Every year, BBC Travel produces hundreds of immersive, beautifully crafted stories—and each year, staff select the ones that resonated most. Members Pam and Gary Baker are delighted to share that the piece they co-wrote, Locke, California: The only town in the US built for Chinese people, has been named one of the staff 2025 favorites. You can explore the full list of staff picks here.
BATW Corporate member Laurie Armstrong Gossy was honored, recently as the recipient of the 2026 TravMedia lifetime achievement award.
Hawaii-based member Natasha Bourlin published an article, recently, on SFGate.com about the rising agritourism trend on Maui and across Hawaii. She also shared how visiting Maui’s farms can be educational, entertaining and help the island recover from the 20% drop in tourism since the Lahaina fires in 2023. Read her feature here.
BATW member Audrey T. Williams’ poem “Calyx” is part of a new anthology, “A New Season, Poems for a World in Flux” that was edited by the Co-Poets Laureate of Vallejo.
Member Ginny Prior published a piece in her Bay Area NewsGroup travel column on the up-and-coming wedding destination of Morgan Hill. Prior worked with BATW corporate member KPS3 and pr representative Chrisie Yabu. You can read the piece here.