La Carmina - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog - explores two trendy alternatives to boring chain hotels: boutique hotels and Airbnb. For the full article and photos, please view her Huffington Post / AOL article page:- http://www.lacarmina.com/blog/category/huffington-post/ Want to work with her as a travel and culture TV host / presenter / consultant? Learn more on her site, http://www.lacarmina.com ------- LA CARMINA - http://www.lacarmina.com - is a travel / culture / fashion TV host (Travel Channel, Food Network, CNN), top fashion blogger, author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), coolhunter and journalist for AOL Travel / Huffington Post. TV HOST: La Carmina has appeared on The Today Show and co-hosted an episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern for Travel Channel, which airs in 75 countries. NHK Japan filmed two documentaries about her work; recent TV hosting and arranging credits include Food Network, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, NRK Norway TV, Fuel / Discovery / National Geographic, and CNN International. Presenting reel: http://tinyurl.com/lacarminatv TRAVEL SHOW: She hosts, writes, arranges and field produces a "Coolhunting America" travel TV show for Huffington Post / AOL. La Carmina travels and scouts out underground attractions and bizarre subcultures, starting with Wisconsin. First episode - http://t.co/9JAgu3J La Carmina has debuted a new series, "Travel SOS," where she answers travel questions with celebrity co-stars. COOLHUNTER : She runs a trend consulting / TV hosting and Tokyo fixer company: La Carmina & The Pirates. The crew specializes in Cool Japan, style, music, art, design and youth subcultures. (http://lacarmina.com/pirates) BLOGGER + JOURNALIST: Her popular blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog - has been featured in major publications (The New Yorker, Washington Post, WWD, Cosmopolitan, Vogue Italia, LA Times). She is a travel and pop culture journalist for CNN, and Huffington Post / AOL. La Carmina was a guest at NY Fashion Week (speaking at IFB Conference, sitting front row at runway shows), and was twice invited to Luisaviaroma's Firenze4Ever Italy event for the world's top style bloggers. AUTHOR: She's written 3 books about Jpop culture for major publishers (Random House, Penguin USA). These include Cute Yummy Time (about decorating food to look adorable) and Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo (maid cafes, cat cafes, vampire and ninja restaurants). La Carmina is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Law School. More about her books:http://www.lacarmina.com/books.php FASHION DESIGNER: La Carmina designs clothing with various fashion brands. She recently released the HOPE t-shirt collection, and Soho Hearts Swarovski panda necklace, with funds going to Japan's earthquake and tsunami victims. More: http://www.lacarmina.com/main.php CONTACT: For more info and to work with her, please visit La Carmina's website - http://www.lacarmina.com EMAIL - gothiccarmina at gmail dot-com Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to her videos and add her on... - Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/lacarmina - Facebook - http://goo.gl/GlD8 + http://goo.gl/HKmB - Blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog

• published: 22 Feb 2012
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