travel journalists - Blogs - Tripatini2024-03-29T01:15:23Zhttps://tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/travel+journalistsFeatured travel writer on NATJAhttps://tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/featured-travel-writer-on2011-04-20T16:13:02.000Z2011-04-20T16:13:02.000ZLinda Ballouhttps://tripatini.com/members/LindaBallou<div><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9296549658,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9296549658,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9296549658?profile=original" /></a>I am very pleased to be the featured writer on the <a href="http://www.nata.org" target="_blank">North American Travel Journalist Association</a> home page. I have been a member of NATJA for over decade. It is a wonderful organization providing a platform and resources for expert, or budding travel writers alike. They help writers get their pieces placed and provide up to date information about what is happening in the travel world. Travel World International Magazine /<a href="http://www.travelworldmagazine.com/">www.travelworldmagazine.com/</a> began as the publishing arm of the organization for members. It has grown into a very impressive online magazine with feature articles written by top professionals about trips around the globe. My <a href="http://http//www.travelworldmagazine.com/node/147" target="_blank">interview</a> in the spring issue appears here <a href="http://www.travelworldmagazine.com/node/147">http://www.travelworldmagazine.com/node/147</a>This is a proud moment for me.Linda BallouLost Angel Walkaboaut-One Traveler's Tales</div>Tourism and Media Professionals Featured at Travel Writers Conferencehttps://tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/tourism-and-media2011-03-19T23:04:21.000Z2011-03-19T23:04:21.000ZAllen Coxhttps://tripatini.com/members/AllenCox<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008604471,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="250" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008604471,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="9008604471?profile=original" /></a></p> <br /><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="font-size-3"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Travel & Words Spring '11 conference offers opportunities to connect learn and write about sustainable, green and responsible travel and tourism for an early registration fee of $99.</i></font></font></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607275,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="150" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607275,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="9008607275?profile=original" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.travelandwords.com">Travel & Words Spring ‘11</a></i></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">, recommended by</font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Writer's Digest</i></font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">as a premier travel writers' conference, confirmed today a full agenda of industry speakers, destination specialists, and travel publishers and editors at the May 1-2 event. The conference focus is on sustainable, green and responsible travel and tourism.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;"> </p><p class="western">“<font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">I’m pleased with our strong line-up of tourism professionals, presenters and participants. Everyone will get the full benefit of this wealth of expertise,” said Myrna Oakley, conference chair. </font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607282,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a></strong></font></font></p><p class="western"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><strong> </strong></font></font></p><p class="western"><span><strong><span><span><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">Confirmed presenters</font></font></span></span></strong></span> <span class="font-size-4"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">include:</font></font></span> <span class="font-size-4"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">Allen Cox, freelance<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607497,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img height="175" width="122" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607497,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" alt="9008607497?profile=original" /></a> travel</font></font></span> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">and lifestyle writer; Jake Haupert, of Evergreen Escapes and the P.U.R.E. Travel Collaborative; Roger Ward, travel photographer; Linda Saunders, Director of Wildlife Conservation at Wolf Haven International; Nan Devlin, tourism strategist and lecturer in sustainable tourism; Laurel Miller, food and travel writer with a focus on sustainable agriculture; and Roy Stevenson, highly successful freelance writer.</font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607289,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="175" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607289,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="9008607289?profile=original" /></a><span class="font-size-3">Panelists include:</span></strong></font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><strong>Travel bloggers</strong></font></font></font></font> <font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">Beth Whitman, <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607662,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="175" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607662,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" alt="9008607662?profile=original" /></a></font></font></font></font><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">Terri Fogarty, Bobbie Hasselbring, Shannon Huffman Polson, Pam Mandel and Marilyn McFarlane</font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607873,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="175" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607873,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="9008607873?profile=original" /></a>Magazine editors</strong> and publishers Una Boyle of</font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Coast Food & Arts</i></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">, Carolyn Price of</font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Outdoors NW</i></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">, Ethan Chung of</font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>South Sound</i></font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">and</font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>425</i></font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">magazines, Katherine McKelvey of</font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Harbors</i></font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">magazine and All Ports Media, Kate Rogers of Mountaineers Books/Skipstone, and Allison Williams of</font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Seattle Met</i></font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><strong>Freelance writers</strong> who focus on sustainable travel, outdoors, lifestyle, and other topics: Crai Bower, Annika Hipple, Lisa Lawrence, Eric Lucas and Debra Prinzing.</font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong> </strong></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Ten travel and tourism organizations</strong></span> from throughout the Pacific Northwest are<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607299,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="175" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607299,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" alt="9008607299?profile=original" /></a> confirmed as exhibitors including from Washington State: San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau, Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism, Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau, Olympic Peninsula Tourism Commission, Whidbey and Camano Islands Tourism, Kitsap Peninsula Visitor and Convention Bureau, Snohomish County Tourism Bureau, and Visit Mt. Rainier. From Oregon, exhibitors are Travel Yamhill Valley and Travel Lane County Cascades to Coast. </font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008608073,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="162" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008608073,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="9008608073?profile=original" /></a>Sponsor-partners</strong></span> <span class="font-size-2">include</span></font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">Morrison's Rogue River Lodge, Pacific Northwest Float Trips, Emerald Isle Sailing Charters, Columbia River Eco-Tours, Woodinville Wine Country, Hewlett Packard Odin Ink Print-on-Demand,</font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">and Response Interactive.</font></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Early bird registration</strong></span> of $99 will continue through March 31. This represents a<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607670,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="175" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607670,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" alt="9008607670?profile=original" /></a> 20% savings from the registration fee listed in</font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Writer's Digest</i></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">, and a nearly 35% savings from the "at the door" price of $145.</font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">The conference also will follow green meeting practices by reducing paper use and encouraging attendees to arrive by train, shuttle or car-share.</font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008608462,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="140" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008608462,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="9008608462?profile=original" /></a>Registration includes conference materials, writers' resource table, authors' book table, a wine tasting hosted by Woodinville Wine Country, access to presenters and exhibitors, and refreshments and meals. Willows Lodge is offering a special room rate to attendees who make reservations before April 15. For more information, visit: <a href="http://www.travelandwords.com">www.travelandwords.com</a>.</font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><span class="font-size-3"><font color="#0000FF"><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><b>About Pacific NW Travel Writers Conference</b></span></font></font></font></font><font color="#0000FF"><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">:</span></font></font></font></font></span> <font color="#0000FF"><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><i><span style="text-decoration:none;">Travel & Words</span></i></font></font></font></font> <font color="#0000FF"><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">conferences are<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607282,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="142" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008607282,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" alt="9008607282?profile=original" /></a> presented by Pacific NW Travel Writers Conference, an all-volunteer organization of</span></font></font></font></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">regional freelance writers, travel bloggers and tourism professionals</font></font> <font color="#0000FF"><font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><span style="text-decoration:none;">dedicated to providing a forum for freelance writers and photographers who want to explore emerging trends and expand their markets in new ways in a changing industry</span></font></font></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">.</font></font></font></font></p><p align="left" style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">###</font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">Media Contacts:</font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">Allen Cox </font></font></font></font><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="mailto:allencox@q.com"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">allencox@q.com</font></font></a></u></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">Myrna Oakley </font></font></font></font><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="mailto:myrnalo6@gmail.com"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">myrnalo6@gmail.com</font></font></a></u></font> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;"><br /></font></font></font></font><br /><font face="Times, Times New Roman"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">Website:</font></font> <font color="#0000FF"><u><a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:9pt;">www.travelandwords.com</font></font></a></u></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:.19in;margin-bottom:.19in;"></p></div>