Ajay Sood (Travelure) - Pro Travel Photographer

About Travelure

‘Travelure‘ started on wordpress.com in 2007, and switched to this self-hosted site in May 2015. It began as an aggregation of Ajay Sood’s articles published in travel, photography, and in-flight publications like Condé Nast Traveller, Huffington Post, JetWings, Travel3Sixty°, Smart Photography, Taj Magazine, GoGetter, etc. Travelure simply means building a lure of travel among its readers.

Along the way, ‘Travelure‘ began featuring in numerous ‘Top Bloggers’ lists. Notable amongst them were ‘Thrillophilia’, ‘Holidify’, ‘Indian Top Blogs’, etc. Recently, ‘Travelure‘ was declared the 2018 winner of the Best PhotoBlog Award by Gujarat Tourism and Innovative Council of Indian Tourism (ICIT).

In 2015, ‘Travelure’ also won Cox & Kings’ #GrabYourDream Contest – India’s biggest travel blogging contest. It had a whopping participation from over 15,000 Indian bloggers and digital content creators.

In the short period of its existence, ‘Travelure’ has inspired a large number of readers. Over 1700 comments by these readers go to show that. ‘Travelure’ has a strong presence as a blog, thanks to some stunning travel photography that makes destinations desirable.

For Travel or related Photography Assignments, mail to travelure@travelure.in

About Ajay Sood

Ajay Sood runs ‘Travelure‘. He is a Getty Photographer and the 2016 winner of OSM (Outlook Social Media) Photographer of the Year by Outlook Magazine. Besides that, he’s also the 2019 Earthys Winner for Best Travel Short Story, and 2018 PhotoBlogger of the Year (awarded by Gujarat Tourism & ICIT).

Besides running ‘Travelure’, Ajay, a self-taught photographer, physically shares his photography learning across the globe in travel media conferences like TBEX Europe 2016 (Stockholm), TBEX Asia 2016 (Manila), TBEX International 2017 (Jerusalem), TBEX North America 2017 (Huntsville, AL) and TBEX Europe 2018 (Ostrava, Czech Republic). He recently spoke on ‘Photographing Architecture & Landscapes with Wide Angle’ at TBEX Asia 2022 (Phuket, Thailand). Some of this learning is also shared by him here.

Badges of TBEX Speaker Ajay Sood Travelure ©

For Speaking Assignments, reach me on travelure@travelure.in

Ibn Battuta’s famous saying – ‘Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller’ aptly describes his journey. He has travelled to over 45 countries to collect stories that inspire, guide, and provide answers to travellers. Many of these travel enthusiasts have acknowledged they visit ‘Travelure‘ to expand their travel bucket list.