Top Travel Influencers @ SXSWi 2012

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Who	Influence	Connect at SXSW
1. Trey Ratcliff @TreyRatcliff A warm-hearted, old-school gentleman explorer with really cool toys. Topics: art, design, and travel Reach: 31,129	Travel 52	Connect

2. Michelle Batten @iMediaMichelle Dir of Airline Mktg at Amadeus; digital & social strategy vixen, 80's junkie, mom of best dog ever. Pushing the digital envelope wherever I can. Topics: social media, marketing, and travel Reach: 1,946	Travel 34	Connect

3. Sara Rosso @rosso Living in Italy and on the Internet. Writer. Tech lover. Photographer. Works @Automattic (@WordPressdotcom). @nutelladay founder http://sararosso.com/newsletter Topics: travel, food, and news Reach: 6,361	Travel 31	Connect

4. Dan Schreibstein @dschreib VP at Social@Ogilvy, focused on global CPG & financial services clients, avid Caps Fan, and far from a reluctant Twitter user. Topics: social media, travel, and pr Reach: 853	Travel 25	Connect

5. CJ Guest @cjguest #travel \| #video \| #music \| #life Topics: travel, social media, and music Reach: 1,821	Travel 23	Connect

6. John Rogers @johninorlando Digital Marketing @DisneyParks, music junkie, tech evangelist, quasi-geek, who loves to travel. Topics: social media, pr, travel, and marketing Reach: 1,563	Travel 22	Connect

7. Paige Brown @sweetcarolinepb Travel Fanatic. Entrepreneur. Working in Austin, Texas & NYC on startups @bookingmarkets @coutureescapes and @tripeezy Topics: travel and social media Reach: 743	Travel 18	Connect

8. bryanpelz @bryanpelz Serial online entrepreneur in Vietnam Topics: social media, travel, and marketing Reach: 1,149	Travel 12	Connect

9. Hugo Romano @adaptive Adapting and pushing forward @windbirds @quintinha @choupanahills Topics: developers, travel, and iphone Reach: 1,513	Travel 7	Connect

10. Antony McGregor Dey @antonymd Aussie Entrepreneur \| QR Code, Mobile & Marketing expert \| Organizer Mobile Monday NYC & Melbourne \| Proud Geek Topics: travel Reach: 2,491	Travel 7	Connect

11. cavaughn @cavaughn New Media techie, MBA, social entrepreneur, God-fearing, innovative, world changing brother. Made in 1906~ Founder of #dreamchat. On my dreamgrind Topics: social media, marketing, and travel Reach: 1,194	Travel 7	Connect

12. Joanna Belbey @Belbey Social media & compliance for financial services. Storyteller. Avid film-goer, New Yorker at heart, but, lives in Jersey, craves travel to Asia, bird lover. Topics: social media, finance, marketing, and travel Reach: 1,590	Travel 7	Connect

13. Cheryl Ferrara @CreativeCher Artist and Dreamer at heart w/love of family first ~ technical brain, social strategies, building multiple income streams in Honest & Creative Environments. Topics: travel, film, and art Reach: 741	Travel 7	Connect

14. Susie Steiner @SQQZY Lover of porcupines & all things Startup. @StartupTampa Organizer. @fidoslaundry is my love child. @geekissingle is my stepchild. Seek.ly is my unborn baby. Topics: social media, business, and travel Reach: 806	Travel 7	Connect

15. Angella Hallgren @angellah World traveler. Music lover. Adventure seeker. Risk taker. Friend maker. Wine drinker. Social media buff. Soon to be entrepreneur! Topics: social media, travel, and marketing Reach: 932	Travel 7	Connect

16. Kelly Conniff @kellyconniff Social media manager for @NatGeo. Interested in community, tacos, fact finding, & #realtalk. Opinions are my own. Topics: social media, travel, and beauty Reach: 1,018	Travel 7	Connect

17. Wynn Xiao Wu @wynnwu Summer: Sailing or Ultimate; Winter: Boarding; Eternally: Design (thinking) junkie & innovator; Usually: on an adventure Topics: travel and developers Reach: 1,173	Travel 7	Connect

18. d.wells @wellslawoffice Freelance writer, recovering lawyer. I love improv, dogs, bacon, and LEGO's. Topics: business, travel, and news Reach: 691	Travel 7	Connect

19. Julie Laurent @Julielaurent I do PR for Viadeo - Professional Social Network w/ 40M members - moved to SF early this year - New interest: Babies :) - Love reading thriller! Topics: social media, travel, and pr Reach: 763	Travel 7	Connect

20. Melissa Mapes @melissaclicks Alaska-born writer, foodie, traveler, and craft beer aficionado. Based in Washington, DC. Topics: travel Reach: 255	Travel 7	Connect

21. Dr. Tom James, DC @DrTomJamesDC Dr. Tom is a retired chiropractor and acupuncturist. He developed Dr. Tom's Better Back Systems Topics: travel Reach: 461	Travel 5	Connect

22. Greg Cypes @GregCypes I am the director of product at Clearspring for the AddThis platform. Prior to joining the great team at Clearspring, I was the tech lead on AIM for 11 years. Topics: tech, pr, and travel Reach: 292	Travel 5	Connect

23. Ashlynn Kemp @AshmoK Digital Ad Coordinator for Village Voice Media who loves traveling, music and yoga. My blog: www.ashlynnkemp.tumblr.com Topics: travel Reach: 330	Travel 5	Connect

24. Lorena Di Stasi @WineNight As Italian social media consultant, defining roadmap for agencies' clients. On client side, as a social manager, developing strategy  Topics: social media and travel Reach: 1,747	Travel 5	Connect

25. Lori Cheek @loricheeknyc Founder & CEO of @Cheekd, architect, magician, hula hoop star & KY Wildcat. http://about.me/loricheek Topics: tech, startups, and travel Reach: 850	Travel 5	Connect

26. lyssachttr @lyssachttr momma, so cal lifestyle junkie, launching trippy.com, maker of brand kool aid, strategy. naturally caffeinated Topics: tech, business, and travel Reach: 414	Travel 5	Connect

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