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…
You can tell that vacationing folks are having fun when you hear the laughter, the kind of warm guffaws that follow John Heald like a soundtrack. Heald is a former cruise director for Carnival. He has become a celebrity throughout the cruise line by establishing a web site and blogging his personal thoughts, with great humor, about…
From kayaking in Peru and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to luxury resorts and weekend getaways, travel packages with bargain possibilities are Up For Auction at a Website managed by the Society of American Travel Writers. Each year, SATW, an association of travel journalists and public relations people in the travel business, invites the public to bid…
Good travel reads on the Internet: Sources for travel expertise: Bob Jenkins, long-time travel editor and now Lifetimes editor for folks over 50 at the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, explains how to plan that dream trip, including reliable tour operators, guide books and Websites such as our TravelMavens.net. Cool beans and Turkish baths: National…