Lovers of travel stories, images, and broadcasts will find quality journalism among winners in the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition
Reykjavík, Iceland National Geographic Traveler, Islands, Travel + Leisure, and Afar magazines are top media winners in the 2014 Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Foundation 30th Annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. The competition, based on work published between spring 2013 and spring 2014, drew 1,177 entries and was judged by the faculty at…
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…
On a Sunday afternoon in Shanghai, I began a search for dental floss. It turns out that my roll of floss ran out in a country that doesn’t seem to use it. My exploration reached a climax at Shanghai's largest pharmacy, or so the sign reported in front of a building…
A few blocks from Shanghai's upscale shops and commercial zone, on the sidewalks of Old Town, street lights are dimmer and life is more Chinese. You will see bicycles instead of cars, goods for sale from bins and wooden display carts, as well as laundry hung to dry from every available line and tree branch.…
To heck with the pirates, cruisers are not walking the plank, reports Cruiseweek, a newsletter for the cruise industry. Editor Mike Driscoll writes that when the Crystal Symphony leaves Dubai this week en route to Athens, the first port of call is Salalah, Oman, followed by a May 22-24 cruising across the Gulf of Aden,…
News from Disney World, near Orlando The Hall of Presidents, my favorite attraction at Disney's Magic Kingdom, reopens July 4, with Disney's Audio-Animatronic version of President Barack Obama. His likeness — and words — will join 43 previous presidents of the United States as part of a celebration of American history. The Treehouse Villas at…