The Power of Travel Writing Gaia Hotel and Spa in Napa hosts our April 17 meeting, which will be a panel of experts discussing the power of travel writers to influence travelers and tourists in becoming aware of cultures and making responsible choices for destinations, lodgings, activities and more. More...

Find Your Niche, Build Your Platform and Establish Your Brand March 20 at 10 a.m. Books Inc. at Opera Plaza in San Francisco Marketing is essential for any writer in this day and age; but even more so for travel writers. Even if you don’t have a book or product to sell, you can still use branding...

Join us for a free-to-members joint ASMP/BATW event for photographers and writers: Smartphones and the Future of Photo Publishing Tuesday, April 13, 7 – 9 p.m. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. If you thought the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and the Internet revolution of the 1990s were...

February 20, 2010 BATW’s Travel Writing and Photography Awards Presentations at Book Passage in Corte Madera 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. San Franccisco Bay Area Travel Writers and Photographers our small blue planet Earth At last the suspense will be over as BATW unveils the winners of 2010 BATW Travel...

Cavallo Point Hosts BATW Meeting on California State Parks Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. Members Only Cavallo Point and the Golden Gate Bridge (photo © Michal Venera & Cavallo Point) While members enjoy the beautiful Cavallo Point setting, Roy Stearns, Deputy Director of Communications for California Department...

December 5, 2009, BATW Event: Our Holiday Party at the Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco 11 a.m. Members Only — No Guests (sorry) (Details are in the emails you’ve already received.) Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco The brand new Walt Disney Family Museum...

“Diversification in These Changing Economic Times” Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thinking Outside the Box: BATW associates, writers and photographers will discuss ways we can help each other in these challenging economic times. The Westin St. Francis will host this expanded meeting, including...

“Case Studies: Travel Writers’ Websites” at the San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch Sept. 19 at 10 a.m In the San Francisco Library’s Koret Auditorium (in the basement), panelists Edward Hasbrouck, Laurie McAndish King, and Erin Van Rheenen will discuss “How and Why I Built...

San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts by moonlight (all photos by Morton Beebe) Photo Journalism for Travel Writers at Pier 39 in San Francisco August 8 (second Saturday) at 10 a.m. Coordinators are Dee Rogers and Beth Zare Please note: We are scheduling this month’s BATW meeting on the second...

Ever vigilant, Karen Misuraca reminds us to: Enter the Planet Earth Travel Writing Awards competition, deadline Sept. 15 The Planet Earth Travel Writing Awards support: “Travel writing that helps to sustain or enhance the unique and valuable character of a place — its environment, culture, aesthetics,...