One of the perks of being a travel writer is the world becomes your neighborhood; fellow travel writers and travel industry professionals become your neighbors. You may not see one another as often as you’d like, but you keep in touch via email or Facebook or through mutual friends. You take it for granted there will always be a next time to catch up in person and share tales from the road over a glass of wine.

This morning, I logged on to Facebook for a quick “where-in-the-world-is” check of my globetrotting friends before getting down to the business of the day and was stunned to see a post about Larry Meehan’s death on Saturday.

Larry was one of the good guys — full of energy and enthusiasm for the city he represented as vice president of media relations and tourism sales at the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau. He brought light into any room he entered.

The world was a little bit brighter with Larry in it. He will be missed far and wide.

— Lisa Matte, editor in chief