Howard Hian is a credentialed journalist and a member of the North American Travel Journalists Association and the East-West News Bureau.
Hian is a regular contributor to the Hanford Sentinel, Selma Enterprise and Kingsburg Recorder, all Central California newspapers. Several of his travel stories have run at the Garden Island in Kauai, Hawaii and the Daily Chronicle in DeKalb, IL. The aforementioned were Pulitzer Papers and are now under the Lee Enterprises banner. The San Diego Jewish Journal featured his award winning The Sabra Who Cooks Cajun. The Military Press, a California semi-monthly journal with a circulation of 100,000, also carries his travel features. Hian's articles can also be found online at Real Travel Adventures, Just Say Go, So Go Now, OffBeat Travel, Travel Savvy News and Travelworld International.
Hian is a long time member of the San Diego Hotel Motel Association and serves on their Board. |
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Hian was in the top ten of the East West Travel Network's Writers and Photographers Awards in 2000. The winners were selected by the Journalism Department of the College of the Desert, Palm Springs, CA.
In 2002, Hian received a second place honor, in the international category, for his newspaper article featuring Lisbon, Portugal from the North American Travel Journalists Association.
Hian received an Award of Excellence in the 2004 North American Travel Journalists Associations Awards Competition. His feature, A Cocoon of Comfort, was runner up in the Travel Tips & Advice category.
In 2007, his story, The Sabra Who Cooks Cajun, was runner up in the North American Travel Journalists Associations Awards Competition in the Personality Profile category.
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