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...

Many thanks to Laurie McAndish King for calling this to our attention: Are your entries ready for the 26th Annual Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition? The deadline is April 1,

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...

Not all spending cuts are smart cuts.When companies reduce their travel budgets, there are negative consequences in lost revenue and profit growth and terms of giving competition a distinct advantage. A new study that for the first time measures the return on investment of business travel finds the...

Roy Stearns, Deputy Director of California State Parks, speaks at the Jan., 2010, BATW meeting at Cavallo Point. (photos © John Montgomery) Roy Stearns, the Deputy Director of the California State Parks, talked to BATW members about the California State Park system at the BATW meeting at Cavallo...

Three people sent me (your BATW website editor, April Orcutt) this Jan. 6th Los Angeles Times article about the dismal state of freelance writing: “Freelance Writing’s Unfortunate New Model” by James Rainey.  His lead: “With many outlets slashing pay scales, the well-written...

I had already saved this New York Times article to add to the ezine/website when Diane LeBow forwarded it as well.   The title — “With Kindle, the Best Sellers Don’t Need to Sell” – tells you enough, but here’s the lead:

Human Rights, Media and the International Criminal Court When: Monday, February 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m. Where: North Gate Hall Library at the University of California, Berkeley

American Society of Media Photographers (Northern California) event: ReBooting Your Business Brain: 21st-Century Marketing Tips – for Photographers Who Weren’t Born Yesterday

Thanks to Sheila O’Connor for forwarding this information: Call for entries for the Center for California Studies and the Sacramento Press Club for the 16th annual California Journalism Awards: