ENTER A NEW WORLD OF TRAVEL

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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

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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