BBC looks closely at junketism in the travel blogging world


Skift Take

One of our big roles at Skift is to shine the harsh light on the cozy relationships all across the travel industry, and travel bloggers are one of those we will continue to ask questions about.
This past weekend BBC's Fast Track travel show aired a report on the state of travel blogging and the debate about the practice's influence as well as the junket culture that drives it. Skift has often commented about the historically cozy relationship between the travel industry and media that covers it, whether that be trade magazines opening its pages to travel agents, consumer magazines pandering to advertisers with editorial