August, 2009, BATW event: Panel on Photo Journalism Members only.  Members’ guests welcome for afternoon activities. Outstanding photographers Morton Beebe, John Montgomery and Carol Stevenson will help us look at what makes good travel photography. August 8 (second Saturday) Pier 39 San Francisco,...

Antoinette May Noted travel- and fiction-writer Antoinette May talks about “Weaving Travels into Fiction” at the July BATW members-and-members’-guests-only meeting. July 18 Oceano Hotel & Spa Half Moon Bay, CA BATW Members: Log in and click on “Event List” to get all...

Noted travel- and fiction-writer Antoinette May talks about “Weaving Travels into Fiction” at the July BATW members-and-members’-guests-only meeting. July 18 Oceano Hotel & Spa Half Moon Bay, CA BATW Members: Log in and click on “Event List” to get all the details. ...

I’m back from a month-long spaghetti pilgrimage all over Sicily and Italy where John Montgomery and I gave a presentation on California tourism at a Food and Italy Conference and explored many nooks and crannies all over Sicily, Calabria, Campagne, and Umbria, from agrotourismo to well and lesser...

Welcome to new members: Active members: Barbara Steinberg Linda Castrone Associate members: Shannon Brooks (of the Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission) Hillary Angel (of the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism) Chris Chandler (of the Livermore Valley Wine Growers Association) We’re...

Karen Misuraca tells us that prizes are rolling in for BATW Best 2010: Greater Bay Area lodgings, tour companies, attractions and restaurants are donating great prizes, such as:

August, 2009, BATW event: Panel on Photo Journalism Members only.  Members’ guests welcome for afternoon activities. Outstanding photographers Morton Beebe, John Montgomery and Carol Stevenson will help us look at what makes good travel photography. August 8 (second Saturday) Pier 39 San Francisco,...

September, 2009, BATW Event: Case Studies:  How (and Why) I Built my Website And What It’s Done for Me Lately Prospective members and members’ guests welcome. A panel of several BATW members, from web novices to old hands, talking briefly about their websites. Panelists are Edward Hasbrouck,...

Antoinette May Noted travel- and fiction-writer Antoinette May talks about “Weaving Travels into Fiction” at the July BATW members-and-members’-guests-only meeting. July 18 Oceano Hotel & Spa Half Moon Bay, CA BATW Members: Log in and click on “Event List” to get all...

Penny Sansevieri and her presentation were worth many dollars at the June BATW meeting at Inn Marin.  Penny, whose company Author Marketing Experts specializes in “turning authors into success stories,” gave information about internet publicity, online marketing, website design, Twitter,...