor (attractions.blogeditor at uptake.com)
• Beaches’ blog editor(beaches.blogeditor at uptake.com)
• Hotels’ blog editor (hotels.blogeditor at uptake.com)
• Lodging’s blog editor (lodging.blogeditor at uptake.com)
• Restaurants’ blog  editor (restaurants.blogeditor at uptake.com

Blog Marketing Advisory Board

Prior to launching the blog network, UpTake sought the advice of three top bloggers who now comprise the company’s Blog Marketing Advisory Board, Stefania Pomponi Butler, Pam Mandel and Sheila Scarborough. UpTake also formed a content partnership with the Traveling Mamas who write for the network and provide periodic guidance about content and blog improvements.

UpTake’s travel search and discovery engine continues on its promise of being complementary to existing travel sites by providing relevant summaries and direct links to partner sites for complete, accurate results. By being complementary to its partners, UpTake helps their products get discovered and travelers find relevant vacation information more easily. The new blog network continues on this promise by incorporating travel information from sites and blogs across the Web, giving users a truly comprehensive online travel resource. If you are an independent blogger or a blog network, please contact pat at UpTake.com about potential partnership opportunities.

Here is a sampling of a few posts reflecting the content of the blogs from popular destinations to attractions far beyond the tourist track:

Attractions:  Backroads of Ohio

Beaches: Best City Beach on Gulf of Mexico, Clearwater Florida

Hotels:  San Ysidro Ranch Named  Forbes’ Top Hotel in America

Lodging:  Budget Lodging Gone Bad; Circus, Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada

Restaurants:  Best Upscale Restaurants in Santa Monica

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We hope you will take a tour through our blogs when you plan your next trip.