Posts Tagged ‘ travel podcasts ’

18 Park Service Podcasts

Jul 29th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Podcast Quickies

The US National Parks Service is getting into podcasting in a big way, and now offers 18 park service podcasts and virtual tours, offering hundreds of audio and video programs that you can get from park websites or iTunes.
The podcasts include:

Acadia NP
Antietam National Battlefield
Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP
Canyonlands NP
Clara Barton National Historic Site
Curecanti National [...]



Cruise Line Uses Podcast Tours To Highlight Onboard Art

Feb 28th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Corporate Podcasts

Holland America Line is using shipboard art tour podcasts to showcase the art, antiques and collectables on each of the line’s 13 vessels. The podcasts are provided in Apple’s enhanced podcast format, which lets the company include images of the artworks along with the audio tour.
Each tour begins with a welcome message from Holland America [...]



Podcast Quickie: New Orleans Podcasting

Dec 14th, 2006 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Podcast Quickies

Eclectic local podcast New Orleans Podcasting calls itself “an uplifting smorgasbord of short audio interviews featuring an array of vital and interesting individuals”. It is the brainchild of Craig Kraemer of Kraemer Advertising, a New Orleans advertising agency.
Although each guest has a different perspective on post-Katrina New Orleans, all share an unshakable faith in the [...]



Just In Time For Thanksgiving, part 1: Denver (CO) Airport Launches Podcast*

Nov 23rd, 2006 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting

Today is Thanksgiving, and the days surrounding this holiday are the busiest air travel days of the year in the United States.
ust in time for that hectic time, the Denver International Airport (DIA) is introducing a new section on its website called Sights and Sounds, including new video and audio podcasts* that highlight interesting aspects [...]



Tour Philadelphia With SoundAboutPhilly Podcast

Sep 23rd, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting

A new series of free, dynamically mapped and customizable sound-seeing tours of Philadelphia debuted today at SoundAboutPhilly.com.
The SoundAboutPhilly tours concentrate on lesser-known city experiences and combine interesting tales, fun facts and lively music to tell the area’s story. The tours feature distinctive and varied voices of experts, boutique owners, chefs, musicians and everyday, in- the-know [...]



New Podcast Looks at Vacations by Rail

Aug 8th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcast Quickies

Vacations By Rail, a Chicago-based specialty travel company focusing on train travel, has launched an audio podcast, The Rail Insider, intended to give listeners a unique prospective on travel by train around the world. Each episode focuses on a specific rail itinerary, train tour, train route or experience.“Many people have never taken a rail [...]



Video Podcast from Mount Everest

May 24th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Video Podcasts

A new video podcast, The Rest of Everest documents a 2003 expedition to the Northeast Ridge route to the top of Mount Everest.

The video podcast, created by documentary filmmaker Jon Miller of TreeLine Productions in Colorado, is “the rest” of the footage from the expedition documentary Everest: The Other Side, which premiered on Dish Network [...]