September 03, 2009:
Tourist Boards, CVB’s, Hotels & Resorts Invited by
Broadcast Host Stephanie Abrams to Post Photos and
Create Threads About Their Travel Products at Travelers411.com
Boston, MA – September 2009 – As an extension of educating her radio and television audiences about travel destinations and suppliers in the industry, travel expert show host Stephanie Abrams has focused attention on supportive materials to provide graphic and text information for the community of listeners to her nationally syndicated radio shows. Abrams award-winning website, www.sAbrams.com is now one of the family of brands which includes Travelers411.com, designed to provide an opportunity for travelers to share their experiences and post their questions for feedback from professionals in the industry as well as create a dialogue for the community of travelers. Two places which are now available for destinations and suppliers in the industry to post photos and information at no cost to them can be found at Travelers411.com at Members Photos and Forums.
Abrams explains that having Members Photos uploaded to the Travelers411.com provides a wealth of visual information for the web visitor and creates a resource for reference when specific destinations are discussed on the air. “Having various destinations easily available in one location at Travelers411.com allows me to walk listeners through places, attractions, properties to extend the on-air discussion graphically to my listeners who have portable electronic devices or are at their desks with computers handy while they are listening. Since my shows are iPod-able and are available on a Blackberry and iPhones, having this added feature expands the message delivered during our guest interviews.”
Abrams notes that the mechanics of uploading images at Member Photos and creating ‘threads’ to describe destinations, attractions and properties, is quite easy. “Simply go to sAbrams.com, click on the invitation to ‘Make your own photo gallery in minutes’ on the home page; then click on Create New Album, give yourself a User ID and Password and follow the prompts to upload an unlimited number of photos! It’s that simple. We’ve only just started this wonderful resource for the traveler and we’ve seen terrific response from leaders in the industry in their enthusiasm to post their materials. Our goal is to have a global representational core of destinations and suppliers before we implement a categorized and indexed system to facilitate searches for destination input,” Abrams states.
In addition to the graphic images in the Members Photos gallery at Travelers411.com, Abrams explains that the site’s FORUMS provides a,”gathering place for people interested in traveling and those with significant knowledge about destinations. We already see a dialogue emerging between our web visitors and radio show listeners gathering to post questions and comments. We see this as a wonderful opportunity for our community to interface with people who have the answers and encourage suppliers and destinations to become part of this community by going to Forums, clicking on the destination on which they are focused, and posting a new ‘thread’ about their hotel, resort, attraction, or destination in general. We invite travel professionals to introduce themselves, tell their story as to why travelers should chose their destination or lodging over other options and invite visitors to the site to engage in dialogue with them by posting questions, comments, concerns, ideas and requests. It is our hope that those who post information or questions will check back periodically so that they can engage in dialogue presenting the needed facts and create the kind of meaningful interaction that bonds the potential traveler to the destination,” Abrams explains.
Abrams official website, sAbrams.com, has grown dramatically since its inception and provides a robust photo gallery with images from Abrams travels, boasts over 1000 hours of archived radio shows, archived webisodes of Abrams TV show, JetSet411, features on hotels and destinations and Abrams Blog. The creation of Travelers411.com is an outgrowth of Abrams’ focus on travel and the foresight of the company’s creative team to provide an interactive global community center for dialogue where professionals in travel play a key part.
An important feature for those participating in Member Photos and Forums at Travelers411.com is that there is no cost to participants for this special marketing opportunity. Abrams notes that, “Clearly there is a significant cost to create, maintain and expand this part of our internet presence. We are delighted that many of the sponsors of Travelers411 and Travel WITH Stephanie Abrams, my two nationally syndicated radio shows, have expanded their advertising with us to include a prominent presence online which guarantees them tens of thousands of impressions with click-through opportunities to their sites based on their marketing budget. We welcome inquiries from destinations, suppliers, and others whose products and services are targeted at the same demographic as the business and leisure traveler.”
Abrams notes that she sees the Member Photos pages at Travelers411.com as, “the gift that keeps giving! Every time I look I find new wonderful photos that have just been posted. I start my day with an uplifting adventure as I explore the newest entry posted at the site and the photos often motivate me to plan broadcasts based on the images I’ve just enjoyed!” Abrams concludes.
