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About Avalon Travel

Avalon Travel was formed in 1999 with the merger of three independent travel publishers—Moon Publications (established 1973), John Muir Publications (established 1973), and Foghorn Press (established 1982)—creating the largest independent travel publisher based in the United States.

Avalon publishes several major travel guidebook series: Rick Steves; Moon, which includes Moon Handbooks, Moon Metro, Moon Outdoors, and Moon Living Abroad; The Dog Lover’s Companion; the best-selling guidebook Road Trip USA; and individual travel titles.

Based in Berkeley, California, Avalon is a proud member of the Perseus Books Group.

To learn more about the Perseus Books Group, please visit the website: www.perseusbooksgroup.com.

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Kansas City local Katy Ryan gives a behind-the-scenes look at authoring the Moon Kansas City guidebook to KCFreePress.com. Read the article to find out why KC should be your next vacation destination.

Congratulations to Rick Steves, whose TV special Rick Steves’ Iran won a Gold Medal in the “Special Package/Project” category in the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. The competition is sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation.

Check out the Rick Steves' Historic Paris Walk iPhone App, as featured in an iPhone commercial. Find this and other Rick Steves Apps at the iTunes store.

Read Time magazine’s profile of Rick Steves.

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