Velvet Escape in the media

Interviews, profiles and articles featuring Velvet Escape

• Contribution to “Amazing Trips To Take In Your 40’s” by HuffPost (December 2024)
• Interview with Keith Jenkins on Africa Travel Week by WTM Africa (May 2020)
• Velvet Escape Instagram account featured in Mail Online (July 2016)
• Photo featured on TripAdvisor (March 2016)
• Mention on CNN Travel (Sept. 2015)
• Mention on Huffington Post (August 2015)
• Velvet Escape listed on Flipkey’s “Top Luxury Travel Bloggers to Follow” (August 2015)
• “Bursts of Colour from Around the World” featured on Yahoo Travel (August 2015)
• Interview with Keith Jenkins on South Africa’s News24 (March 2015)

• Keith Jenkins interviewed by South Africa’s Mail & Guardian (March 2015)
• Velvet Escape nominated by USA Today as Best Travel Personality on Twitter and Best Luxury Travel Blog (2014)
• “The wines of Nova Scotia” awarded Best International Blog prize at GoMedia 2013 by the Canadian Tourism Commission (Sept. 2013)
• “Is Plane Talk Dying” post featured on News.com.au.
• Interview in the New York Times about the state of travel blogging (July 2013)

• Interview with Johnny Jet “Travel Style: Keith Jenkins” (June 2013)
• Velvet Escape wins the ‘Best Digital Media‘ award from the Costa Brava Girona Tourism Board at the PremisG! Awards (Dec. 2012)

• Keith’s TEDxTalk on Passion. Empowerment. Social Media (Nov. 2012)
• Mentioned in Panorama Magazine, Italy (Oct. 2012)
• “Szimpla Farmers Market” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (Oct. 2012)
• Velvet Escape wins the ‘Best Luxury Travel Blog‘ award at the Destinology Travel Bloggy Awards 2012 at Travel Bloggers Unite, Porto (Sept. 2012)
• Featured in Hindustan Times, India “Discovering Cape Town Through Twitter” (August 2012)
• Featured in “15 Travel Twitter Accounts to Follow” on Mashable (August 2012)
• Live interview with Cape Talk, Radio 567 Cape Town (August 2012)
• Profile on La Repubblica, Italy (July 2012)

• “Top Bloggers to Unlock Cape Town“, News24, South Africa (July 2012)
• “Ten Things To Do in Valencia” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (July 2012)
• Interview with Missethoreca – in Dutch (June 2012)
• Featured on Missethoreca – Dutch hospitality publication (May 2012)
• “A Finnish sauna like no other” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (April 2012)
• “Epic train journey on the Rocky Mountaineer” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (Feb. 2012)
• Interview with Travergence (Jan. 2012)
• Velvet Escape voted top-12 Twitter Personalities to Follow in 2012 on Elliott.org (Nov. 2011)
• Quoted in Cape Town’s launch of new marketing campaign at WTM (Nov. 2011)
• Featured Blog on Skyscanner (Nov. 2011)
• Featured Blog on Working Traveller (Nov. 2011)
• “Ten Things To Do in Hong Kong” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (Oct. 2011)
• Interview with Go See Write (Oct. 2011)
• Featured in BBC Travel: Forms of ID – Keith Jenkins(Sept. 2011)

• “Istanbul Like a Local” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (Sept. 2011)
• Featured in National Geographic Intelligent Traveler I Heart My City: Keith’s Amsterdam (August 2011)
• Mentioned in Frommer’s “How to Use Travel Blogs to Plan Your Trip” (August 2011)
• 25 Best Travel Blogs by 101 Holidays (August 2011)
• “Ten Unforgettable City Cruises” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (August 2011)
• Interview with Lash World Tour (July 2011)
• “The Scenic Costa Brava Coastal Trails” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (July 2011)
• Included in 100 Best Travel Blogs 2011 list in the Washington Flyer magazine (July 2011)
• “The Iconic Vespa” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (June 2011)
• “Holland At Its Best” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (May 2011)
• Costa Brava blog trip featured in Catalan press (May 2011)
• Featured in TV3 Catalonia Television(May 2011)

• “Cider-pouring in Asturias” post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (April 2011)
• Tuscany blog trip featured in La Voce del Serchio newspaper – in Italian (April 2011)
• Tuscany blog trip featured in La Nazione newspaper – in Italian (March 2011)
• Interview with Global Basecamps (February 2011)
• Interview with OrangeSplaash (December 2010)
• Featured blogger. Interview with World Reviewer (December 2010)
• smallcarBIGCITY post featured in National Geographic Intelligent Travel (December 2010)

• Featured in article on Blog Trip St. Albans in the Travel Trade Gazette (November 2010)
• Interview with The Working Traveller (November 2010)
• Featured in Top 50 Travel Tweeps who are an inspiration to the travel industry (November 2010)
• Interview with Aly at RedFM (October 2010)
• In the Footsteps of Velvet Escape (September 2010)
• How Gloria, a VE guest writer, met 2 tourists in Tuscany with a VE itinerary (July 2010)

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