This past weekend, June 18-20, 2010, the Travel Blog Exchange (“TBEX”) held its second annual conference in New York City.
Hosted at the Cantor Film Center in Greenwich Village, the two-day event featured panels, presentations, and readings featuring travel bloggers hailing from the US and abroad, some coming to town from as far away as New Zealand. The schedule was jam packed from mid-morning through late afternoon, allowing the more than 300 guests to learn from one another, compare notes, and discuss the intricacies of the travel blog industry with their peers.
In other words, it was the perfect weekend to throw a big party!
To celebrate the occasion, we collaborated with our friends from BootsnAll.com and invited all conference attendees to join us in the East Village on Saturday night for an evening of “anything goes.” What follows is a photo recap of an enjoyable, loud night in New York City.
(Note: We’re missing the names and Web sites of many partygoers pictured in the photos. Please help us out by emailing us the names, Twitter handles, and Web sites of those not named. You can also post the information in the comments section below. When sending a name, please include the corresponding photo number. Many thanks!)
1. First start with an interesting conference full of fun attendees: Here’s the crowd lining up to get in to TBEX 2010 on Saturday morning.
2. Then wait about eight hours and usher everyone to a lounge in the East Village. We had chosen The Professor’s Loft.
3. Next, add personable hosts for the evening: Tom Meyers and Sean Keener.
4. Be sure to invite a wide range of guests from far and wide…
5. Guests pictured: Tara Russell from Three Month Visa with Spud Hilton from San Francisco Chronicle.
6. Guests pictured: Michael Yessis from WorldHum.
7. Guests pictured: Annemarie Dooling, Mike Richard from Vagabondish and Christina Tunnah from World Nomads.
8. Guests pictured: Tom Meyers, Amy Widdowson from NileGuide, Paul Brady, Mike Barish, Rob Verger and Lola Akinmade
9. Guests pictured: Johnny Jet from JohnnyJet.com with KimGreiner
10. Guests pictured: Andy Hayes from AndyHayes.com (top left), Lola Akinmade (top middle-left), Joanna_Haugen (lower left), Candice Walsh, Abbie Mood and a others from the Matador Network.
11. Guests pictured: Matt Kepnes from NomadicMatt.com (left) and our friend from EuropeUpClose.com (right).
12. Did anyone bring a vuvuzela?
13. Guests pictured: Michael with Sara and Bobby, hosts of the Crew Lounge podcast; Tom Meyers.
14. Guests pictured: Jordana Lapidus and Mike Barish; Pete Meyers from EuroCheapo.
15. Guests pictured: Meredith Meyers from EuroCheapo, Jodi Ettenberg from LegalNomads.com.
16. Guests pictured: Craig Zabransky, Paul Brady, Alexander Basek and Tom Meyers.
17. Guests pictured: David Farley, Kim Mance from GoGalavanting (and founder of TBEX), and Spud Hilton.
18. It’s a wrap: The EuroCheapo squad making their way home – Pete Meyers, Meredith Meyers, Guillaume Normand and Tom Meyers.
Help us with our missing identities!
Please post missing names (with the corresponding photo number) in the comments section, or email us.
Also, be sure to check out BootsnAll’s conference and party recap here and here.
A very big thank you to everyone who joined us over the weekend and to the entire BootsnAll.com team. Here’s to doing it again at TBEX 2011 in Vancouver!
About the photographer: Sarah Sloboda is an artistic children’s photographer, whose work has garnered international acclaim, with second prize in the wedding category of Prix de la Photographie, Paris, and published nationally in the U.S. Her portfolio can be seen at SarahSloboda.com