MEXICO TOURISM BOARDS JOINS THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITERS IN HOUSTON

 

Houston, TX, October 21^st, 2008 – The Mexico Tourism Board is excited to join the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) at their annual convention in Houston, Texas. More than 400 of the most recognized travel writers and photographers will gather to share their experiences and discuss the direction that tourism journalism is taking.  The event is taking place between October 13^th through  October 26^th, 2008.

 

Being that Mexico is an important player in worldwide tourism and as one of the favorite destinations for this industry, the Mexico Tourism Board will play a key roll in this event by hosting the Closing Gala.

 

Martin Gonzalez, Director of Mexico Tourism Board in Houston, has invited the State of Jalisco to delight guests with superb Mexican food, music and tequila for the closing dinner of the convention at the Museum of Fine Arts on October 21^st, 2008.

 

Here, guests will delight exquisite specialties from the state, and will learn that  Guadalajara, in Jalisco, has been selected to host the 2009 Society of American Travel Writers Convention. Guadalajara was chosen to host next year’s convention because of its status as a top Mexican destination. Representatives from Guadalajara, Jalisco will be on hand to present information about this beautiful city..

 

The event, will also launch the book “Sun, Stones and Shadows,” collection of twenty short Mexican stories, which is the first to be published specifically for the largest literature program of the U.S., The Big Read. This anthology presents a collection of twenty stories of extraordinary quality, written by the finest Mexican authors born during the first half of the twentieth century. Through these pages, readers will tour the real and the unreal, the faithfully rendered and the fantastic, as well as the tangible past of Mexican history. They will also travel between urban reflections on everyday life and intimate inventions that set Mexico apart from landscapes, other cultures, and other literatures.

 

About the Mexico Tourism Board

 

The Mexico Tourism Board (MTB) brings together the resources of federal and state governments, municipalities and private companies to promote Mexico’s tourism attractions and destinations internationally. Created in 1999, the MTB  is  Mexico’s  tourism  promotion  agency, and its participants include members  of  both  the  private  and  public  sectors.  The MTB has offices throughout    North    America,    Europe,   Japan   and   Latin   America.  For more information on destinations and online trip bookings please go to www.visitmexico.com.

 

FOR PRESS  ONLY: For additional ideas, help with a story or general travel and  tourism information about Mexico, please contact the MTB’s U.S. Press Room directly  at 1-800-929-4555, by e-mail  at northamericanpress@visitmexico.com or   visit  our  press  Web  site  at www.visitmexicopress.com