What a lifestyle change that 2020 has been, without travel. Weary of wariness, I am not finished with world travel, but I will carry a mask.
Lovers of travel stories, images, and broadcasts will find quality journalism among winners in the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition
National Geographic Traveler, Outside magazine and the New York Times are the top media winners in the 2015 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. Freelance writer Todd Pitock of Philadelphia is Travel Journalist of the Year.
Anaconda, piranha and king toads, oh my! One day, on a cushy fall river cruise in the Upper Amazon Basin, our 10-passenger, motorized skiff was exploring tributaries, and tributaries of tributaries. Rudy Flores with machete (All Photos by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens.com) Each sliver of water was smaller than the former, until we plunged into…
I’m not much of a birder. I love to watch the Great Lake Erie birds swoop by my porch on the north coast of Ohio, especially the eagles that have returned to the marsh near Old Woman Creek. They dive for fish in the waters outside my window. But I am a dunce when it…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand Rick Steves, one of America’s best-known travelers as a guidebook writer, blogger, twitterer and TV/radio host, is the Journalist of the Year in the 2011 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle win top honors as the best travel publications…
Passengers aboard Allure of the Seas are getting a sneak peek with their cruise this week at the new "Puss in Boots," an animated 3-D movie from DreamWorks that stars the voices of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. Royal Caribbean has an early copy of the movie that debuts nationally on Oct. 28 and will…
As Germans celebrate this next week and the world watches — 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain — here are some Internet sources for remembering, with maps, pictures and perspectives. You might start with my series: Remembering the Berlin Wall and Cold War, including ideas for travelers to explore…
Newspapers, magazines, Web sites, blogs, writers and photographers win awards in annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition National Geographic Traveler wins two gold awards — for its magazine and its Web site — in the 2009 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. Among other winners announced today in Guadalajara, Mexico, sister magazine, National Geographic Adventure, takes top honors in…
With digital cameras, it has never been easier or cheaper to take top quality vacation photos, says Bea Broda, a broadcast travel journalist. “However, there are still some things that travelers can do to help them come back with stunning images of their vacation.” Writers and photographers from the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) offer their…