Claire and Laura

The very fact that I’m writing what it’s like having talent management for our blog signifies, at the very least, progress. Having spoken to many bloggers, I realise it’s not widely discussed what having talent management for your blog is like, or – more to the point – what it even means. If working with the right agency (and I stress the term ‘right’ here), the team supporting you will be experienced and professional; having spent years working within the field of talent management. Before signing our contract, we also provided our talent agency with a list of clients and contacts that we still wanted to lead on (relationship wise) – meaning that we didn’t have to simply pass relationships over (particularly those that we’d cultivated over a long period of time).

With the promise of sunset camel rides, bedouin tents complete with ensuite bathrooms, and fine dining under the stars, this luxury eco-lodge was the sort of camping that I could get used to. Indeed, the dry, moon-like desert of the Agafay is often overlooked for its sandy neighbour, the Sahara, despite it being – quite literally – on Marrakech’s doorstep. La Pause Marrakech is now home to luxury lodges, bedouin tents, a restaurant, pool and plenty of quiet spots to ensure that guests are able to enjoy the sublime silence of the Agafay desert. As the other guests congregated atop the camp’s tallest dune, we watched as the landscape shifted from a fiery red to a shadowy blue.

2Ciels Hotel therefore provided us with the perfect compromise: a 4* luxury hotel based in Morocco’s ‘New Town.’ Featuring a rooftop bar, spa, infinity pool and large, cool interiors, the hotel was (dare I say it), even nicer than I’d been expecting. After a morning of free time (the group either sunning themselves by the pool or enjoying a spa treatment), it was time to leave Marrakech behind altogether – this time heading into the heat of Morocco’s Agafay Desert. With some of the group staying on in Marrakech for a few more days, whilst another headed to the coastal resort of Essaouira, I realised how much I’d miss everyone as our minivan door closed. Waving through the fogged glass as we left for the city’s airport, I realised that our first TTT Tour had been everything I’d hoped and more: a chance to finally take our online community offline, and empowering women to see the world together.

A delightfully quirky and nostalgic stay, our time in the mysterious ‘Analog Zimmer‘ at 25hours Hotel was unlike anything I’d experienced before. 25hours Hotel Vienna is located in the city’s upmarket MuseumsQuartier. Completely at home within a city designed for bikes, 25hours Hotel Vienna offers eccentric yellow Schindelhauer pushbikes to its guests, each of which comes complete with a handy tour map to help you navigate the city’s cycle routes. Having experienced a 25hours Hotel previously in Hamburg (a hotel situated by the city’s docks), it quickly became apparent that 25hours Hotels hold true to their motto.