Tawny Clark

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ABOUT TAWNY CLARK

I\'ve been in the travel marketing industry for 15 years. I started as a travel blogger and vlogger in 2009, being hosted by destinations all across the world. From learning about training falcons from a royal veterinarian in Bahrain to tracking down magic wielders on small islands in the Philippines, I was able to have incredible first-hand experiences across the globe. My content won numerous awards, leading to multiple speaking engagements, including being the keynote speaker at TBEX in Athens, Greece. Taking the stories from my travels, I transitioned to travel writing, successfully pitching stories and videos to outlets like BBC Travel, National Geographic, and USA Today. In 2016, my husband and I opened our local tour company, Pretty Gritty Tours, offering walking tours that covered our city\'s dynamic past. During the pandemic, we pivoted to creating virtual content, taking to TikTok, uploading easily digestible videos about what makes Tacoma so unique. Our audience grew overnight, garnering more than followers in the span of a couple months. I\'m grateful to now work on the industry side of travel marketing. As the Influencer Relations Lead at Steller, I\'ve taken my knowledge, expertise, and connections to this new position. I\'m proud of the creators that I\'m able to source for our clients, resulting in incredible lift in visitors to many of the destinations I work with. I\'m always looking to learn more about the ways that the travel influencer marketing industry shifts and transforms.