NEW SITE! Travel News Blitz - ‘Travel with a sporting view’

Sip Media Solutions is proud to unveil the latest addition to the News Blitz network - Travel News Blitz, your go-to platform for the next generation of sports travel media creators.

This new brand creates content for people who want to ‘travel with a sporting view - we do the research so you don’t have to’.

It is part of the larger Sports News Blitz brand, which was launched in 2024 by Co Founders Simon Wilkes (Managing Editor of SIP MEDIA SOLUTIONS) and Matt Dudley (final-year broadcast journalism student at LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY).

The website was created in January 2025 and is ever growing.

All writers on our websites are university students or recent graduates, with our founding mission being giving opportunities to the next generation of stars in digital media.

We want to provide an environment where student writers can cut their teeth and learn their craft, allowing them to gain valuable experience for their future.

We have links to universities in the UK, USA and South Africa.

They are Emerson College, Carthage College, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds Beckett University, UCFB, Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Cape Town, the University of Central Lancashire, UCLan University of Strathclyde and Coventry University.

So come and join the conversation by following us on this page for our insight on your upcoming travel plans around the world.

Help support young, upcoming writers and grow our travel brand by visiting https://www.thetravelnewsblitz.com/ where you can read all of our amazing content.

We hope you take our advice when you travel to (or are planning to) a city for any major sporting event and make the most of your free time by exploring what every place has to offer.

Simon J Wilkes

Simon is the Managing Editor for Sip Media Solutions and Co-Founder for Sports News Blitz.

Simon did a BA HONS journalism degree at the University of Central Lancashire between 1994-97, then joined Press Association Sport as a reporter, covering Wimbledon, football, boxing and snooker among other sports.

He joined TEAMtalk in 2001 and remained as Editor until taking a role as Production Editor for Sky Sports Digital Media in 2012.

Simon left Sky Sports in 2014 and set up SJWilkes Media Ltd, which was purchased by Ole! Media Limited in January 2015.

He was appointed Head of Publishing for the Planet Sport network in January 2016 and grew the sites from an audience of 4million readers to 15million in six years.

Simon supports West Brom, the Cincinnati Bengals and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

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