ANTOR

National tourist board finder

ANTOR is an acronym for the Association of National Tourist Office Representatives. And while it might sound like an industrial power tool(eh mate! pass me the antor will you) and it isn't much to behold; finding the website site is like stumbling across a seasoned travel writer's contact book.

Officially ANTOR is the UK 's 'principal lobbying organization for the world's tourist offices' and currently represents 70 regional and national tourist offices. Unofficially it's the best online resource for finding out who does what, where in the tourism industry.

ANTOR's first use is to point you in the direction of the appropriate tourist board(both on and offline), but the real value for travel writers is getting your hands on the contact details of the staff who work there. More often than not you can find the: names, email addresses and direct phone numbers of everyone from the Director to the Head of PR & Marketing. And as every aspiring journalist knows there's nothing like the personal touch when sourcing background information, copyright free images. or even a press trips.

ANTOR also has regular 'meets' where to tour operators and the media can rub shoulders to trade press trips for column inches. One to add to your 'bookmarks'.

www.antor.com

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