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Orbitz blogger to appear at West Hollywood Book Fair

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Gonna be in Los Angeles this weekend?

Orbitz travel blogger Lena Katz

Orbitz travel blogger Lena Katz

Orbitz weekly blogger Lena Katz is  signing copies of “Travel Temptations SIP, SUN, SNOW” at West Hollywood Book Fair this Sunday, October 4th. Find her  in the West Hollywood Writes tent OR at the Barnes & Noble booth from noon to 3:00 p.m.

Or if you want to find out how you can snag a travel writing gig of your very own, stop by Lena’s free writing workshop from 3:30-5:oo p.m. in the Writing Room. Entitled “A Sense of Place,” it covers everything from pitching to interviewing to, you guessed it, blogging.

Get more info at:
http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/schedule/writing-workshops-schedule/

If you can’t make it, check out Lena’s books at:

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Guide highlights world’s best resorts

Monday, September 14th, 2009
Grand Velas All Suites Spa & Resort

Grand Velas All Suites Spa & Resort

If you’ve ever wished for a Zagat-esque guide to travel, Away.com’s “Best Resorts & Lodges Guide” is as close as they come. This comprehensive directory of the top domestic and international resorts and lodges offers in-depth profiles of hundreds of the world’s best places to stay across ten categories, including the best all-inclusive resorts, best family resorts, best beach resorts and more.

Travelers can use the Away.com “Best Resorts & Lodges Guide” to access independent lodging reviews tailored to their specific travel interests. In addition, travelers can research recreation options and amenities, eco-rating and the type of vacation each property may be appropriate for, plus find maps, booking tools and detailed destination profiles to help plan their travel. (more…)

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Guidebook highlights a different kind of Colorado vacation

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

travel By Kate Schwartz

"Ramble Colorado" is not your typical guide book, and Eric Peterson is not your typical travel guide. As a Colorado native, Peterson sets out to do the unthinkable: dispel the notion that Colorado is a giant ski resort and re-energize the image of the state as a whole.

His travelogue is a unique combination of obscure facts, anecdotes and soundtrack recommendations, culminating in what is best described as a holistic approach to Colorado travel.

"Ramble Colorado" hinges on the theory that the best way to understand the essence of a community is to look no further than a local market, barber shop, or in Peterson’s case, a bar. Although the travelogue begins with one of the longest bar crawls in history, you soon understand the significance: If you truly want to understand the place, you must understand the people, and where better to make conversation than a bar?

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