A Travel Blog filled with travel stories & a huge collection of travel photos taken from around the world, TravelerFolio is an award winning travelblog made in Singapore on April '08
April 20, 2011

About TravelerFolio

TravelerFolio is the leading travel blog in Singapore. Thanks to our readers from all over the world, this travel blog won several accolades and recognitions including Super Blogger Award by Singapore Blog Awards 2012, VisitBritain Media Awards (APMEA), the regional Singapore Blog Awards (Best Travel Blog finalist), Singapore Blog Awards (Best Photo Blog winner), Asia Pacific Best Travel Blogs, BootsnAll Travel and featured on various media platforms such as The Straits Times, Channel NewsAsia, Channel 8, Zaobao, my paper, omy, U-Weekly and Travelog Singapore. Click to view the press coverage.

Eunice Khong, the avid travel blogger and editor of TravelerFolio, believes in sharing to the community what she has seen and learnt from travelling to close the culture gap and get connected in this small world. She was featured on Clickability — a television documentary series aired on Channel NewsAsia that is viewed in 24 territories across Asia; covering the Middle East, North-East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Click to read interview.

Lately, Eunice was the Guest Blogger co-hosting with Bryan Wong 王禄江 on ‘Share Something’ 我爱公开 about outdoor activities and hangouts in Singapore on Mediacorp Channel 8. Click to view photos and Share Something Episode 9. She was also one of the three panel speakers to discuss on the topic ‘Power Influencers in Asia Pacific’ that took place on Social Media Week in Hong Kong.

Recognitions

Super Blogger Award by Singapore Blog Awards 2012

Eunice Khong was presented the Super Blogger Award in the regional Singapore Blog Awards that entered into its 5th year in 2012. She has been one of the judges since 2012. Singapore Blog Awards is a yearly event organised by omy.sg, a bilingual news and interactive web portal by leading media group Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH).

Singapore Blog Awards 2011 Best Travel Blog

TravelerFolio.com is also one of the top finalists for Best Travel Blog in the regional Singapore Blog Awards 2011. The yearly event is organised by omy.sg, a bilingual news and interactive web portal by leading media group Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH).

VisitBritain Media Awards (APMEA) 2011

In recognition of journalistic skill and excellence, TravelerFolio.com emerged as a finalist for Outstanding Online Feature for the prestigious VisitBritain Media Awards in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region (APMEA) held at Destination Britain and Ireland (DEBI) trade event in Bangalore, India.

Singapore Blog Award 2008 Best Photo Blog

Organised by omy.sg, a bilingual news and interactive web portal by leading media group Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), the Singapore Blog Awards honour tireless “new age wordsmith” who devote much time and energy in maintaining informative, regularly updated and innovative blogs, often out of interest rather than for personal gains. TravelerFolio.com won the Best Photo Blog category.

Asia Pacific Best Travel Blog 2009

The title sponsors for the awards in recognition of the region’s best bloggers are Pringles and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). TravelerFolio.com was one of APAC Best Travel Blogs.

Press Coverage

TravelerFolio has been featured in a number of mainstream media and online news sites.

Online Campaigns

Tasmania Campaign:

Tourism Tasmania is the first in Singapore to have extensively engaged a blogger (TravelerFolio) in a campaign titled “Devilish Journeys“. 

This campaign ran across various online platforms including Hardwarezone, Channelnewsasia, Facebook and Twitter. Read posts on Tasmania.

 

HTC Escapade to Sydney:

HTC Escapade Sydney is a collaboration with HTC and Destination NSW. Voters for their favourite photos stand to win HTC EVO 3D phones.

This campaign ran across various online platforms including Asiaone, Facebook and Twitter.

 

Bintan Resorts Campaign:

Bintan Resorts (tourism office) partnered with TravelerFolio to run a Facebook “bubble speech” contest for Facebook fans to win a Bintan holiday.

Macau Campaign:

Macau Government Tourist Office engaged TravelerFolio in a Facebook campaign titled “Win a Trip to Macau“. This campaign ran across various online platforms including Channelnewsasia, AsiaOne and Facebook. Read Macau itinerary.

Hard Rock Hotel Penang Campaign:

Hard Rock Hotel Penang partnered with TravelerFolio to run an online contest hosted on this travel blog for fans and readers to win a holiday at Hard Rock Hotel Penang.

TravelerFolio has been collaborating with major partners from the tourism industry to reach out to the targeted audience with huge success. This travel blog is dedicated to share useful travel tips and information of holiday destinations and attractions.

We had the honour of working with tourism offices, airlines and some of the established brands that collaborated with TravelerFolio.

Tourism Offices & Organisations

VisitBritain is Britain’s national tourism agency responsible for marketing Britain worldwide and developing Britain’s visitor economy.

Click to view the blog: UK tour itinerary

Visit Wales is the Welsh Assembly Government’s tourism team, within the Department for Heritage. Visit Wales is responsible for the promotion and development of tourism in Wales.

Click to view the blog: Cardiff tour itinerary

Tourism Tasmania is a Tasmanian Government organisation whose role is to lead the industry in jointly delivering marketing and development programs that drive benefits for Tasmania from domestic and international tourism.

Click to view the blog: Tasmania self-drive itinerary

Destination NSW is the tourism authority to promote New South Wales that lies on the east coast of Australia, including Sydney, Australia’s premier gateway and largest city.

Click to view the blog: Escapade to NSW

The Once in a Lifetime 2.0 project was organised by a group of students from the Technion and Haifa University taking part in the StandWithUs Fellowship, a public diplomacy leadership program to advocate Israel to new media leaders by exposing them to Israel on three aspects: Diversity, Security and Innovation.

Click to view the blog: Once in a Lifetime trip to Israel

National Tourist Office of Spain

Click to view the blog: Barcelona travel blog

Tourism NT is charged with the promotion and development of tourism in the Northern Territory.

Click to view the blog: Darwin and the Top End

Tourism Victoria is the vehicle through which the Government participates in the tourism and travel industries.

Click to view the blog: Melbourne weekend getaway

The Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB) provides various types of support to visitors to Okinawa Prefecture for promoting tourism, resorts, and conventions in Okinawa.

Click to view the blog: Okinawa Japan

Jeollabuk-do Tourism Association is responsible for the promotion and development of tourism in Jeollabuk-do, a province located in the south western part of South Korea.

Click to view the blog: Visit Jeollabuk-do 2012

The Taichung City Government Tourism and Travel Bureau is the branch of Taiwan Tourism Bureau, providing a wide range of information about Taichung visitor attractions, recreation, accommodations, transportation, events, tours and other useful information.

Click to view the blog: Taichung travel itinerary

The Ministry Of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia invited a group of selected international travel bloggers on a 14-day trip to promote Indonesia as a travel destination to the world through travel stories and social media updates on exotic destinations including Yogyakarta, Komodo National Park, Tanjong Puting National Park, Bromo National Park and Bali.

Click to view the blog: Travel Indonesia

To position and promote Sarawak as a prime destination for culture, eco-friendly and adventure tourism.

Click to view the blog: Rainforest World Music Festival 2011

The Macau Government Tourist Office referred to as MGTO, is a service charged with pursuing the overall goals defined for the Territory’s tourism Sector.

Click to view the blog: Macau travel itinerary

The Marketing Consultant company responsible for the investment and destination marketing of Bintan Resorts. “Bintan Resorts” refers generally to the area on the entire northern coast of the Indonesian Island of Bintan which is master-planned and managed by PT Bintan Resorts Cakrawala.

Click to view the blog: Bintan travel itinerary

Airlines/ Cruise

Hotels & Resorts

Online Travel Partners

Social Networking

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23 Comments Leave your comment

  • CK Go Places said on June 20, 2008 11:41 am

    I like travelling and photography so much that I always drift away from home. :)

  • chongwee said on June 24, 2008 8:23 pm

    hey eunice. what a great website i have ever seen
    so you are a ‘fulltime’ traveller? haha
    well. it was so amazed to see all your photos
    i believed you must have travelled many countries
    will keep myself here always:)

  • Seng Ye3 said on June 24, 2008 9:20 pm

    Brunei… hmm… maybe 45% is chinese? Haha! I dont really know but there sure are a lot of chinese here! =) You can come to Brunei too! (although Brunei dont have much tourist spot) =)haha.

  • rose said on July 17, 2008 12:27 pm

    You have a magnificent blog Eunice. KODUS to you for the job well done. I hope and wish that one day, you will feature the beautiful country PHILIPPINES. Looking forward to that hehehe! Keep it up!

  • eunice said on July 18, 2008 3:02 am

    @Rose: I will feature the Philippines if someone could sponsor me that trip! Hmmm, could you sponsor me?
    :question:

  • salvi said on September 2, 2008 11:16 pm

    This blog is marvelous. I recommend this informative blog to all.

  • Line said on October 21, 2008 3:48 pm

    I am literally quite jealous of you. LOL! It has always been my dream to travel. Anyway, congratulations on your award. IMO, you deserve every inch of it. You have a great blog. Thanks for posting all those beautiful pictures.

  • eunice said on October 21, 2008 4:05 pm

    @Line: LOL! It’s a big world; there are still many places which I have not been to.

  • Shelyn said on November 10, 2008 11:01 pm

    Hi Eunice, I’m amazed that you travel so much and have so much time to blog. Are you a full time blogger and traveler?

  • Singapore Property Guru said on December 3, 2008 9:10 pm

    Hey Eunice,

    You have great photographs. I love to see your blog.

    Congratulations for your award. Wish you good luck!!!

  • eunice said on December 4, 2008 2:08 pm

    @Guru: hey thanks! u’ve a great site, informative!

  • juliunizeer said on January 14, 2009 6:37 pm

    Hi Eunice!
    I can’t believe that at a very early being a blogger you’re already a winner…. keep it up…. I’m sure you’ll come a long long way…..

    This is what blogging all about, write about your life, about something you are passionate about, your experiences, your hobbies and you can do reviews on the places you visit and post it on your blog.

    Julius

  • salvi said on January 14, 2009 7:51 pm

    Hello,
    How are you? Hope you are well. I am very happy that the quality of your blog is very excellent.
    salvi

  • Mr Whattaworld said on August 31, 2009 1:45 pm

    Congratulations Eunice…

    Excellent photoblog!! More power to you…

  • QuaChee said on November 18, 2009 8:42 pm

    beautiful travel blog uve got. like yr layout & nice contents too! :)

  • Jared Seah said on March 20, 2011 6:18 pm

    Hello Eunice,

    Just sharing that I shall be using your blog to plan my backpacking travels once I’ve retired from the rat race.

    You go girl!

  • A Singapore Photography Supporter said on May 4, 2011 11:44 pm

    It’s great to see your travel blog here. The information is 1st hand and so much more real than just reading a guide book! I work on a number of overseas projects as a commercial photographer myself and it’s great to see your photos.

  • David @ MalaysiaAsia said on June 7, 2011 11:14 am

    Quite a line up of articles you have Eunice! Congrats and hope you get to visit the list in your wishlist! Next time, coffee again in Singapore but not Marina Bay Sands ok :)

  • Gerard ~ GQ trippin said on November 15, 2011 12:14 pm

    So glad I found this site as I’m researching my trip to Singapore. My girlfriend & I will be making a stop here during our upcoming RTW. Your blog will be a great resource!

  • GoingPlaces.sg said on December 23, 2011 4:30 pm

    Your success in owning a well-known travel blog and being able to collaborate with so many major tourism industry partners really inspires me.

  • eunice said on December 24, 2011 5:49 pm

    @GoingPlaces: Hey thanks! All the best to you!

  • Flashpacker said on April 19, 2012 4:23 pm

    Congratulations on your major success as a travel blogger. Just started our very own travel blog, what do you think of our very first impressions of Singapore?http://flashpackatforty.com/2012/02/25/singapore-city-sights/

    I must agree with some of the other commentators who recommend you check out the Philippines, it’s a fabulous travel destination. Happy blogging.

  • Laura4NYC said on January 25, 2013 2:24 am

    congratulations on your awards, it’s great to see how someone is living the dream of traveling, photography, and publicity. Let me know if you need any posts on New York or the US. ;-)

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