Travel bloggers at next year's Tourism Ireland media quiz? It's a maybe...

On Tuesday Travel Weekly fielded a team at the annual Tourism Ireland travel media pub quiz. A great time was had by all, but it took a tweet from Alex Bainbridge the following day to point out that 'all' were exclusively Old Media - us, our competitor TTG (see Matt Parsons' pics), the nationals, the glossies, some freelancers and a team of photographers. So why no non-industry bloggers? The simple answer is habit - it's an fun and informal affair, but it has been running for a while, and has inherited a dated sense of what media is and who wields influence. The obvious thing was to contact BGB (Tourism Ireland's PR company, who organise the event) and ask whether inviting bloggers is a possibility. And it is: This is a great idea. I'll put it forward as a suggestion for the Tourism Ireland pub quiz next year Hopefully something will come of this - and should we be beaten by bloggers next year, I'll take it as manfully as I did losing to TTG this year. So bring some man-size tissues.