Emma Krasov files this report on the highly successful Oct. 17 BATW meeting, which featured a number of our associate members: a lively trade show at the BATW associates meeting at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in October, 2009 (photos by Yuri Krasov) “Evolve to Survive: Notes on BATW meeting...

BATW Website Discussion Panelists Erin Van Rheenen, Laurie King & Ed Hasbrouck, introduction by BATW president Diane Le Bow. [Many thanks to Joan Aragone for writing this summary of the September, 2009, BATW meeting, which received rave reviews from members. Information from the handouts from the...

We are grateful to Lee Daley for sharing her notes from the August, 2009, BATW meeting and “Photojournalism” presentation by Carol Stevenson, Morton Beebe, John Montgomery and David Sanger.  Thank you, Lee.

You can listen to Tom Wilmer’s KCBX radio podcast show about the Oceano Hotel in Half Moon Bay at http://kcbx.org/mp3archive/audlog_halfmoon.mp3.

Oceano Hotel Lobby (photos courtesy of Oceano Hotel) The new Oceano Hotel and Spa in Half Moon Bay — just 30 minutes from San Francisco — hosted BATW’s July 18 meeting. From the windows in the lovely Monterrey room where we met, we could see the boats at Pillar Point Harbor just across...

Antoinette May has got to be the most prolific writer in BATW and among writers in the country. The petite redhead has written biographies, guidebooks, history books, travel books, articles on everything from travel to ghosts. She writes the Minerva Horoscope column for Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle,...

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,...

[OK, your website editor admits this is more computer "industry news" than travel industry news, but the Autodesk Gallery is a fun place, and who knows what impact of some of the wild inventions it features might have on travel in the future. -- ed.] Lego Dinosaur at Autodesk Gallery (all photos by...

Contemporary Jewish Museum (photos by John Montgomery) April, 2009, BATW meeting at the CJM In a light-filled meeting room at the new Contemporary Jewish Museum on Mission St. in San Francisco, nearly 35 BATW members munched on a hearty continental breakfast and shared news [below] at the April 18th...

Rene de los Santos of Phillippine Tourism Dept. tells BATW members about the beauty of the Philippines. (all photos by John Montgomery) The Philippine Department of Tourism Presents a Wealth of Wonders by Melissa Josue Amid dining tables filled with contemporary Filipino comfort food and steaming...