So many people are asking the question: what will travel look like in 2021? While the rollout of a coronavirus vaccine is a positive sign, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top health expert in the United States, predicts that is will be at least the fall of 2021 before enough...

By Toby Saltzman In a hub of SATW members, would you recognize the veteran whose skills were crucial to America’s reactions during the Cold War and Vietnam War? Stature and humble nature aside, you might recognize John Poimiroo if you saw him clad in his Navy flight...

Learn more about Bill Muster and this competition Watch the 2021 Muster Awards video GOLD PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: Susan Portnoy SILVER PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: Blaine Harrington III...

SATW announced the winners of the prestigious Bill Muster Photography Awards, SATW Foundation Lowell Thomas Awards for writing excellence and Phoenix Awards for conservation during their 2020 virtual convention on October 16, 2020. See the press releases below for the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a shift in all industries but tourism has been hit especially hard. As people remain reluctant to travel, DMOs are getting creative in their efforts to attract future visitors. SATW Associates weigh in on the varied marketing...

Unbowed by the strain of COVID-19 on the travel industry, the SATW is pivoting with the times. In October, it will host its first-ever virtual travel convention – and for the first time, will invite qualified non-member journalists and media representatives to...

Elizabeth Harryman is the incoming SATW President-elect who will begin her role for the organization in October 2020. Harryman has been a dedicated member of SATW since 1987 having served two years as Editors Council Chair, two years as Editors Council Secretary,...

SATW, the Society of American Travel Writers, offers thanks to the Committee to Protect Journalists and the U.S. Embassy in New Dehli for their tireless efforts on behalf of our member, Anietra Hamper. International security firm G4S, the International Center for...

(Tue 12 May 2020) The Global Travel Media Alliance is proud to announce the winners of the 2020 GTMA Awards. The GTMA is an alliance, formed in 2018, of the world’s leading English-languageprofessional travel media associations – The SATW in North America, the ASTW in...

The Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW), the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW), and the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) have been gratified over the enthusiastic reception that greeted the announcement of the inaugural Global Travel...

SATW member and avid angler Tom Adkinson has been a committed member of the organization since 1988, joining just in time for the convention in Australia. ” Considering the people I met, the experiences I had and the trout I didn’t catch, that was the most...

SATW President Jane Wooldridge announced the creation of the Global Travel Awards (#GTMAawards) at TravMedia’s International Media Marketplace luncheon in New York. The prestigious awards will be presented by the Global Travel Media Allliance, comprised of SATW, the...

Writer’s block can even happen to the best of writers. A deadline is looming and the creative thoughts are just not coming the way that you would like. SATW members write for some of the most respected travel media outlets in the world so we “Ask the Experts”...

SATW member Kerrick James is a travel journalist and photographer with more than 200 publications under his belt. As the 2020 Muster Award Photographer of the Year, Kerrick is one of the most recognized and respected photographers in the travel industry. An SATW...

Follow the SATW 2019 convention (October 20-24) on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) as we discover the surprises in our host city of El Paso, Texas. Join 300 travel journalists, photographers, editors, destination representatives, broadcasters, bloggers and...

By Chez Chesak My father was a Texan. He despised our New England winters, said y’all regularly, and the first thing he did when he moved into one of his (many) new apartments scattered throughout central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire was hang a giant Texas...

Members of the SATW Freelance Council recently spent time in Columbus, Ohio for their meeting hosted by Experience Columbus. As is usual with SATW meetings of travel writers and photographers, members wasted no time exploring the city for story ideas, networking with...

SATW is excited to head to El Paso, Texas for its Annual Convention taking place October 20-24, 2019. El Paso is a city with more than 400-years of history, some of the most unique arts and food creations in the United States and the city averages more than 300 days...