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Matthew Calcara Male North Hollywood, CA United States: Share on Facebook MySpace Tweet

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Are you connected to the tourism/travel/hospitality industries or travel media in any way? If so, please specify how (kindly include any relevant company names/Web sites!).: Spent 6 1/2 years working for travel news guru Peter Greenberg, first as a staff writer/researcher and then running his internet operations for ~5 years.

On which destinations & travel topics can you advise members especially well?: Lots of experience with online travel & tech...finding cheap fares, when to book, etc. Also love train travel. Destination expert on Kansas City (MO/KS), Los Angeles & western US highways

Other travel / language expertise?: near-fluent french, some spanish, and lots of random geographical knowledge...i never know what'll stick in my brain

At 1:25pm on January 5, 2012, David Paul Appell said…: Matthew, hi! And thanks for checking us out. How are things in El-Lay?

At 1:14pm on January 5, 2012, Tripatini said…: Matthew, welcome to Tripatini, the Web's smartest travel/food community and blog. On Tripatini, you can mingle with travelers and top travel experts alike, so everybody learns how to travel better and smarter. A few tips to get you rolling:

• JOIN one or more of our 450+ discussion groups, covering most destinations, travel topics, and travel-related professions such as media, publicists, agents, and tour operators. What are you into? Chances are we cover it. If we don’t, create your own group!

• INTRODUCE YOURSELF by sharing your story, links, photos, videos, anything at all on the Text Box on your profile, including any relevant company name(s) and website URL(s).

• INVITE your friends, family, colleagues, guests, anyone and everyone interested in travel! More members means a more productive, useful, and fun experience for everyone.

• Please FOLLOW TRIPATINI ON TWITTER, "LIKE" US ON FACEBOOK, and post/tweet about us when you can; we’ll be more than happy to reciprocate.

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