I’m heading down to Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest Interactive Media and Film events! I’m going so that I can stay on top of what’s going on in the social and mobile Web and get ideas for the travel industry and a few upcoming International events.
If you see any interesting talks on the schedule for SXSWi that you think I should check out, drop me a comment here or send me a twitter message @toddlucier and I’ll do my best to report back. I’ll be sending along video from the event using Qik and Seesmic, so stay tuned to the blog for more details on things I discover. Of course for as-its-happening news featuring live video tune in to my updates Twitter. If you’d like an even broader sense of happenings in Austin, follow the #sxswi tag on Twitter.
Other upcoming events:
- State of the Web presentation with Georgian Bay Country Travel Association, March 24. (hoping to arrange a live stream of this event – stay tuned for an update)
- Mountain Travel Symposium in Colorado at the end of March.
- I’m hoping to be invited to attend the G20 Summit happening in London, UK at the end of the month. (If you’d like to encourage G20 Voice to bring me there, use this form to suggest a blogger.)
- April 7-8 – Mesh, Toronto
- Heading back to the Rock for Experiential Tourism Trainings – Newfoundland and Labrador hosts Edge of the Wedge 17 (April 20-22) Edge of the Wedge 18 (April 24-26) with Celes Davar, Nancy Arsenault.
- Manitoulin Island – Experience Manitoulin part II (May )
- Fire and Ice on Greenland (July)
Lots has changed in the area of Web marketing of Travel / Tourism over the past few months as you know
If your region or association would like to schedule some training for your members (or members, if you want to encourage your DMO or CVB to get you the training you need) to take advantage of Internet Marketing opportunities this summer it’s best to get hands-on-training scheduled by the end of March and completed by mid-May.
