Posts tagged ‘BMI’

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  Matthew Teller - award-winning travel writer, specialising in the Middle East.
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• Some recent press articles

  Jordan: Best of Amman (BMI Voyager)
  Israel: Tough on the outside (Wanderlust)
  Jerusalem: Staying in East Jerusalem (The Times)
  Palestine: West Bank travel (Wanderlust)
  Saudi Arabia: Riyadh: Wadi Hanifah (Saudi Aramco World)
  Jerusalem: 48 Hours in Jerusalem (The Independent)
  Jerusalem: Light rail: other side of the tracks (BBC News)
  Lebanon: Finding the essence (Saudi Aramco World)
  Jordan: Rock till you drop (BMI Voyager)
  Saudi Arabia: Strange encounter (BBC News)
  UK: Traveller's Guide to the Cotswolds (The Independent)
  Jordan: 48 Hours in Amman (The Independent)
  Syria: Traveller's Guide (The Independent)
  Jordan: Eco Tourism (EasyJet Inflight)
  Sharjah: Emirate Ambitions (CNN Traveller)
  Switzerland: Family Travel (The Independent)
  Switzerland: Glacier Express (Oryx: Qatar Airways)
  Oman: Gold, frankincense & myrrh (The Independent)
  The Red Sea: A traveller's guide (The Independent)
  Abu Dhabi: Dune Roaming (The Independent)
  Israel: 48 Hours in Tel Aviv (The Independent)
  Saudi Arabia: Bloom time in Taif (CNN Traveller)
  Switzerland: Travel by train (CNN Traveller)
  Middle East wildlife: Rx for Oryx (Saudi Aramco World)
  Jordan: A Pilgrim's Progress (The Independent)
  Syria: Foodie road to Damascus (The Observer)
  Turkey: Following the Abraham Path (The Times)
  Oman: In Search of Sindbad (Gulf Life)
  Abu Dhabi: A Quiet Revolution (CNN Traveller)
  Middle East: Walking for peace (Wanderlust)
  Syria: Aleppo: Sound of the Souk (bmi Voyager)
  Malta: Easy Rider on the Med (The Independent)
  Switzerland: Zurich for less (British Airways High Life)
  Jordan: A Vine Romance (CNN Traveller)
  SEE MORE ARTICLES HERE

• Some recent radio

  BBC Radio 4: From Our Own Correspondent (Amman)
  BBC World Service: From Our Own Correspondent (Amman)
  BBC Radio 4: From Our Own Correspondent (Jerusalem)
  BBC World Service: From Our Own Correspondent (Jerusalem)
  BBC Radio 4: From Our Own Correspondent (Taif, Saudi Arabia – audio begins 0:18:15)
  BBC World Service: From Our Own Correspondent (Taif, Saudi Arabia - audio begins 0:04:45)
  BBC World Service: From Our Own Correspondent (Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt - audio begins 0:00:28)
  BBC Radio 4: Excess Baggage with Sandi Toksvig (studio guest discussing Gulf travel - audio begins 0:18:50)
  BBC Radio 4: Traveller's Tree (report on homestay in Jordan – RealPlayer file, about 7 mins)

• A few travel links

  Travel Blather Jeremy Head
  Grumpy Traveller David Whitley
  501 Places Andy Jarosz
  Untraveller Maxine Sheppard
  Gadling US travel blog
  Strange Maps Frank Jacobs
  Kim Wildman Travel blog
  Michael Kerr Journalist
  BOOT - Business of Online Travel Aussie blog
  Alastair McKenzie's Travelling Online
  Travel Rants Darren Cronian
  Wanderlust UK travel magazine
  GoWander.com From Wanderlust
  Jordan Jubilee Jordan travel info
  Nomads Travel Climbing and adventure
  Grantourismo A 2010 travel blog
  Travel Scribe by Gail Simmons
  Part Time Travel Writer Jenny Woolf
  The Irresponsible Traveller Nick Redmayne
  Europe à la Carte Karen Bryan

• A few Middle East links

  Al Jazeera English
  The National UAE
  Al-Akhbar English Beirut
  +972 Israel
  Daily Star Lebanon
  7iber.com Citizen journalism from Jordan
  ArabianBusiness.com
  The Kipp Report Middle East business
  Juan Cole "Informed Comment"
  Istanbul Calling News from Turkey
  360east.com Jordan tech blog
  And Far Away Jordan blog
  The Black Iris of Jordan
  Sustainable Jordan Eco blog
  Green Prophet Israel/ME eco blog
  Blogging Beirut Lebanon
  Lisa Goldman Journalist
  Israelitybites Israeli blog
  Al-Bab Arab World gateway
  Saudi Jeans blog
  Bint Battuta Bahrain blog
  Sultan Al-Qassemi UAE journalist
  Creative Jordan Social network

• Recent tweets

  • @nikkibayley You forgot the saccharine, hollow, corrupting, commerce-driven, straw-clutching sentimentality. // 3 hours ago
  • @nikkibayley @edentravels My last birthday was spent being humiliated by a smug hotelier magnate in Aqaba. // 3 hours ago
  • @maryrussell1 For you. “@TravelMidEast: Could be an interesting book RT @dwighthz: Middle East Travel in mind? check: bit.ly/wW0P6B // 4 hours ago
  • @nikkibayley too long // 4 hours ago
  • @nikkibayley @edentravels HB2U - blimey, all this & you're away for your birthday too? I thought it was only me who did that. // 4 hours ago
  • @RobaAssi With you. Two things rile me beyond belief. One: "Matt". Two: "Mathew". I even bought mathewteller .com as silent therapy. // 4 hours ago
  • @NabilTarazi @maherkaddoura @nt_festival Gutted I missed it. // 5 hours ago
  • How to annoy the Russians bit.ly/L5XDkW #G8 v @katies // 5 hours ago
  • @ibnezra Pal-owned & -run big fancy hotel in E.Jlem has Israeli products in bathrooms. I asked. Just ease of supply. // 5 hours ago

• Recent Posts

  • Mad and bad
  • Overguiding: notes from a gilded cage
  • Independent travel in Israel
  • Social media and the Holy City
  • Independent travel in Palestine
  • Libyans in Amman
  • Grand Hotels of Egypt
  • Power and responsibility
  • Jerusalem in the snow
  • Gospel truth
  • Green green grass
  • World first for Martin Randall?
  • Room at the inn
  • Tracks of my tears
  • Tears of a stranger
  • Get on the bus
  • A minor gem
  • News from the edge
  • Small country, big mistake?
  • Jordan off-off the beaten track
  • Syria: the only way is up
  • Wadi Rum gains World Heritage status
  • Dignity departs
  • Still not a correspondent
  • Some Riyadh visuals
  • From (Not) Our Own Correspondent
  • No longer deserted
  • A thing of beauty
  • Last Out, First In
  • From Black to Red
  • Tunisia free – Brits moan
  • Top Gear, sour grapes
  • easyJet opens up Jordan
  • Jordan decides to deter individuals
  • Oman Air: “the challenge of being first”
  • Sixteen times round the world
  • Walking the line
  • On the sofa
  • Decisions, decisions
  • Mett?
  • CNN’s error of judgement
  • PR fail – or refreshing modesty?
  • Journalist as communicator
  • Weather or not
  • Tourism is not the only way
  • Wee shall overcome
  • Please take off your glasses
  • “Five-star tourism is a blip”
  • Local talent
  • Blog will eat itself

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