Columbus Travel Media has revealed a totally revamped website which it says has transformed the company from a traditional producer of print product to a true online publisher.    WorldTravelGuide.net, which has existed as a hard copy publication for 29 years, has a new brand identity, a new look and new functionality.

Columbus Travel Media, the publisher of leading online travel content portal, the World Travel Guide, has appointed search specialist, Equals3, as its retained search agency.

Leading global travel content provider, Columbus Travel Media (CTM), has appointed former head of Bauer's cross media division, Rob Tomalin, as New Business Development Director. Starting today, Tomalin will focus primarily on development of new revenue streams for flagship CTM brand, the World Travel Guide, by building on its success in endemic markets and by taking it into new vertical sectors.

Start Creative, the leading international brand and digital agency, today announced that it has been appointed by Columbus Travel Media to support the travel leader’s brand strategy and enhance the digital proposition of its flagship, World Travel Guide.

Columbus Travel Media, one of the world’s leading travel information providers, has appointed specialist media PR agency, Braben, on retainer for 2010. Braben will be responsible for a strategic B2B PR campaign designed to communicate the strength and versatility of the Columbus Travel Media digital and print portfolio to commercial partners and capitalise on exciting new developments planned for the company in 2010.