The BATW Board held an all day planning Retreat on Saturday, July 24. Get involved: Nominate yourself to the Board Nominating Committee to take organization leadership in 2011. Upcoming programs: August in the Middle East and in September, Putting Pizzazz in your Writing. ———————— Our...

When I became the first travel editor of the San Francisco Examiner in 1963, nobody was quite sure how the department should be set up so, blissfully, I was allowed to do it myself, subject to the later approval of the managing editor and the publishers. The Chronicle had had a travel editor for some...

Check out the good advice in Laurie McAndish King‘s article “Seven Things I Learned from Winning Smithsonian Magazine’s Photo Contest” at http://www.lauriemcandishking.com/?p=519

Thanks go to Lee Nelson for writing the following instructions for getting a customized member directory: This post is a response to member questions about how to produce a customized member directory. While these instruction may seem complex, it is likely that your needs can be met with 5) a. Simple...

BATW would like to welcome a number of new members this month: Actives: Ruby Elbogen Jill Robinson Bill Scull Erin Caslavka Associates: Rene R. de los Santos from the Philippine Tourism Office in San Francisco Provisional: Colleen Williams Welcome to all of you.  We look forward to seeing you at future...

I, April Orcutt, your BATW Website Editor, had these stories published in newspaper Travel sections recently: “Chasing the Moon’s Shadow: Confirmed Eclipse Junkie Sees Far Off Destinations in a Whole New Light” (online title “Couple Crosses the World Chasing Solar Eclipses” ...

Congratulations to Bob Ecker: In July his Pamplona “Running of the Bulls” story was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer and the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) for the 23rd and 24th time respectively.  (Is that a record?  It’s certainly impressive.  — ed.)

Here are some news and tips from Dick Jordan: What do “The Testicle Festival”, “Your Boss’ Bedroom”, “The Wiener’s Circle”, and “Groper’s Night on the Tokyo Subway” all have in common?  They are chapters in Catherine Price’s new book, 101 Places ...

If the rate of change inside your organization is greater than or equal to the rate of change outside, you’re probably in good shape.  If it’s slower, you’re toast. As the very nature of the travel and meeting business changes dramatically, one of  the world’s favorite tourism...

[Many thanks to Eliza Southard, who wrote this detailed piece about the July BATW meeting at the Aquarium of the Bay.] A motion behind the seaweed caught my eye. What an odd fish, I thought, such human eyes, just like ours. I looked closer, and, under the misty bubble, the head turned, the eyes scanned...