SATW Bears Enjoy Their Brush with Royalty
affiliate program Prince Albert II of Monaco was a great sport at his Painting with the Prince public art event in Fort Myers, Fla. In town to dedicate the new Art of the Olympians Museum, the prince paused to pose with BB polar bear from Canada and Johnny X from Ohio. Both bears, swaddled in [...]
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Mega-Thoughts on the SATW Election
affiliate program Fabulous elephant artist Wanalee reminds us all: Remember to vote! Wanalee, Thai Elephant Conservation Center, and Betsa Marsh, SATW President-Elect Candidate Campaign video: http://bit.ly/awtnKy Endorsed by Presidents Laurie Borman, Marcia Levin, Milton Fullman, Cynthia Boal Janssens, Ed Malone, Laura Daily, Doug Hall, Jane Ockershausen, Tom Grimm, Bill Hibbard, Ted Ryan, Al Borcover, Hilda [...]
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Betsa Marsh for SATW President-Elect
affiliate program How do we, as travel professionals, thrive in a new world where everyone’s a content provider and everything’s free? That seems the central issue as we strive to keep SATW the preeminent service organization for its members. How best to move forward through this perfect storm of technological upheaval, industry implosion and the [...]
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Ashley the Bear Celebrates Pioneer Christmas
Ashley the Traveling Teddy went back–way back!–to pioneer Ohio for her first Christmas party of the festive season. She had lunch and toured the John Johnston house at Piqua Historical Area. Ashley travels for Meredith Schroeder’s third-grade class at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. Traveling Teddy is a geography outreach program of the [...]
Keep Reading...Daydreaming of Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
By Betsa Marsh I’m so addicted to “Last Restaurant Standing” with Chef Raymond Blanc on BBC America that I’m thinking back to a stay at his elegant Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons in Great Milton, outside Oxford. The Manor House. Betsa Marsh photo The manor dates back to 1225 and beyond, but the modern retrofitting [...]
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