Press received, contributions & accolades
Established early on the travel blogging scene, in 2004, and with its authoritative voice, ArtTrav quickly garnered accolades from, and had the opportunity to collaborate with, some of the biggest names in travel.
ArtTrav was listed in Lonely Planet’s “Florence & Tuscany” guide (2012, 2014) as one of only five recommended internet resources about Florence. The others were official websites or news outlets. Alexandra Korey was chosen by FlipKey by Tripadvisor as a destination expert for Tuscany (a year-long collaboration) and was also contacted by Expedia to write tips for “travelers who prefer art experiences” in a now offline game. Alexandra also contributed to the 2011 edition of The Eyewitness Guide to Florence.
ArtTrav was shortlisted as one of the best Art & Culture blogs by Italy Magazine 2013 and won Best Art and Culture Blog from Italy Magazine in 2014 and 2016.
ArtTrav’s author Alexandra Korey is currently a regular contributor to The Florentine & works as Head of Digital at Flod, a Florence-based communications agency, where she specializes in wine communication, tourism and sustainability.
Important contributions
Travel + Leisure
Fall 2016 – Contributed to Travel + Leisure with the area guide for the Cinque Terre (hotels, transportation etc) and the news article about “How Cinque Terre Plans to Handle Being on Every Traveler’s Bucket List” with interviews to the mayor and the president of the park commission as well as local wineries and businesses.
Austrian Airlines
Summmer 2019 – article in Skylines Magazine “Insider Guide” series about Florence, citing restaurants, hotels and museums.
Kronplatz
Summer 2018 – Contributed 4-page spread (and cover article) “Photographers’ Paradise” to Kronplatz (Sud Tirol) official DMO magazine (published in Italian, English and German and distributed in 30k copies)
As seen in... ArtTrav mentioned in the press
- Fall 2017 cited in MarieClaire Italia
- August 2016: CBC News cites my thoughts on bra sizing in Italy in “Bra Fitting Boutique in Rome goes way beyond standard sizes“
- 2016: Travel + Leisure interviewed and cited me in the Museum Hack: A Game Plan for Visiting Florence’s Uffizi Gallery
- April 2015: CultureTrip listed @arttrav as one of “12 Italian instagrammers you should follow right now“
- June 2014: Interviewed by Michael Peter Edson (head of web strategy at the Smithsonian museum) for his academic essay “Dark Matter / The dark matter of the Internet is open, social, peer-to-peer and read/write—and it’s the future of museums”
- January 2014: My review of a local exhibition caught the attention of the head of the Uffizi and became a local news affair…
- Article in GoNews about my critique of the Pontormo show in Empoli (published here)
- With subsequent response on GoNews by Florentine museum director Antonio Natali to my critique
- Article on Cantiere Creativo in support of my critique, using it to kick off reflections about museum communication
- article by Italian blogger Caterina Chimenti in agreement with my analysis and with constructive suggestions for improvement.
- April 26 2012: Corriere dell’Umbria on TBU Umbria: Mentioned as “Alexandra Korey, one of the most followed American bloggers” (cit!) in the context of a wrap-up of TBU Umbria attendees.
- Sept 2005, New York Times, “Prints that helped Europe discover its great artists” (review of catalogue to which I contributed, with citation) & subsequent reflection by William Patry Copyright Blog
Select Interviews
- Feb 2019 I-Italy interview “Can you still be in love with Italy after 20 years“
- 2018 interview on Mindful Mavericks Magazine
- Spring 2018 a fun interview by Ray Fitzgerald
- Jan 2018 interview on Passion Passport
- December 2013 interview about my Uffizi app on Browsing Italy
- October 2013 interview “locals I love” by Georgette Jupe (Girl in Florence)
- 2010 Eye on Italy podcast episode 20
- 2010 “Art Wednesday” on The Museum Resource Network
- 2009 Life art and travel in Italy on Wandering Educators
- 2009 video interview on Europe alla Carte