Society of American Travel Writers Atlantic-Caribbean Chapter

Chapter Meeting Clipbook

2009 Charleston

2010 Atlanta

To our friends and hosts: The Society of American Travel Writers takes great pride in being travel’s most trust voices. As seasoned journalists, writers, photographers and travel professionals, we also take our work in promoting travel worldwide very seriously. It is a passion, and a mission, to equip travelers with information and insight as they explore their world. In that spirit, we respectfully submit our most recent clipbook of stories our members have submitted since we visited your destination. The publicity value speaks for itself – we deliver a return on investment to each location that provides our members with memorable experiences. We hope you will see beyond this report to truly ascertain the value of hosting us. Online stories in this digital age will live beyond their one-time publishing, as a traveler’s resource. Our writers will continue to write additional stories about the destination from their experience, long after this report is submitted. As trusted voices, you can count that our word-of-mouth, social media and electronic postings to our colleagues, friends and industry leaders will only deliver more visits, more stories and increased engagement in the brand you were careful to build. Moreover, Society members tend to return as social guests to our host sites, bring family members and friends. Thank you for your generous hospitality. We count you as a trusted partner, and a friend. Sincerely,

Bob Robert Jenkins Chair, Atlantic-Caribbean Chapter Society of American Travel Writers

SATW ATLANTIC-CARIBBEAN CHAPTER MEETINGS Charleston, South Carolina 2009 and Atlanta, Georgia 2010

Resulting Clips (Total Attendees: 63 Actives, 78 Associates) 18 articles/clips produced Newspaper/Magazine circulation = 1,975,481 + 11 articles posted to the Internet + 4 postings to personal blogs + 1 personal video posted to youtube.com

Advertising Value (est.) = $711,874.03 Publicity Value (est.) = $2,135,622.05 6/10/09 "Lowcountry tomato pie from Dixie Supply" Internet Site Text and Photos by Beth D'Addono 272,203 unique www.examiner.com/Philadelphia_Luxury_Travel_Examiner visitors per month 6/19/09 "Charleston's Maverick Grits: Low Country Cuisine Internet Site Adds Spice to Stone-Ground Grits" 219,358 unique By Kay Harwell Fernandez visitors per month http://southerncuisine.suite101.com 6/21/09 "Top 10 edible reasons to visit Charleston, SC" circ. 177,591 By Judy Wells Florida Times-Union, Sunday, Jacksonville, Fla. 06/22/09 "Charleston's Middleton Place: 18th Century Plantation Internet Site on Ashley River" 219,358 unique By Kay Harwell Fernandez visitors per month http://south-carolina-travel.suite101.com 07/26/09 “Delta Gold: economic staple is rich fodder for circ. 525,959 historical expedition” Text and Photos by Patricia Borns Boston Sunday Globe, Travel Section 07/26/09 "The South Carolina Rice Trail" Internet Site Text and Photos by Patricia Borns 383,503 unique http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways visitors per month

PAGE TWO ... SATW ATLANTIC-CARIBBEAN CHAPTER CHARLESTON AND ATLANTA CLIPS Sept. 09 "The other side of South Carolina: You never know what Internet Site you'll find when you venture off the beaten path" cir. 80,000 + 5,000 By Kristi Casey Sanders visitors per month http://encoreatlanta.com/lifestyle/2009/the-other-side-of-south-carolina.html Oct/Nov 2009 "Savannah & Charleston" Internet Site By Martha Steger www.BoomerLifeMagazine.com Nov/Dec 2009 "The Soul of South Carolina" circ. 678,636 By Lynn Seldon AAA Journeys 03/25/10 “Behind The Scenes In Charleston” Internet Site Text and Photos by Robert J. Nebel www.menstraveler.com June 2010 "Exhibitions Atlanta, European Design Since 1985: Internet Site Shaping the New Century, The High Museum" By JoAnn Greco http://www.curatedobject.us/the_curated_object_/exhibitions_atlanta Aug. 2010 "Southern Comfort: Explore the Romantic History circ. 23,718 of Charming Charleston" By Roberta Sandler The Boca Raton Observer Magazine 08/3/2010 "Postcard from Atlanta" Internet Site By JoAnn Greco 4,876 unique http://planphilly.com/postcard-atlanta visitors per month Sept/Oct 2010 "Homeport Spotlight: Charleston" circ. 127,670 By Lynn Seldon Cruise Travel Sept/Oct 2010 "Gators, Greens, and Gullah: From wilderness to circ. 24,100 a lost way of life on the islands of South Carolina" Text and Photos By Chelle Koster Walton Bonita Living Magazine 02/24/2011 "Charleston: Charm, grace and style" circ. 40,000 + By Kristi Casey Sanders 10,000 unique http://planyourmeetings.com/destinations/charleston visitors per month 04/17/2011 "Shot into history with war: Charleston, S.C. begins a circ. 417,807 layered look at the Civil War era on its 150th anniversary" By Fred Wright Jr. St. Petersburg Times, Sunday Travel Section

PAGE THREE . . . SATW ATLANTIC-CARIBBEAN CHAPTER CHARLESTON AND ATLANTA CLIPS 06/02/2011 "Margaret Mitchell's Atlanta" The 75th Anniversary of Internet Site Gone With The Wind" By Martha Steger http://www.theboomermagazine.com Postings To Personal Blogs 07/15/09 "Y'all go to Charleston, S.C." Text and Photo by Judy Wells http://travelonthelevel.blogspot.com/2009/07/yall-go-to-charleston-s-c.html 07/28/09 “Charleston: The Lure of the Low Country" By Roberta Sandler http://www.eldr.com/blogs/happy-traveler/charleston-lure-low-country 09/02/09 "Pie for dinner?" Text and Photo by Judy Wells http://foodafar.blogspot.com/2009/09/pie-for-dinner.html 09/07/10 "Tomato, to-mahto" Text and Photos by Judy Wells http://foodafar.blogspot.com/2010/09/tomato-to-mahto.html Personal Video Posted to youtube.com "It's easy falling in love with Charleston" By Kristi Casey Sanders 261 views at www.youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxLBXTZZ400

Select Clips 2009 Charleston

2010 Atlanta

op~to isitBy JUDY WELLSSpecial to the Times-Union

1. Shrimp 'n' grits: On second thought neVer mind the shrimp,just grab a bowl of stone ground grits made with enoughbutter and cream to make stone ground leather tasty. Best wefound: Woodlands Resort & Inn in Summerville, just outside thecity. Second best, Dixie Supply.

2. She crab soup: Almost anywhere they don't thin it or gunkit up with potatoes or celery. To be safe, order a shot of goo~Sherry or Madeira, another Charleston specialty, from the barand skim some over the top.

3. Dixie Supply's tomato pie: With layers of fresh tomatoslices, translucent onions, good Cheddar cheese and a binder ofhomemade mayonnaise in a light-as-feathers pie crust, it willmake a vegetarian out of you.

4. Homemade charcuterie: It's a!! t: ,e rage among the city'syoung chefs. P-.t McCrady's, Chef Sean Brock, 30, pasture raiseshis own pigs for chops and charcuterie. Craig Diehl, 31, chef atCypress, makes his charc lterie to fully utilize whole carcassesof hogs and beef.

5. Benne wafers: Parchment paper thin, these sweet bits ofpastry and sesame seeds are addictive. Best we tasted werefrom A Matter of Taste bakery.

6. Charleston chews: Oates and brown suaar and butter andeverything else good: oh my, they're fine and filling.

7. Carolina Golden Rice: The rice that made Charleston thecountry's richest town in the 1700s is all but impossible tofind until the 2009 crop comes in, thanks to a pestilence thatdestr'oyed the 2008 crop. Worth waiting for and reserving apound or so if your budget can bear it.

g 8. Firefly Sweet Tea Infused Vodka: With or withe It a splashi of lemonade, it's cool, refreshing and slips up on you like the

darkness of a low-country night.

9. rogmore Stew: That's what they call Charleston'sversion of a low-country boil. Both are the same but G' lIahdescendants will tell you the sausage, shrimp, corn and potatomelange came with their enslaved families from Africa, notFrogmore Plantation or the town of the same name.

10. Half 'n' haif tea: They cali sweet tea the liquor of theSouth, but it's teeth-jalTingly sweet for most of us. When thebrew is made right by adding sugar syrup as the beverageseeps, haif sweet and half unsvyeetened tea is just right.