| | |  Travel Writers' Resources | September 2009 
World’s Largest Gathering of Travel Media to Take Place in Guadalajara, Mexico - October 2009
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September 26, 2009
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The largest gathering of professional travel writers and photographers in 2009 will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico on October 8-13 when the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) holds their annual convention here. An estimated 315 travel journalists, editors, bloggers, photographers and public relations representatives from the United States and Canada are expected to attend. The meeting will be held in the Presidente Intercontinental and the Camino Real and makes use of Guadalajara’s newly-renovated and expanded Expo Guadalajara Convention Hall.
“Mexico offers some of the greatest bargains and most exciting travel destinations in the hemisphere,” said SATW president Bea Broda. “We are excited to bring top American and Canadian travel writers, videographers and photographers to Guadalajara, so that they can experience this beautiful and cultural city and create stories and photos to remind world travelers of all that Mexico has to offer,” she said.
SATW delegates will have a chance to explore the “City of Roses” and the surrounding area with pre and post trips venturing to the coastal resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, to the world heritage mining towns of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, to the bohemian lakeside village of Ajijic on the beautiful shores of Lake Chapala, to colonial Mexican resorts such as Hacienda El Carmen, and to the museum city of Zacatecas.
In Guadalajara, SATW delegates will learn about the city that has given the world tequila, mariachis and charros - the traditional cowboys of Mexico. There are architectural walking tours, culinary tours, mural tours and adventure tours in the nearby mountains. The writers will ride traditional “calandria” (horse drawn carriages) through the colorful plazas of Guadalajara’s 16th Century historic district and visit art galleries, markets and artisan workshops. And of course, no visit to Guadalajara would be complete without visiting the blue agave fields that provide the source of tequila.
Professional development sessions at the convention will cover everything from social media to pitching travel book ideas, from tips on selling travel writing to suggestions on how to pitch stories, from creating travel Web sites to digital darkroom photography.
The Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) is a non-profit professional association that works to promote responsible travel journalism and to provide professional support for its members, including travel journalists, photographers, editors, electronic media, film lecturers, television and film producers, and public relations representatives from the travel industry. It is the largest association of professional travel writers and photographers in the world.
For more information on the SATW, visit satw.org |
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