ENTER A NEW WORLD OF TRAVEL
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Media Kit
ENTER A NEW WORLD OF TRAVEL
Dear potential client,
Thank you for inquiring about the media kit for travelwith.com.au - a professional and stunninglybeautiful website about what is dearest to my heart: TRAVEL.
Our website is ‘‘new’’ to the internet of travel writing but the magnicent team of travel writerswho has made my dream a reality has a combined total of 155 years’ experience in bringing theworld to readers.
I am blessed to have with me: Matt Mitchell, Kerry Heaney, Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan, Sandy Savos,Paul Costa, Kathy Tricolas Rafael Ruiz Taboada and Matt Glastonbury.
They are trusted and respected in their relevant occupations and they have seen much of thisbeautiful world.
I thank them for grasping my website vision and ''hopping onboard'' for a wild and fantasticadventure into the future.
Our website is dedicated to keeping readers up to date with relevant travel stories from many ofthe world's favourite regions.
I invite you to peruse this media kit which contains team member biographies, testimonials, up-to-date internet statistics of our website, advertising specs and contact details.
Email your advertising inquiries to [email protected]
Michelle Karaman-Jones
executive managing editor
Michelle Karaman-Jones | +61 423 933 083 | [email protected] | travelwith.com.au
Stats Update
In these early stages our new site attracts around 9,500 visits, (4000 unique) against 27,500 pageviews each month. 45% of those people are regularly returning to the site for more. 70% of themwere based in Australia, and 10% in the USA, plus nearly half of them were using mobile devices.Since our beginning, these stats continue to double each month. Facebook has even attracted anaudience of over 18,000. We couldn’t be happier with results like this!
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Michelle Karaman-Jones | +61 423 933 083 | [email protected] | travelwith.com.au
Michelle Karaman-Jones
is a doyenne of the travel industry, having begun her career in media in 1994 with Federal Publishing Company. Her focus shifted to travel in
1995 when she was transferred to Eastern Suburbs Newspapers and worked as a travel representative, with Nick Wayland - CEO and Founder
of TravMedia, for the Wentworth Courier Newspaper.
Michelle has worked as a travel journalist and editor since 1995 for the Eastern Suburbs Messenger, Sydney City Times and Fairfax Community
Newspapers (2000-2013).
She has a BA majoring in economics from the University of New England, a diploma in travel writing and photography, and has began studying tourism.
Michelle has travelled extensively as a travel writer; one of her favourite destinations is Fiji where she met her husband.
“I love �nding out about different cultures and interacting with locals from all walks of life during my travels,” she said. “Food and travel go together, and I love
tasting everything a destination has to offer.”
“Although Fiji is special, I have loved every country I have visited. Everywhere is unique and can be appreciated on so many different levels.”
Michelle’s latest venture is this website, “Travel With” Michelle Karaman-Jones trending highly on social media.
Matt Mitchell
has been a journalist for more than 20 years, working
in television, radio, newspapers, magazines and
online. He has travelled extensively throughout
Australia, Europe and Asia, and has possibly the
itchiest feet known (unrelated to any medical
condition).
Matt has �led stories on the Great Alpine Road, the wilds of north-western
Tasmania, the Riverina, United Kingdom, Europe and south-eastern Asia. He
met editor Michelle Karaman-Jones in 2005 on a debauched train trip across
the Nullarbor to Perth on the magni�cent Indian Paci�c.
His imminent travel plans include Berlin, Denmark, Scotland, Spain and
Thailand. He speaks French poorly and even worse German. He is able to
understand, however, even the most challenging of Scottish accents perfectly
after living in the country for more than two years. A single dad, he knows
every tip known to travel long and short haul with children and ensure
everyone basks in the history and aesthetic of any location.
Rafael Ruiz Taboada
alongside his close friend Michelle Karaman-Jones, is
no stranger to the hospitality industry, having begun
his career in hotels in 1996. He is an avid traveller
who seeks boutique and luxury hotels, and is eager to
experience everything a hotel has and its
surroundings. He specialises in promoting �ve-star
hotels, restaurants, conference and events through digital advertising, and
his experience includes hosting media famils, public relations, hosting VIPs at
the ARIAs to TV and photo-shoots.
Rafael has a bachelor degree in tourism management and public relations,
and a post-graduate degree in international hotel management from The
Blue Mountains International Hotel School in Australia. He met Michelle
Karaman-Jones at Accor Hotels NSW where he worked very closely in
promoting the hotel, the destination and the experience of any traveller. His
latest venture is working as a travel writer alongside his close friend.
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Sandy ”The Sandman” Savos
has been a Sydney journalist since 1969.
”Writing is my career and my passion, and travel
writing is the ‘icing on the cake’. We are born to see
the world and enjoy its in�nite beauty and
magni�cence. Allow me to make your adventures
memorable,” says Sandy.
Kathy Tricolas
has over 14 years’ experience in professional writing,
working across a wide range of industry sectors.
She has spent several years promoting key events and
experiences in the nation’s capital, including
Australia’s biggest celebration of spring – Floriade.
Kathy is excited to join Travel With to share her discovery of new destinations
and their well kept secrets.
Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan
has worked as a journalist, continues to freelance for
several magazines and has been a contributor to
Luxury Travel Magazine.
She began Countrylink’s on-board magazine, Escape;
has been travel editor for Elle Cuisine, Australian
correspondent for New Zealand’s Intravel magazine,
travel editor for Yen Magazine and has written for various publications
including the Peak (Singapore), Oyster, the Daily Telegraph, the Sun-Herald,
Sydney Magazine, the Sunday Times, My Planet, Fairfax Community
Newspapers and the Cumberland Newspaper Group.
Nicole had been director of travel and promotions at Australian Table
Magazine; has been a columnist in Australia’s largest circulation newspaper,
the Sunday Telegraph, and the Daily Telegraph, Sydney Weekly Magazine and
the AFTA Traveller Magazine.
She is a passionate surfer who has written for Waves and Splash magazines;
has written regularly for yahoo7 online travel and sometimes sur�ng blog,
Venue Magazine, Spa Life Magazine, and Travel and Living Magazine.
Paul Costa
has had an amazing response since the release in July
last year of his fourth album, Wheels & Steel, opening
at No. 2 on the ARIA charts.
He has had two No. 1 hits with his �rst two singles,
Tractors & Bikes and Big End of Town, and has had
sell-out shows including the Capitol Theatre at the
2013 Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Paul has been a full-time entertainer for the past 12 years, performing at
many major events in Australia such as the Gympie Muster, the iconic
Birdsville Races and the Tamworth festival. He has toured Europe, Japan and
New Zealand, and was honoured to perform in East Timor, entertaining
Australian and New Zealand troops.
He was nominated in 2010 for three Golden Guitars at the 38th CMAA
Country Music Awards of Australia including male artist, alongside Keith
Urban, Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Brand and James Blundell.
Paul was proud to be asked in 2011 to become an ambassador for Mission
Australia (MA) and he continues performing at events and working on fund-
raising and awareness projects for MA’s service programs.
He became friends with Michelle Karaman-Jones at the 20th Norfolk Island
Country Music Festival.
Matt Glastonbury
is one of Australia’s top ranking Instagrammers, Google
Plus suggested photographers, and digital in�uencers,
with over 1.2 million followers. He produced our
website, and is our resident creative.
Matt runs destination marketing, and adventure travel
events, for various regions around the country when he’s not designing
websites. He has extensive experience running school trips throughout China
and now enjoys combining his passions in travel, photography, and visual
storytelling through social media.
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