New members and officers have been elected to the Board of Directors of the Professional Travel Bloggers Association (PTBA). The PTBA is a worldwide association established to promote and support the cooperation between professional travel bloggers and the travel industry.

The new board members are Matt Gibson, Raymond Walsh and Fiona Harper (at Large), Katie Aune and Matt Long (North America), Katja Presnal and Janicke Hansen (Europe) and Anton Diaz (Rest of the World). In addition, Craig Martin was elected President, Laurence Norah was elected President Elect, Lisa Goodmurphy was elected Secretary and Thomas Dowson was elected Treasurer.

Michael Hodson, Juno Kim and Travis Ball will continue to serve on the PTBA Board along with the newly elected members.

Read more about the newly elected Board members on the PTBA website http://travelbloggersassociation.com/ptba-board-members

 “The current board of the PTBA are happy to welcome new Board Members from all over the world. Each new member brings new thoughts, ideas, experience and networks to the Board that will enhance our efforts to serve the members of the association. We are eager to continue the great work that the outgoing Board started. Our main focus this year will be to educate and facilitate business relationships within the industry, and to legitimize travel blogging as a profession,” says Craig Martin, the new President of PTBA.

About PTBA
The Professional Travel Bloggers Association consists of almost 300 travel bloggers from various career paths who come together for the purpose of furthering the profession of travel blogging.  The association was founded in 2011 when 50 prominent travel bloggers worked together to formulate the initial policies, Bylaws, and guidelines that provide the framework of the organization today.

The PTBA is actively recruiting qualified travel bloggers and travel industry members seeking to work with professional travel bloggers.

For additional information about the PTBA, please visit the PTBA website at www.travelbloggersassociation.com

For any questions or further information about the PTBA in Australia please contact:

Fiona Harper fiona@fionaharper.com.au