About NATJA
NATJA’s mission is to support the professional development of its members, provide exceptional benefits and valuable resources, support high quality professional journalism, promote travel and leisure activities to the public, and honor the excellence of journalism throughout the world.
Awards Competition
The winners have been announced in NATJA's 2009 Awards Competition, For a complete list of winners, go to http://www.natja.org/awards.
Membership Drive
Starting in April, NATJA will be launching a its 2010New Members drive that has special benefits for new media members and for CVB, DMO, Agency and other organizations as well. New member special benefits will include free entries in this year's Awards Competition. Details available March 15th. For more information, email helen@natja.org or call the office at 626.376.9754.
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Updated Award Winners' Prize Information
Published on February 26, 2010
Updated information regarding prizes in NATJA's 18th Annual Awards Competition is available at Prize Info
NATJA Announces 18th Annual Awards Winners
Published on February 23, 2010
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The North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) is announcing the winners of its 2009 awards competition. NATJA’s awards competition, now in its 18th year, honors the “best of the best” of both travel writing, photography and travel promotion submitted by travel journalists, travel magazines, public relations agencies and destination marketing organizations (DMOs/CVBs) from the United States, Canada and Mexico. “This was a banner year for excellence,” stated Helen Hernandez, CEO of the organization. “Given the creativity, writing and vision of the submissions, the judges had a difficult time selecting the winners from the many entries.” For a complete list of winners Click Winners.
Early Bird Registration Extended to March 1st for the NATJA Conference!!
Published on February 21, 2010
YOUR ADVISORY BOARD INSISTED AND WE LISTENED!!
The North American Travel Journalists Association Advisory Board met on Friday February 19th and extended the early bird registration for the North American Travel Journalists Association annual conference on May 11th - 14th in Reno, Nevada. In an effort to provide more time for travel journalists and destination marketing organizations to take advantage of this offer, the deadline has been extended to Monday March 1st.
In addition, NATJA is offering 50% down by March 1st with the balance due on April 1st as a way for our members to still take advantage of this special. (This offer is not available on the website and must be sent in by US Mail or faxed to the NATJA office.)
For more info, click "Read more" below or Click Here for Registration information.






