International travel journalist Peter Greenburg broadcast his syndicated radio program live from The Battle House Hotel in downtown Mobile this past Saturday. Greenburg is widely known for his New York Times best-selling travel books and his role as the Travel Editor for NBC’s Today show. (Greenburg also served on the Travel Weekly magazine judging panel that recognized state tourism’s “Year of Alabama Arts” campaign as the best overall cultural arts promotion in the United States and Canada.)
Mobile attractions featured by Greenburg on this radio broadcast included The Battle House Hotel, Spanish Plaza, Cooper Riverside Park, Bellingrath Gardens and Home, True restaurant, Wintzell’s Oyster House, Bakery Café, Felix’s Fish Camp Grill, Ed Edwards Glass Studio, Blakely State Park, Bartram Canoe Trail, and the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center. Greenburg’s visit to Mobile was arranged by the Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau.
For Peter Greenburg’s story “Ask the Locals: Mobile, Alabama” see http://www.petergreenberg.com/2009/03/21/ask-the-locals-mobile-alabama/
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