Friday Link Love: Caribbean Beach Bars, Travel Writing and More

Want the scoop on events going on in cities around the world this weekend? Check out Jaunted’s This Weekend in the World.

In need of a vacation? In need of a drink? Spot Cool Stuff’s 5 Cool Caribbean Beach Bars will get you dreaming about both.

Interested in talking travel tech? Check out recently launched Tnooz, focusing on technology, digital distribution, media and marketing, web strategy, start-ups and financing in the travel sector. Tnooz includes industry veterans from PhoCusWright and Travolution plus editorial “nodes” in several parts of the world.

So you want to be a travel writer? Many are talking about Matador Network’s MatadorU travel writing school – check out Andy Hayes’ post for a better idea of what it entails.

And lastly, earlier this year, World Hum’s Jim Benning hand-picked YouTube’s best time-lapse videos that “capture the feeling of travel, or a strong, unique sense of place.” From the Albuquerque International Balloon Festival to the Northern Lights, check out this amazing collection of videos.