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KITI is a verified network for travel and hospitality media today.
Née Media Kitty in 2001.
• In Swahili, KITI means chair — the seat of authority and the symbol of welcome. •
What KITI Is
KITI is built specifically for the travel and hospitality media profession. Members join with a verified identity.
Either a track record of published, bylined work, or an active role at a PR or communications company. There’s no self-reported profile with unverifiable claims.
What you see is checked. Once verified, members can:
seconds to apply for access
The KITI Way
Two-way trust
matters.
Most media contact databases are self-reported, outdated, or both. A ‘verified travel journalist’ often just means someone typed that into a form. KITI checks. A journalist’s expertise badge is tied to actual published, bylined clips. Not a claimed beat. A PR contact’s company link is tied to an active staff record, not a title someone gave themselves. When a match happens on KITI, it means something concrete.
Verify
Join with a verifiable identity. A track record of published, bylined work for journalists and editors, or an active staff role for PR and communications professionals. No self-reported claims.
Browse
See the newsroom (PR pitches, media releases, brand announcements) or the marketplace (open pitch calls, press trips, freelance jobs). All from verified sources.
Connect
Search the verified directory to find journalists by beat and destination expertise, or PR contacts by company, and reach out directly.
Track Results
Tag published coverage back to the pitch, listing, or connection that produced it — so outreach has a visible, real outcome, not just a sent email.
Who KITI Is For
Communicators. Creators. Brands. Business. Better published work.
It’s a fairly simple set of tools: a newsroom for pitches and releases, a marketplace for assignments and calls, a directory to find the right contact by beat or destination, and a way to track what coverage actually came from a connection made here.