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Richard Arghiris
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Freelance journalist and co-author
of several Latin America guidebooks, including Footprint Nicaragua;
Footprint Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama; and Footprint Mexico 2009.
Travel articles have featured in The Observer and The Independent.
High-res pictures available for all destinations covered. |
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Christopher P
Baker
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Cuba & Costa Rica blog -
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Lowell Thomas Award "Travel
Journalist of the Year 2008". Guidebooks for Dorling Kindersley,
Frommer's, Lonely Planet, Moon, National Geographic, Thomas Cook, etc.
Articles and pictures in 200+ publications worldwide. Specializes in
Central America, Cuba and the Caribbean. Also writes on Asia, Pacific,
S. America, USA, cruising, adventure travel, motorcycling, deluxe
resorts, etc. Based in Palm Springs, California. |
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Annie Bennett
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I specialise in writing about
Spain, for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, Times, Observer and others.
Books include National Geographic Traveler Madrid, and Blue Guides to
Madrid and Barcelona. I have won the Spain Travel Writer of the Year and
other awards. |
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Claire Boobbyer
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Freelance writer and photographer
specialising in Cuba, Guatemala, Laos and Vietnam. Assignments covered in
Nepal, Morocco and Thailand. Author of several guidebooks and
contributor to the Independent, Wanderlust and Time Out. |
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Gary Bowerman
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China-based regular contributor to
CNN Traveller, ABTA magazine and Urbane. Co-Editor of ZAGAT Shanghai
Guide and Resident Editor for Luxe Guide Shanghai. Recently contributed
to New York Times, Business Traveler, Travesias, Forbes Traveler and
SilkRoad. Specialist on China and Far East, business travel, Asian
travel industry, airlines, hotels and luxury travel. |
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Joe Cawley
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Tenerife travel website
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Freelance travel writer published
in The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, The Times, Guardian, Observer,
Independent, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, New York Post, Conde Nast
Traveler and many others.
Contributor to guidebooks, and author of More Ketchup Than Salsa (2006).
Based in Tenerife,
Joe owns the Tenerife information site
www.mytenerifeinfo.com. |
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Kate Calvert
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Founder and editor of the Family
Travel web site
www.family-travel.co.uk, the UK's most
extensive web resource on travel and holidays with children. Author of
Harden's London Baby Book (2004). Freelance contributor to publications
ranging from the Independent newspaper to Kidz magazine.
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Jane Cody -
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Freelance
travel writer specialising in Croatia. Author/editor of Boat
International’s Superyacht Owners’ Guide: The Best of Croatia, co-author
of the Croatia Cruising Companion, and regular contributor (features,
reviews and images) to Time Out’s annual Visitors Guide To Croatia and
bi-annual guide book. Extensive library of own images on Croatia,
several of which have been published in the titles above.
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Donna Dailey -
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Award-winning writer / photographer for magazines,
newspapers, websites worldwide, including the Daily Mail, Times,
Essentially America, Global Adventure, Holiday, Living Spain. Author of
guides to Crete, Paris, Scotland, Ireland, Denver, Southwest USA.
Specialist knowledge London, Spain, Greece, USA. Large photo library. |
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Prodeepta Das -
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I photograph and write for magazines and books. My
titles include P IS FOR POLAND, I IS FOR INDIA, GEETA'S DAY, J IS FOR JAMAICA, K IS FOR KOREA, P IS FOR PAKISTAN, KAMAL GOES TO TRINIDAD and PRITA
GOES TO INDIA. My images have been used by numerous publishers,
newspapers and charities. I also write for Developments magazine and exhibit photography in the UK and worldwide. |
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Chris Deliso -
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An American based in Macedonia
since 2002, I am the author of Hidden Macedonia
(Haus), and co-author of Lonely Planet guides to
Greece, Bulgaria, Greek Islands, Western Balkans,
Eastern Europe, and Europe on a Shoestring. I've written numerous
travel pieces in newspapers and magazines. I direct the Balkan-interest
website,
www.balkanalysis.com, and
participate in tourism-related projects in the region. |
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Laura Dixon -
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Freelance travel writer specialising in travel trends,
new hot destinations, adventure/activity travel and city breaks. I write
for Fabulous, Closer, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, The London Paper,
ASOS, Real Travel, Zest and more. I've also written and edited
guidebooks for Footprint Handbooks, Itchy Media and City Life, including
Footprint Reykjavik. |
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Sue
Dobson
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Award-winning travel writer/photographer and
former editor of major magazines, specialising in eastern and western
Europe, UK, Ireland and Southern Africa. Contributor to Cruise
International, Nene Valley Living, Choice, ABTA Magazine, Oryx,
thetraveleditor.com and guide books (AA, DK, Thomas Cook). Author of
guides to Namibia and Cape Verde. Large photo library. |
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Jane Egginton
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Award-winning travel writer, editor and photographer, with 20 years
experience producing guides for Michelin, AA Publishing, Berlitz,
Reader's Digest, DK, Cadogan, Footprint, Thomas Cook and Insight.
Contributor to the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times and World
Travel Guides online. Three AA guides to Marrakech and Michelin guide to
Rio published 2009. Specializing in the UK and South and Central
America. |
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Adele Evans
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Contributes regularly to the travel pages of national magazines,
newspapers and websites, and broadcasts occasionally. Specialises in
Italy and France and has written, contributed to and updated many
guidebooks on these countries. Other specialities include Alpine skiing,
European cities and short breaks, French and Italian food and wine,
European and North African spas, and the UK. |
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Teresa
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Freelance writer with a passion for Europe, food and
adventure/activity holidays.
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Rebecca
Ford
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I have
written/contributed to many travel guides for the AA and Thomas Cook,
and also write for newspapers such as The Express and The Guardian.
Specialise in the UK, Europe (esp. Italy), walking, wildlife, railway
journeys, WW1,
eco-travel, spas, gardens, guidebooks, property, audio guides and podcasts. |
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Claire Frank
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I am an author, journalist and photographer specialising in the
Caribbean island of Barbuda. Currently based in the UK, I have
spent several years in Antigua/Barbuda and visit very frequently. I have
contributed to several UK nationals and to various guidebooks to the
Caribbean, and founded the Barbuda website. I was a winner of the 2008 Penguin Decibel
prize for their new anthology on the experience of dual heritage. |
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Carole
French
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Travel, real estate and lifestyle journalist. BBC-trained, former UK
newspaper business editor, magazine editor since 1980s, guidebook
author. Articles on destinations as diverse as Cyprus, Egypt and France,
plus business cities, spas, property hotspots and carnivals. Clients
include ABTA magazine, Homes Overseas, b.there, BA’s Business Life and
others.
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Robin Gauldie
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Writer, photographer, broadcaster, editor. Contributor to Sunday
Telegraph (annual Insider's Guide to Greece), Sunday Mirror, Scotland on
Sunday, Holiday Villas, Greece magazine, Florida magazine, and many inflight/contract
magazines. Monthly
column on travel insurance and air ambulance issues, International
Travel Insurance Journal. Numerous guidebooks. See also -
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Mike
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Writes for travel pages of The Times and for Ryanair magazine, and other
newspapers and magazines in the UK and in the USA (where he has a home
in Arizona). Also writes non-travel features on property, driving, food
and drink and other subjects. Author of many guidebooks. |
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Catherine Richards Golini -
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Based near Locarno, Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore, close to the
Italian border, I am a regular contributor to a range of publications
including easyJet inflight, Italy and SwissNews. I can provide
high-resolution images to accompany text. I am the author of the
Adventure Guide to Milan and the Italian Lakes and many short guides to
cities/resorts in Italy. |
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Rob Goss -
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British journalist based in Tokyo, with extensive
knowledge of Japan. Writing primarily about travel, culture and society
in Japan for publications around the globe, including newspapers,
magazines, guidebooks and websites. Recent clients include Rough Guides,
Continental, The National, SCMP, Toyota UK etc. Also available to report
or comment on events or breaking news across Japan. |
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Geoffrey A. P. Groesbeck -
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Author and co-author of articles, guides and leading academic titles on
Latin America, including 'Footprint Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador', 'Footprint
Mexico 2009', and 'The Road Less Travelled' forthcoming from Dorling-Kindersley.
Noted specialist consultant on Latin American cultural tourism,
particularly the Jesuit Missions of Bolivia's Chiquitanía region (see:
www.chiquitania.com). High-resolution
photography to accompany text. |
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Ted Jones
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Freelance writer and journalist specialising in France, the
arts and literature. Author of The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for
Travellers (2007). Travel articles and photography in UK, US and French
publications, including The Guardian, Choice, The Lady, Wanderlust,
France, Living France, France Today, Writers' Journal, Writers’ News,
Transitions Abroad, Yesterday and Voyageur. |
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Caroline Juler
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Travel and art journalist, specialist in Romania, author of
National Geographic Traveler Romania, Blue Guide Romania and the
travelogue Searching for Sarmizegetusa. In addition, I am a sculptor, writer of
art books and reviews, and Wales correspondent for Galleries magazine. |
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Terry Marsh
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Specialist in France and the UK, and wide knowledge of
Australia. Regular contributor to Living France; author of nearly 50
books; lectures on 'Writing about Travel'. |
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Robin
McKelvie
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Travel writer and photographer for over a decade, travelled to
over 80 countries making 30+ trips annually. Published in 100+ global
outlets including Sunday Post, Daily Mail, National Geographic,
Wanderlust, BA Highlife and CNN Traveller. Written over twenty
guidebooks and regular Internet writer. Specialist in Scotland, Baltic
States, Croatia and Slovenia, as well as adventure, rail, luxury, city
break and family travel. |
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Robin
Mead
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Specialist cruising writer, contributing to regular Cruising
Supplements for the Jewish Chronicle among others. Can provide
photographs to illustrate all his features. Has a PhD in travel
history, and spends part of the year lecturing on board cruise ships. Writes
biography and travel guides, mainly on Greece, cruising, the USA,
Britain and the Channel Islands, where he has a second home. |
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Paul Murphy
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Regular contributor to the travel pages of
national magazines and newspapers, and author of over 40 travel
guidebooks on many destinations for Michelin, AA, Fodors, Berlitz,
Thomas Cook etc, also with editorial and project management experience.
In addition I have a large picture library on many European and
Mediterranean destinations, particularly holiday hotspots. |
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John Oates
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Former Guardian Young Travel Writer of the Year,
I have written for publications including Metro, ABTA Magazine
and various in-flights, and am the author of guidebooks for Footprint
and Dorling Kindersley. I consider photography to be an essential part of my work,
and sell stock images both directly and through
Alamy. Interested in anything offbeat or adventurous.
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Marie Peyre
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Freelance travel writer and editor based in Norway. I can cover any destination in Scandinavia
and Iceland. Also extensive knowledge of London, where I lived for 15
years. I can also supply hi-res pix of all destinations I cover. Particularly interested in food and restaurants around the world.
Recent clients have included, among others, Fodor's, Virgin, Frommer's,
Insight Guides and Columbus Travel Guides. |
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Laurence
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Award-winning author,
columnist, feature writer, Laurence Phillips' France spans Languedoc to Lille. Turns his pen and compass to many European destinations. Travel
Editor, Canada Post; feature writer Sunday Times and inflight magazines.
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Carlton Reid -
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Writer, photographer, broadcaster, author of Family Cycling (Snowbooks,
2009) and award-winning editor of bikebiz.com and publisher of bicycling magazines. Specialist in cycling,
but also sports and adventure travel, as well as family holidays and
zoos of the world. |
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Katerina Roberts
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Journalist and author working together
with photographer Eric Roberts on guide books (Insight, Berlitz, Thomas Cook, AA), on-line guides (Expedia and Fastcheck), updates, pictures and articles.
Specialising in Indian Ocean region (Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, Sri
Lanka). Extensive photo library. Based in
Mauritius.
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Zoe Ross
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Writer, editor and project manager for Thomas Cook, AA Publishing,
Dorling Kindersley, Insight Guides and other guidebook publishers.
Travel journalist with articles published in the Sunday Mirror and
Holiday Villas Magazine, among others . |
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Tristan
Rutherford & Kathryn Tomasetti
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We've written/updated over 30
guidebooks for Time Out, Rough Guides, DK and Thomas Cook from Shanghai
to Lisbon. Feature writers for Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Observer,
Independent and various inflights worldwide. 300dpi Nikon DX40 photos
available with copy. Mediterranean a speciality, but as we often work
together we can cover almost anywhere, fast. |
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Andrew Sanger
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Over 30 years freelancing for national newspapers,
magazines and websites. Award-winner. Author of some 30 guidebooks, most
translated into several languages. I'm currently also building my own
travel website of one-page city and resort guides at
Focus Guides. Specialities:
France - Ireland - Israel - vegetarian travel - Flanders - Mediterranean resorts. |
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Paul
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Freelance travel writer and
photographer since 1991 specialising in France, Italy and Spain. Recent
work includes updating guidebooks for Michelin, Dorling Kindersley, Time
Out, Thomas Cook and others. I also write magazine articles and online
guides illustrated with my own pictures. |
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Navjot
Singh
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Based in London and Hong
Kong, I am the author of guides to China for tourists and business
travellers, including China: Business Travellers' Handbook (Stacey
International, 2009). I have
had first-hand experience of the benefits and challenges of being an
expatriate in China and continue to travel in the Greater China
region for business and pleasure. I also write articles on China for a variety of travel media. |
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Duncan J D
Smith
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Self-styled 'Urban Explorer',
travel writer, historian and photographer. Currently
writing/photographing a series of guidebooks to the hidden corners of
Europe: Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. Commissioned
articles and photo stock. |
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Jon Sparks
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An award-winning freelance
photographer and writer specialising in travel, landscape and outdoor
pursuits, especially walking, climbing and cycling. I've worked on five continents, undertaken a wide range of commissioned photography, and am the author of more than
a dozen guides, including Traveller's Finland (Thomas Cook, 2nd edition
2008), and Traveller's Baltic Cruise (Thomas Cook, 2009).
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Hugh Taylor
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Hugh Taylor is an award winning travel writer contributing to many UK and
foreign publications, and a writer/producer for BBC Radio Scotland and
Radio 2. He and partner Moira McCrossan are joint authors of over fifteen guide books (AA, Jarrold,
Insight, Thomas Cook, Columbus), specialising in UK, especially
Scotland. Other destinations: USA, Scandinavia, France, Middle East. |
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Victoria
Trott
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Victoria Trott is a Wales-based freelance writer and
photographer who contributes to Daily Mail Weekend, Living France, Spain
Magazine and www.thetraveleditor.com. She is co-author of Frommer's 'Provence
& the Cote d'Azur with your Family' and has revised several Michelin
Green Guides. Fluent French and conversational Spanish. |
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Sue Watt -
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Freelance writer specialising in Africa, Nepal and Italy (especially
Lazio). Interests include adventure travel and responsible tourism.
Contributor to the Independent, Guardian Unlimited, Travel Africa
magazine, Italy magazine, and co-author of Footprint Tanzania. Hi-res
images regularly published to accompany articles. |
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Arnie
Wilson
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Specialist ski writer. Editor of Ski + Board since 2001.
Ski writer for Financial Times for 20 years. Author of four ski books.
Also general travel writer with many FT cuttings. Former contributor of
ski items for Radio 4 Breakaway and Radio 5 Live. |
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