Asia eclipsed North America as the world’s largest aviation market, last year. Some 647 million air travelers — more than a quarter of the 2.2 billion passengers who flew worldwide — took to the skies in Asia in 2009, compared to the 638 million air travelers in North America, hitherto...

Lee Foster (lee@fostertravel.com) has released his second travel app in the Apple iTunes App Store.  The title is DC Travel Photo Guide ($1.99).  The direct link into the app store is http://sutromedia.com/apps/DC_Travel_Photo_Guide. The app, viewable on iPhones, assists users to create and collect...

Congratulations to Ginger Dingus, whose article “A Leisurely Trip by Riverboat Through the Amazon Rainforest“ (a.k.a., “Riverboat Rambler”) won the Gold BATW Best 2010 Travel Writing Award for “Best Text/Photo Combo Article.” – - – - – - –...

Congratulations (four times over, actually) to David Page for winning the Silver Award in the “Best Newspaper Article” category in the 2010 BATW BEST Travel Writing Awards for his story “Both Paradise and Safe Haven.” (photo © April Orcutt) – - – - – - –...

Karen Misuraca’s book Backroads of the California Coast Congratulations to Karen Misuraca, who won the Silver Award in the “Best Guide Books” category for her book Backroads of the California Coast (Voyageur Press).  Here is an excerpt from it. - – - – - – - –...

New member Jennie Nunn has a fun, fact-packed story — “A Night Out in Downtown Oakland” — in the February, 2010, issue of Sunset magazine.