Category: Interviews

Interview with Paul Joseph, Co-Founder of Health and Fitness Travel

Interview with Paul Joseph, Co-Founder of Health and Fitness Travel

By on Apr 25, 2013 in Accommodation, Asia, Caribbean, Celebrities, Europe, Food and Drink, Going Out, Health & Safety, Hotels, India, Interviews, Portugal, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, Saint Lucia, Thailand, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 2196 times

Paul Joseph is Co-founder of Health and Fitness Travel, experts in tailor-made healthy holidays worldwide. He searches for the rare and hidden gems around the world and puts together exclusive and trend-setting holidays for those who would like to improve or maintain their health and fitness whilst on holiday. As well as a love of [...]

Interview with Ana Silva O’Reilly of mrsoaroundtheworld.com

Interview with Ana Silva O’Reilly of mrsoaroundtheworld.com

By on Mar 11, 2013 in Accommodation, Asia, Celebrities, China, Europe, Going Out, Greece, Hotels, Interviews, Netherlands, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Portugal, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, Spain, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe   - Read 4586 times

With a degree in Business Studies and a Henley Business School MBA, Ana Silva O’Reilly developed her career in strategic marketing management as Marketing Director for Portugal, Spain and Turkey with global commercial real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield. She is also a New York University alumni (NYU), having graduated from its Social Media Strategy [...]

Interview with Nicola Pearson, Marketing Director and Co-owner of Bridgewater Travel

Interview with Nicola Pearson, Marketing Director and Co-owner of Bridgewater Travel

By on Mar 06, 2013 in Accommodation, Caribbean, Celebrities, Europe, Going Out, Hotels, Interviews, Italy, Regions, Restaurants, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 2305 times

Nicola Pearsonwas born in London but now lives with her family in Manchester. She is 34 years old with 2 daughters and is the Marketing Director and Co-owner of her family’s luxury travel company, Bridgewater Travel. Bridgewater Travel is a family owned and managed Italian villa rental company.  Nicola’s parents first started offering villas in Pietrasanta and [...]

Interview with Jamie Loizou, Director of Sales & Marketing at Mundy Cruising

Interview with Jamie Loizou, Director of Sales & Marketing at Mundy Cruising

By on Feb 06, 2013 in Antarctic, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Caribbean, Celebrities, Cruises & Boat Travel, Going Out, Interviews, Oceania, Polar Regions, Regions, Restaurants, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany   - Read 3553 times

After graduating and spending a year backpacking, I decided to combine my love of travel and the opportunity to have a meaningful career and so embarked upon a life within the travel industry. For the last nine years I have been working for luxury cruise specialist Mundy Cruising, which specialises in deluxe ocean and river [...]

Interview with Owen Coleman, CEO of The Coleman Group Worldwide LLC

Interview with Owen Coleman, CEO of The Coleman Group Worldwide LLC

By on Nov 30, 2012 in Accommodation, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Celebrities, Cruises & Boat Travel, Europe, Food and Drink, Going Out, Hotels, Interviews, Italy, Japan, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, Saint Lucia, Speciality Travel, Switzerland, Tanzania, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 4378 times

Owen Coleman is an entrepreneur and world class designer who has created and built many strategy and branding firms since his first design firm in 1966. After 30 years, he became partners with the Interpublic Group, forming the Coleman Worldwide Partnership, comprised of the finest brand design firms in 18 countries. His friendship and mentorship with those partners endures today. [...]

Interview with Dave Thompson, Founder of Dave’s Travel Corner

Interview with Dave Thompson, Founder of Dave’s Travel Corner

By on Nov 17, 2012 in Accommodation, Africa, Asia, Botswana, Food and Drink, Going Out, Hotels, Interviews, Maldives, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, Thailand, Travel Miscellany   - Read 2941 times

Dave is a travel writer who founded Dave’s Travel Corner, an international travel community, in 1996. California born and raised, he co-founded a collegiate solar racing team which designed and built a solar car from scratch. He runs a website promoting currently undefeated WBA World Super Middleweight boxing champion, Andre Ward, is a member of the Traveler’s Century Club and is a partner [...]

Interview with Michael Frye, Founder of British Heritage Chauffeur Tours

Interview with Michael Frye, Founder of British Heritage Chauffeur Tours

By on Nov 06, 2012 in Accommodation, Attractions, Celebrities, Europe, Food and Drink, France, Going Out, Hotels, Interviews, Middle East, Nevada, North America, Regions, Restaurants, Travel Miscellany, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Western Europe   - Read 2603 times

Michael Frye, founder of British Heritage Chauffeur Tours, is one of those lucky people who has been able to enjoy two vastly different professions. For twenty years he was one of the principals of the London Symphony Orchestra, where he had the honour of meeting Stravinsky, and performing with musicians as diverse as Herbert Von [...]

Interview with Richard Szkiler, Founder and Videographer of The View South

Interview with Richard Szkiler, Founder and Videographer of The View South

By on Oct 24, 2012 in Accommodation, Argentina, Asia, Canada, China, Europe, Going Out, Hotels, Interviews, North America, Regions, Restaurants, South America, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe   - Read 3321 times

Richard Szkiler is the Founder of The View South which produces, stocks and distributes videos specifically for the travel and leisure industry. Prior to establishing the business in Buenos Aires, Richard filmed and directed for various charities, companies and philanthropic organisations in Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom. Following this, Richard traveled to Argentina where he [...]

Interview with Jake Grieves-Cook, Founder of Porini Safari Camps

Interview with Jake Grieves-Cook, Founder of Porini Safari Camps

By on Oct 06, 2012 in Accommodation, Adventure Travel, Africa, Asia, Celebrities, China, Going Out, Hong Kong, India, Interviews, Kenya, Middle East, Regions, Restaurants, Rwanda, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, Turkey   - Read 2352 times

Jake Grieves Cook has been involved in the Kenyan tourism industry for more than 35 years. He founded Porini Safari Camps back in 1989, is a former Chairman of the Kenya Tourist Board and is a passionate advocate of sustainable and responsible tourism. These camps operate under a unique community conservancy concept to allow the Maasai [...]

Interview with John-Christian Moquette, Partner at IAVRA

Interview with John-Christian Moquette, Partner at IAVRA

By on Sep 28, 2012 in Accommodation, Asia, Celebrities, Europe, Going Out, Greece, Hotels, Interviews, Italy, Regions, Restaurants, Thailand, Travel Miscellany, Vacation Rentals, Western Europe   - Read 2201 times

John-Christian Moquette was born in Toronto, Canada to a Greek mother and a Dutch-Canadian father. Geneva, Switzerland was home from a young age and provided the perfect base for jetting around the world. He studied Law in the UK but his passion for travel quickly led him to the travel sector. He began his career [...]

Interview with Chef Tommes, Chef and Owner of That Little Wine Bar

Interview with Chef Tommes, Chef and Owner of That Little Wine Bar

By on Sep 01, 2012 in Accommodation, Asia, Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Europe, Food and Drink, France, Going Out, Hotels, Interviews, Malaysia, New York, North America, Oceania, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, South America, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, USA, Western Europe   - Read 906 times

What do you do if you’ve hunted high and low for a decent wine bar but there’s none to be found in your home town? For Chef Tommes and his wife Louise, the answer was simple – they opened their own! That Little Wine Bar in Georgetown, Penang, has attracted rave reviews (including on this [...]

Interview with Richard Lumb, Co-Founder and Director of Kaluma Travel

Interview with Richard Lumb, Co-Founder and Director of Kaluma Travel

By on Mar 08, 2012 in Accommodation, Austria, Europe, Food and Drink, France, Going Out, Hotels, Interviews, Leisure Travel, Norway, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 698 times

As an unhappy accountant, an offer of a job as a ski guide in Kitzbuhel was just too attractive to turn down. In short, Richard Lumb was hooked on the travel industry instantly and never looked back. Finding new products, innovations and delivering the best service in his niche market keeps his job extremely interesting [...]

Interview with Marty Carr, CEO of Carr Golf Travel

Interview with Marty Carr, CEO of Carr Golf Travel

By on Nov 15, 2011 in Accommodation, California, Celebrities, Europe, Florida, Food and Drink, Going Out, Hotels, Interviews, Ireland, Leisure Travel, North America, Regions, Resorts, Restaurants, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, USA, Western Europe   - Read 2911 times

Marty Carr is CEO of Carr Golf Travel, which includes the brand Online Golf Travel, and offers bespoke golf travel in Europe and the US and runs several world-class golf events in Ireland. The son of Joe Carr, who won 40 golf championships and was one of the world’s best ever amateur golfers, Marty studied [...]

Interview with Simon Pardoe, Director of The Healthy Holiday Company

Interview with Simon Pardoe, Director of The Healthy Holiday Company

By on Nov 03, 2011 in Africa, Croatia, Eastern Europe, Europe, Fiji, Going Out, Interviews, Italy, Oceania, Regions, Restaurants, Travel Miscellany, United Kingdom, Western Europe, Zambia   - Read 605 times

Simon Pardoe is a director and co-owner of The Healthy Holiday Company, which owns three luxury healthy holiday brands: fitscape, destination yoga and in:spa. Established in 2003, the company is now the UK’s leading provider of healthy holidays with a selection of large private villas and boutique hotels in Italy, Spain, Morocco, France, Greece and [...]

Interview with Jean-Christophe Nager, General Manager, The Pavilions, Phuket

Interview with Jean-Christophe Nager, General Manager, The Pavilions, Phuket

By on Oct 15, 2011 in Accommodation, Africa, Antigua and Barbuda, Asia, Australia, Botswana, Cambodia, Caribbean, Europe, Interviews, Italy, Maldives, Oceania, Philippines, Regions, Resorts, Switzerland, Thailand, Travel Miscellany, Western Europe   - Read 1166 times

Jean-Christophe Nager is the General Manager of The Pavilions, Phuket, a 5-star luxury resort built on a hill-top on the delightful island of Phuket. A Swiss national with more than 25 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, Jean-Christophe (JC) graduated from Collège St-Michel, Fribourg, in Switzerland in 1978 and studied photography in Montreal, Canada for a [...]

Interview with Luke Powers, Managing Direct of Africa Bespoke

Interview with Luke Powers, Managing Direct of Africa Bespoke

By on Oct 10, 2011 in Africa, Asia, Brazil, Celebrities, Europe, Food and Drink, Interviews, Italy, Nepal, Rail Travel, Regions, South Africa, South America, Speciality Travel, Travel Miscellany, Uganda, Western Europe, Zimbabwe   - Read 568 times

Luke Powers is a passionate traveller, always keen to explore new destinations. But mostly he enjoys exploring his own back yard: greater Cape Town. He loves a slow road trip on backroads, with plenty of time to meet the locals and take loads of photos. He lives in Cape Town and revels in every detail [...]

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