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	Judith Baker - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE An experienced travel writer and journalist. Former Editor in Chief of Caribbean World magazine, now contributing freelance articles to The Sunday Telegraph, Square Mile magazine, Real Travel, Selling Long Haul and in-flight magazines. Specializes in Caribbean, Africa and other long haul destinations.
	Marie Barbieri - website - email - British travel writer and photographer living in Australia. Contributed to: Jetstar, Islands, Paradise, Going Places and Yeahbaby in-flight magazines, Wanderlust, Australia & New Zealand, Italia!, Luxury Travel & Style, Holidays for Couples, Arrivals+Departures, Great Walks and Stamford Life (Stamford Hotels’ guest magazine). Provides words and pictures on Australian, New Zealand, Italian and Greek island destinations.
	Catherine Beattie - publishing website - spa website - email - I've been writing about spas, health and travel for over 20 years, as a staff writer /editor and as a freelancer. I provide content for consumer travel websites, am contributing editor to Worldwide Spa Review and also write for Spa World, Journeys and Boutique 1. In addition, I am an independent book publisher, Discovery Books.
	Annie Bennett - Spain blog - email - - 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.
	Claire Boobbyer - website - email - - 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, Conde Nast Traveller, ABTA magazine, Martinair magazine, Scotland on Sunday, Traveller magazine, the Civil Service magazine and Time Out.
	Gary Bowerman - Business Travel blog - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE 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.
	Marion Bull - website - email London freelance writer/photographer specialising in solo independent wilderness travel in Africa and the Middle East, and exotic small islands worldwide. Published in Mail on Sunday, Independent, Sunday Times, Observer, Guardian, magazines worldwide, books. In-depth knowledge of Dorset (UK), Cevennes (France), Algerian Sahara, Turkey. Broadcast on N African TV and Radio 4 Excess Baggage. Multi-lingual. Creative image library on Alamy.com.
	Tristan Cano - website - email - Freelance journalist living and working in Gibraltar and southern Spain. A Gibraltar native, I write and broadcast frequently on worldwide travel for Gibraltar's local media, travel websites and occasionally for UK publications. My first guidebook, Historic Walking Guides: Gibraltar, was published by Destinworld in December 2009.
	Jamie Carter - website - email - - I've been Real Travel magazine's 'travel gadget man' for the past few years, but write destination and other travel features too, for example on Kyoto, Japan; finding the relics of the British Empire; and 'Daysacking: How To Pack Light'. I also take high-quality travel photographs. I consider myself an expert on travel in Japan, India, SE Asia – and on how to go around the world with a small bag!
	David Cawley - website - contact form - - Freelance travel writer and photographer in print and online; radio broadcaster; blogger. Specialities include UK and European destinations, culture and history, rail travel, inland waterways and soft adventure. Currently working on a series of UK city guide books for Thomas Cook.
	Joe Cawley - Joe Cawley website - Tenerife travel website - email - - 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.
	Kate Calvert - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE 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.
	Sara Chare - website - contact - I am a writer and editor specialising in travel, and have copyedited and proof-read text for Footprint, Bradt Travel Guides and Frommer's. My travel articles have been published in The Independent, TNT Magazine Australia and Australia and New Zealand Magazine. In 2010 I updated Footprint's guide to West Coast Australia and in 2011 authored the new edition of Footprint's Sri Lanka guide.
	Jane Cody - website - email - 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.
	Catherine Cooper - website - blog - contact - - I am an established travel and features writer based in SW France writing for UK nationals and many other publications. Recent clients include The Daily Express and inflight magazines for easyJet, BMI Baby and Wizz Air. I am also author of Travelling with Children: A Parent's Guide and my specialisms include travelling with children, skiing and spas.
	Jacqui Currie - website - email A freelance travel writer since 2003, I have written for Home Plus Scotland, Passport and others. I write about (and also design) worldwide luxury holidays. Some recent destinations: Western US and Canada, Cuba, Morocco, Turkey, South Africa, India and European cities. Photographs available to accompany articles.
	Donna Dailey - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE 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.
	Lucy Daltroff - email - Finalist: Travel Press Awards - Online Journalist of the Year. Freelance journalist writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian and Times Online as well as a number of airline magazines. Articles on destinations world-wide, including Venezuela, Cyprus, Myanmar, Bahamas, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Croatia. Specialising too in luxury travel, cruising, spas/wellbeing, food and articles with a Jewish interest. Lecturer in travel journalism.
	Prodeepta Das - website - email - - 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.
	Phil Davies - website - email - - A journalist for 30 years working on both weekly and daily newspapers and online news, I have experience in editing customer and staff magazines. Working as a freelance for Travel Weekly, I also provide media training, assist companies in preparing strategies, PR plans, reports, newsletters, internal communications, customer magazines and internal journals. For further details see www.travjournalist.com.
	Chris Deliso - Chris Deliso website - Balkanalysis.com - contact I am an American travel writer living in Europe, covering Greece, the Balkans and Turkey since 2000. Besides travel writing for publishers like Lonely Planet, National Geographic Traveller UK, Financial Times and BBC Travel, I have written articles and interviews for the Economist Intelligence Unit, Jane's, Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor and others, and many features for the news & analysis website I direct, Balkanalysis.com.
	Laura Dixon - website - email - Freelance travel writer specialising in travel trends, new hot destinations, family travel and city breaks. Associate editor (kids) for i-escape.com; expert in family travel and key hotel reviewer for the site. Authors guides for Footprint, DK and Thomas Cook; expert in the southwest (UK) and Iceland. Writes for major women's magazines and websites, national press, inflight magazines and customer magazines.
	Sue Dobson - email 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.
	Sally Dowling - website - email - Freelance travel writer, regular contributor to Take A Break and associated titles. Winner Visit USA Travel Media Award 2006. See my website at www.sallydowling.co.uk for a full list of my work.
	Marc Dubin - email - Based in Samos, Greece. Nearly 30 years' experience writing about Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and the Pyrenees. I have authored nearly 20 guidebooks for various publishers including Dorling Kindersley, Rough Guides, Lonely Planet and Insight, revised even more, and am a frequent contributor to The Daily Telegraph. See also: Authors, Photographers.
	Siri Elise Dybdal and Neil Davey - website - email - Freelance writer Siri Elise Dybdal and award-winning travel photographer Neil Davey work as a team specialising in language learning holidays, adventure, wildlife, culture/music, city breaks, culinary, Norway, Scotland and Central-America. Large photo library. Featured in numerous UK and foreign lifestyle/travel magazines, newspapers, trade publications and guidebooks. Bilingual (English/Norwegian).
	Jane Egginton - Hackney Home blog - Travel blog - email - 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.
	Adele Evans - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE 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.
	Renata Parolari Fernades - Five Star Magazine website - contact - - Renata Parolari Fernandes is the founder, director and editor-in-chief of Five Star Magazine, an award-winning publication about unique luxury hotels, spas and fine-dining restaurants. Renata has been nominated as a UK media pioneer, she is an experienced hotel inspector, marketing specialist for luxury hotels and an accomplished writer, contributing to Five Star Magazine and other luxury lifestyle publications.
	Rebecca Ford - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION 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.
	Stuart Forster - website - email - - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Freelance writer and photographer with specialist knowledge of Germany, Portugal and India. Contributed to many guidebooks, including National Geographic's Secret Journeys of a Lifetime (2011). Contributor to magazines and newspapers in the UK, US, Australia and worldwide. Able to supply copy with pictures, and have a stock of thousands of travel images which can be licensed from photo agencies.
	Claire Frank - website - email 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 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.
	Carole French - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Freelance travel, real estate and lifestyle journalist. BBC-trained, former UK newspaper business editor, magazine editor since 1980s, guidebook author (see Authors). Destinations as diverse as Cyprus, Jordan, Thailand, Greece, UK and Caribbean, plus business cities, spas and property. Clients include ABTA, Northstar, BA’s Business Life and other inflight magazines. See also: Authors, Photographers, Editors and Broadcasters.
	Robin Gauldie - email Writer, photographer, broadcaster, editor. Contributor to Sunday Telegraph, Ultratravel, Scots Magazine, Financial World, International Travel Insurance Journal, various inflight and contract magazines, and web sites including thehotelguru.com. Numerous guidebooks. See also - Authors and Editors pages.
	Mike Gerrard - website - email - - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION 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.
	Emma Gibbs - Emma Gibbs website - The Honeymoon Project - contact - - Freelance travel writer and editor, specialising in Southeast Asia (especially Malaysia, Singapore and Laos), the UK, France and honeymoons. Contributor to several guidebooks for Rough Guides, including The Rough Guide to Laos, and writer and editor of The Honeymoon Project, dedicated to honeymoon planning and inspiration.
	Catherine Richards Golini - website - contact - - 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.
	Rob Goss - website - email - - British writer based in Tokyo, with extensive knowledge of Japan. Specializing in travel writing and Japan-related features (on subjects from business to sustainability to culture) for publications that include Time, National Geographic Traveler, Rough Guides, Tuttle Publishing, Fodor’s, Insight Guides, Delta, KLM, and many others.
	Olivia Greenway - website - email - - Freelance food and travel journalist based near London with special interest in luxury holidays, holidays for active older travellers and unusual, quirky trips. Have written for Mail on Sunday, Foodtripper, World Travel Guide and the Travel Editor. Visit India regularly - at least three times a year. Keen photographer.
	Samantha Guerrini - email - Freelance writer, specialising in culture, cuisine, history and art, predominantly in Italy. Has published many features for various magazines, including Time Out, CNN Traveller and Summit. Involved in managing magazine projects. Fluent in French and Italian.
	Solange Hando - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Freelance travel journalist/photographer covering city breaks, soft adventure, over-50s and family holidays. Specialises in France and Europe, Tunisia, Indian subcontinent (including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan). Contributor to Holiday Villas, Holiday Cottages, Discover Sri Lanka, Trailfinders, BBC History, women's magazines (travel), inflight and francophile publications. Member of BGTW, CIoJ, WPu.
	Nick Haslam - website - email I write travel, general features and book reviews for the Observer, Country Life, Skyward (JAL inflight) Times Online and Telegraph supplements. Specialities include Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, Northern India, West Africa and Europe. I broadcast for BBC Radio 4 and World Service. Large collection of photographs on Alamy.com and Eye Ubiquitous from all parts of the world. Based in Cornwall and Brussels.
	Linda Jackson - website - email - - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Based in S.E. England within easy reach of central London, freelance travel writer and photographer Linda Jackson covers a wide range of topics and destinations. Linda has lived and worked in Barbados, Belgium, Dubai, France and Morocco and writes for numerous lifestyle titles, national press, on-line, in-flight, and golf publications. Member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and the Golf Travel Writers Association.
	Wayne Johnson - website - email - Work published across different media on various subjects, primarily about travel, especially heritage, wildlife and adventure travel, but also including sport, food and weddings. I specialise in South-East Asia and Europe. Several features for Malaysia Star and inflight magazines of Singapore Airways and Emirates. Photographs always available to accompany text.
	Ted Jones - website - email - 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.
	Caroline Juler - website - email - 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.
	Abigail King - website - blog - contact - - Abigail King specializes in travel writing and travel photography for both print and online publications and medical writing for academic journals. Her travel features have been published in France Today, easyJet Traveller, Desert Leaf and more...
	Suzanne King - email Freelance writer and travel editor for a wide range of UK nationals, glossy magazines and websites; published in Sainsbury’s, Grazia, Thomas Cook Travel, Olive, National Geographic Traveller, MSN Travel, the Guardian, BBC Homes & Antiques, InStyle, BA First Life, Cosmopolitan and many more. Co-author of The Backpacker’s Bible. See also: Authors and Editors pages.
	Sarah Lee - website - blog - Maia Communications - email - - An experienced launch/managing editor, journalist and photographer covering luxury travel, destinations worldwide, cruise and a timeshare and fractional expert. Writes for consumer and B2B titles and takes on corporate communications projects. Focusing much of her work on online travel and lifestyle magazine LiveShareTravel.com, for which she’s travelling around Europe, the US and parts of Africa and Asia.
	Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey - website - email - - Author of countless articles, features and press releases, I also have contributed to guidebooks about Qatar, Oman and the UAE, and copy-write for regional and international companies. Publications include Business Traveller, The Weekly Telegraph, Qatar Airways', Air Arabia and British Midland inflight magazines. Originally from Germany, I lived in the UK for 10 years, then moved to Qatar, Oman and am now based in Dubai.
	Sam Lewis - website - email - I'm a travel writer, editor and website project manager. I am Associate Editor of Absolute Publishing (part-time) and work on a variety of ABTA publications. I'm editor of ABTA Golf magazine and Beauty Editor of Spa Secrets. Previously I was travel editor at Take A Break and AOL. I write hotel reviews and travel features, as well as on spas and beauty products, for Times Online, Spa Secrets, National Geographic and others.
	Terry Marsh - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE 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'.
	Robin McKelvie - website - email - - Travel writer/photographer/broadcaster for over a decade, travelled to 80+ countries, 30+ trips annually, 150+ global outlets including Sunday Post, Daily Mail, National Geographic, Wanderlust, BA Highlife, CNN Traveller. Over twenty guidebooks, regular Internet writer. Specialist in Scotland, Baltic States, Croatia, Slovenia, adventure, rail, luxury, city break and family travel. See also: Authors, Photographers and Broadcasters.
	Robin Mead FRGS, FInstTT - website - email - - 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.
	Wendy Mewes - Wendy Mewes - Brittany Walks - Brittany Heritage Services - blog - email - I write books and articles, mainly about Brittany. Recent guidebooks include Footprint Brittany (2010). Walking, landscape and history are specialities. I've written guides to Finistere and the Nantes-Brest canal, two walking books, and Discovering the History of Brittany. Crossing Brittany is a travelogue based on a long-distance walk.
	Caroline Mills - website - email - Short snappy snippets, monthly columns, photo-journalist features, travel books - I do them all. Published in Practical Motorhome, France Magazine, The Times, Brit'Mag, Great British Food, French Magazine and others. Author/photographer of 'Cool Caravanning' (New Holland), 'The Camping Pocket Bible' (Crimson) and 'Slow Cotswolds' (Bradt), co-author of 'Slow North Yorkshire', contributor to '1001 Escapes'. Extensive picture library.
	Andrea Montgomery - Real Tenerife blog - BuzzTrips website - email - - Resident in Tenerife, I am co-author (with photographer husband Jack Montgomery) of 'Going Native in Tenerife'; director, writer and editor at TenerifeMagazine.com and Buzztrips.co.uk, and Tenerife travel expert for simonseeks.com and tenerife.co.uk. Also published in Traveller, Living Tenerife and Ling Magazine.
	Andy Mossack - website - email - - The world is a big place and I am making a concerted effort to get to see most of it! I broadcast for BBC Leeds in my ‘Where in the world am I' series, and contribute regularly to guide books, national and regional press, magazines and online media including The Daily Express, TNT Magazine, Monarch Airlines, Qatar Airlines, The Jewish Chronicle, TheTravelEditor.com, TheCulinaryGuide.co.uk, and simonseeks.com.
	Paul Murphy - website - email - 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.
	Mari Nicholson - email - - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Award-winning writer. Specialist knowledge of Thailand, S.E. England, Australia, Italy, Jordan, Madeira, N.Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Chicago, New Orleans, California, Cargo-ship travel and War Grave sites. Articles/Photos in national newspapers, magazines and inflight journals.
	Kate Nivison - website - email - Freelance travel writer and copywriter for 20 years. Photos supplied. Destination and travel-related features (regional products, wildlife, conservation issues, local customs) supplied to dailies, regionals, foreign in-flights, consumer magazines, Suite101.com, and for worldwide syndication. Frequent Africa traveller and ‘Africa watcher’. Other specialities: cruises, France, Italy, Western European cities, Mediterranean islands.
	John Oates - website - email - - An award-winning travel writer and photographer who has worked on guidebooks (Rough Guides, Dorling Kindersley, Footprint), online guides (Frommer's, Vertu, World Travel Guide) and articles for numerous magazines (including ABTA Magazine, Real Travel, Islands and several in-flights). Also licenses photographs both directly and through Alamy. Specialises in South East Asian destinations particularly the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
	Helen Ochyra - website - email - - I am a London-based freelance travel journalist, working mostly with the Guardian, the Observer and Time Out among a wide range of other titles and websites. My specialist areas are the UK, California and Australia, but I write about destinations all around the world. I also work as a travel editor for Rough Guides.
	Tom O'Malley - website - contact - - A travel, food and lifestyle writer specializing in China and the Far East, I've been published across a wide variety of outlets worldwide including The Guardian, Travel & Leisure, CNNGo, South China Morning Post, Open Skies, SUMMIT and DestinAsian. I live in Beijing, where I also work as a restaurant critic and independent travel guide.
	Marie Peyre - email - - Travel writer and editor now based in Norway. I can cover any destination in Scandinavia and Iceland, and can supply hi-res pix for most of them. I also write about food and restaurants around the world (reviews, articles, book). Recent clients have included, among others, Fodor's, Insight Guides, Virgin, Hotels.com and Visit Norway.
	Laurence Phillips - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE 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.
	Neil Ray - website - email - Freelance writer, photographer and editor based in Thailand, Neil has written travel guides covering European and South East Asia destinations. He has worked with international tourist associations on publishing projects whilst also contributing to a wide range of travel magazines and digital media publishers. As someone based in the region Neil has an in-depth knowledge of Asian affairs.
	Carlton Reid - website - email - - 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.
	Katerina Roberts - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION 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.
	Zoe Ross - Editorial services website - email - 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 .
	Tristan Rutherford & Kathryn Tomasetti - website - email Based between the French Riviera and Istanbul we've written/updated over 40 guidebooks for Time Out, National Geographic and Frommer's. Feature writers for Sunday Times Travel Magazine, The Guardian and 15 inflight magazines. Have a stock of 300dpi photos which have been used by The Independent, DK and Hedonist Guides. Have written about almost every Mediterranean destination.
	Roger St. Pierre - website - email - Writer and broadcaster. Have visited 125 countries on five continents (and all but one US states). Freelance editor of both Holiday & Leisure World and De Vere Magazine. Specialities: motoring, worldwide cruising, river boating, cycling, gourmet travel, food & drink, culture, battlefield tourism, short breaks worldwide, North America, and all of Europe, including UK and Ireland.
	Andrew Sanger - website - contact - - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE Some 35 years freelancing for UK nationals, magazines and websites, always on travel. Won several awards. Editor of Rail Europe magazine 1990-2000. Author of more than 30 guidebooks, most translated into several languages. Own travel website of one-page city and resort guides at Focus Guides. Specialities: France, Ireland, Israel, winter sun, vegetarian travel, Flanders, Mediterranean resorts.
	Paul Shawcross - website - email - - 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.
	Navjot Singh - website - contact 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.
	Cathy Smith - website - email - Recent awards: Best London Article; Canada Travel Awards Best Consumer Travel Writer (Finalist); Naples International Journalism Award. Writer/photographer for UK nationals, regionals and magazines, in-flight magazines and overseas press. Author of "How to Write and Sell Travel Articles". Knows Canada and Italy very well.
	Duncan J D Smith FRGS - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. 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, Cologne and Zürich. Commissioned articles and photo stock.
	Nicola Smith - website - email - A freelance journalist with travel features published in The Times, Sainsbury's magazine and World (New Zealand). Regular contributor to Cornwall Today, Coast magazine, Healthy, The Sunday Times and the Independent, and editor of two graduate recruitment titles.
	Peter Sommer - Travelwriting website - Tours & Cruises website - email - - Archaeologist, journalist, filmmaker, tour leader and Turkey specialist. Subjects: from travel to history, farming to documentaries. Publishers and publications written for include The Times, The Guardian, Brisbane Sunday Mail, South China Morning Post, National Geographic, Current World Archaeology, Abroad, Emerging Turkey, The Travel Magazine, Countryman. Commissioned articles and photo stock.
	Jon Sparks - website - email - - 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).
	Jools Stone - Trains on the Brain blog - contact - - Blogger and features journalist, rail travel enthusiast and expert, writing regularly for the Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh Evening News and others, especially on Scotland and on trains. Travel section editor for Pulse magazine.
	James Sturcke - website - email - I am based in La Rioja, Spain, and specialise in photography, working across northern Spain. A former Guardian newspaper staff reporter, I retain strong research / writing skills and experience, and am happy to provide words as well as pictures. In addition to the Guardian, I have worked for the Independent, the Mail-on-Sunday and Rough Guides.
	Hugh Taylor & Moira McCrossan - website - email - - 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.
	Emma Thomson FRGS, FRAI - website - email - - Formerly Commissioning Editor at Bradt Travel Guides, Emma is a Belgium expert (but regularly covers stories in Africa) and author of the Bradt Guide to Flanders and Brussels (2012). She is Brussels expert at Simonseeks.com and writes freelance for Travel Africa, Africa Geographic, Msafiri, The Express etc. She is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and a judge for the Travel Photographer of the Year awards.
	Gillian Thornton - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Specialises in France and England, and city breaks, activity holidays, family destinations, self-catering, and over-50s throughout Europe. Regular contributor to Destination France, Voyage, The Traveller in France, Living France, France magazine, Holiday Villas & Cottages, Hertfordshire Life, and thetraveleditor.com. Takes pictures to accompany own articles.
	Ron Toft - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Freelance journalist and photographer of more than 40 years' experience specialising in wildlife, ecotourism and other nature-oriented features for dozens of publications internationally. Editor of the It's A Wild World pages on TheTravelEditor.com website.
	Victoria Trott - website - email - - Victoria Trott is a Wales-based freelance writer and photographer who writes about Western Europe, notably France and South Wales, as she only travels by train. She is author of Thomas Cook Pocketguide Swansea and has updated guidebooks on France and Spain for major travel publishers. Fluent French and conversational Spanish.
	Anne Walsh - website - contact - - I’m a freelance writer with a passion for city breaks and rail travel in Europe. I also specialise in UK holidays with a particular focus on a destination’s historical interest. My work has appeared in magazines and newspapers in eastern England and various travel websites.
	Tina Walsh - website - email - - Freelance journalist and travel writer with 15 years' experience. I write for Time magazine, Daily Mail, The Times, Daily Express, The Spectator, Dorling Kindersley (Eyewitness Guide series), Sunday Mirror and many more, including in-flight and contract publications. Specialist knowledge of Istanbul, London and Yorkshire. Fluent in German with a smattering of Turkish.
	Sue Watt - website - email - Freelance writer specializing in Africa and Nepal with a focus on responsible tourism and adventure travel. I’m a regular contributor to Travel Africa Magazine and am often published in UK press and magazines including The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Independent on Sunday, Daily and Sunday Express, and Sydney Morning Herald and Vacations & Travel in Australia. I provide hi-res images to accompany features.
	Arnie Wilson - website - email 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.
	Cathy Winston - website - email - - Contributing Travel Writer for AOL's site MyDaily.co.uk, I've also written on travel for the Independent, MSN Travel, TimesOnline, Fabulous, TNT, London Lite and www.TheTravelEditor.com, and was formerly lifestyle editor at Fabulous magazine and Head of Features at the Press Association. Covers a wide range of long-haul and short-haul destinations, especially travel for women and independent travel.
	Jenny Woolf - travel blog - Lewis Carroll website - contact - - I was formerly contributing editor to the national US title "Islands" and have written for many major UK travel publications, with recent articles in Britain magazine, the Telegraph, Archant Regional titles and inflight magazines. I am also the author of "The Mystery of Lewis Carroll" (Macmillan, USA). Special interests include European travel, cultural travel, Disney and European theme parks and travelling with kids.