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THE WAYFARER SUMMER 2010 ISSUE

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Summer 2010
Vol 19 Issue 3

The WAYFARER

NORTH AMERICAN TRAVEL JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION

IN THIS ISSUE / Summer 2010

Schlossberg honored for years of service

NATJA lands plethora of prizes for 2010 awards competition
Buying editors hit the jackpot at NATJA’s Reno conference

Schlossberg Honored In Reno For Years of Service

Dan Schlossberg will now serve as President Emeritus.

NATJA lands plethora of prizes for 2010 awards competition

There’s a glittering new look to the prize roster of the 19th annual NATJA travel journalism awards competition.

Buying editors hit the jackpot at NATJA’s Reno conference

Six editors searching for freelance writers were among the featured speakers at the eighth annual NATJA conference.

USA-Canada Trip Requires Right Documents

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) remind summer visitors to bring the right documents when crossing either border.

Prez Box

Omnipresent ads plague air passengers

by Dan Schlossberg

Trips: Writers Find History Lives in Hotels

AUSTRALIA: Australia’s southernmost state, Tasmania is a vast wilderness marked by luxury, history, and a culture found nowhere else on the planet.

Carla's Corner

PowWow packs punch

By Carla Marie Rupp

Member Notes: Milestones

NATJA members keep racking up awards.

Hotel Chat: Montreal's Beaver Club

By Susan Hallett

Montreal’s beautiful Fairmont Queen Elizabeth is known around the world for the week-long“bed-in” held there by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Regional Report: Northeast

By Mike Schuman

Boston always lives up to its nickname of The Hub.

Regional Report: Southeast

By Leigh Cort

Location has its privileges, as evidenced from this summer’s Southern summary.

Editor's Notes

GuideGecko.com, an innovative publishing platform and online travel bookstore with 3000+ titles, has launched its 2010 International Guidebook Writing Contest.

Get in Gear

[Editor’s Note: Samples of the new products that appear in this column are often available to travel journalists upon request.]

Letter to the Editor

I filed my first Maine Windjammer travel feature today, anticipating publication July 4.

Thank you very much for the opportunity, for the extraordinary award, and for partnering in this generous way to give my readers grand new ideas for their travels.