Travel & Words

GET ACQUAINTED WITH OUR SPONSORS, TRAVEL & WORDS SPRING ’12 WALES TRAVEL & TOURISM, www.visitwales.co.uk, www.walescoastpath.gov.uk, Bob Titley, PR Agency for Visit Wales (Bob@theroberttitleyconsultancy.com) DUNDEE HILLS WINEGROWERS ASSOCIATION, www.dundeehills.org WOODEN HORSE MAGAZINE DATABASE, www.woodenhorsepub.com (Meg Weaver, Publisher) SEARCH ENGINE ACADEMY NW and RESPONSE INTERACTIVE, www.responseim.com (Colleen Wright, Principal)

Regional Travel & Tourism Exhibitors:  Visit these Web Sites for more Information, for Resource Contacts, and for  Dozens of Travel Article Ideas: BELLINGHAM – WHATCOM COUNTY TOURISM, www.bellingham.org  (Jacqueline Cartier, Marketing Director; Annette Bagley, Asst. Marketing & PR) BAINBRIDGE ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Mickey Molnaire, Visitor Center Manager) KITSAP PENINSULA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU, www.visitkitsap.com …

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WHAT’S NEW IN WALES FOR FREELANCE WRITERS – SPRING ‘12  You’d like to plan a research trip across the pond to the United Kingdom? Consider planning a research trip to WALES and, in particular, The Wales Coast Path (www.walescoastpath.gov.uk), which encompasses eight distinct geographic areas from the South Wales Coast Path and Severn Estuary to …

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On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, at 5:00 p.m. attendees are invited to join the NETWORKING MIXER in Fort Worden Conference Center Local Goods Cafe and Lounge area. Fort Worden’s 5-star chef, Dusty Cope, will offer his fave appetizers made from fresh local ingredients. The no-host Wine Bar will serve Washington wines, local microbrew ales, and …

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Travel & Words Spring ’12 embraces FaceBook, Twitter and LinkedIn: the Social Media world! Our new FaceBook page, TravelAndWords,  is launched and ready for posting. We hope you will become a Friend, Like us, and follow along as the Travel & Words Spring ’12 conference, April 29-30, 2012, draws near. A gaggle of freelance travel …

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Welcome aboard to Travel & Words Freelance Writers Panel:  MICHAEL FAGIN, Redmond WA, FL writer, author, blogger and Northwest weather forecaster will share how he is casting a wide net with his freelancing; SUE FRAUSE, Whidbey Island, FL writer, blogger, Facebook and Twitter social media maven as well as fitting in radio and culinary theater …

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Travel & Words Spring ’12 Lodging Alternatives for attendees: FORT WORDEN STATE PARK, guest rooms in Victorian houses on Officers Row, call the special reservation line on Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 360-344-4439. Other lodgings nearby in Port Townsend: HARBORSIDE INN, with wide views of sailboat/fishing harbor & marinas (360-385-7909, www.harborside-inn.com) BISHOP …

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TRAVEL & WORDS SPRING ’12 at Fort Worden State Park Conference Center in Port Townsend gets  underway on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, at 1:00 p.m. with Meet & Greet and also meeting Tourism Exhibitors at their tables in the conference space. You’ll connect with Jacqueline Cartier and Annette Bagley from Bellingham-Whatcom County Tourism; Marcia Janke …

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Welcome to our newest exhibitor, Marcia Janke, Tourism Director for Wenatchee Valley Visitors Bureau located in central Washington. Marcia has been involved in regional travel & tourism since 2001. She works closely with travel writers to provide connections and information for writing and publishing entertaining articles. “In my off times,” she says, “I enjoy making …

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Travel & Words Spring ’12 April 29-30, 2012 Fort Worden State Park Conference Center Port Townsend, WA Theme: Go! Pitch. Write. Publish. Conference Faculty Allen Cox Editor-in-Chief, NORTHWEST TRAVEL Magazine and freelance travel and lifestyles writer, www.allencox.org   Twitter @allencox1 Nan Devlin FL writer, tourism consultant with sustainable travel focus and online lecturer at The …

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