Peter Jon Lindberg
COFOUNDER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Alum of: Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Saveur.
Claims to Fame: Professional leaver-of-town, but hopeless at packing and foreign languages. Nominated for two James Beard Awards and a National Magazine Award. Included in The Best American Travel Writing and The Best American Magazine Writing (both, ironically, out of print).
Current Obsessions: Lisbon, Tasmania, James Turrell, Sri Lanka, Le Veau d’Or in NYC, Japanese Breakfast, Arlo Parks, the Challengers soundtrack.
Lives In: Brooklyn (but don’t we all nowadays?).
Lives With: Further cofounder Nilou Motamed.
Lives For: Arrivals, departures, and the piano coda to “Racing in the Street.”
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Nilou Motamed
COFOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF INSPIRATION

Alum of: Food & Wine, Epicurious, Travel + Leisure.
Claims to Fame: Emmy nominee. Named one of Adweek’s 30 Most Influential People in Food. Starred in the Netflix reboot of Iron Chef. Fluent in four languages. Godmother of Silversea’s Silver Dawn.
Current Obsessions: Tabu Ley Rochereau, mangosteens, Basset Fauve de Bretagne dogs, visiting Seoul, learning Italian, curating lists, and other things.
Background: Born in Iran, raised in Paris and New York.
Lives In: Brooklyn.
Lives With: Further cofounder Peter Jon Lindberg.
Lives For: Celebrating Persian culture and cuisine.
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Laura Dannen Redman
EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Alum of: Afar, Condé Nast Traveler, Seattle Met, Time Out Singapore.
Claim to Fame: Can nearly double a website’s page views during a pandemic.
Current Obsessions: USWNT, learning Arabic, the ceiling (and concerts) at Brooklyn Paramount, my Goodreads challenge, affogato hour, yoga.
Ongoing Obsessions: Australia and New Zealand, Scotland, ocean swims, great whisky.
Lives In: Brooklyn.
Lives With: Husband Greg and two young daughters who love to play “hotel” and “airplane.”
Lives For: That next adventure.
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Peter J. Frank
DEPUTY EDITOR

Alum of: Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Men’s Journal, Concierge.com.
Claim to Fame: Helps a slew of luxury hotels, from Rosewood to Shinta Mani to Twin Farms, nail their “brand voice.”
Current Obsessions: Congolese gorillas; Zipolite, Mexico; Boulevardiers; New York Times Spelling Bee.
Lives In: New York’s West Village.
Lives With: Husband Michael and Rocco, the world’s sweetest chocolate lab.
Lives For: Dancing on the sand.
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Hillary Richard
MANAGING EDITOR

Claims to Fame: Writes some of your favorite features at a wide variety of publications. Collects random facts from all areas of life.
Current Obsessions: Seeing it all; Italy, sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, Antarctica, anywhere new to me; out-there wellness trends; ‘80s music.
Ongoing Obsessions: Wildlife, nature, national parks, islands, organic gardening, hiking, road trips, all things weird and wonderful.
Lives In: Montclair, New Jersey (via New York City, Ireland, and New England).
Lives With: Husband Matt and Scottish terrier Watson, the micro influencer.
Lives For: An epic adventure followed by an equally epic place to relax.
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David Cicconi
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, VISUALS

Alum of: Travel + Leisure, Epicurious, Food & Wine.
Claims to Fame: Founder of award-winning, self-published global lifestyle magazine Trunk. Former travel photographer.
Current Obsessions: Settling into a new home.
Lives In: New Jersey.
Lives With: Fiancée, son, stepson, and two large dogs.
Lives For: Watching his five-year-old experience things for the first time.
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Jennifer Bostic
CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Founder of: Paper Plane Studio.
Alum of: Pentagram Design, Landor Associates, SYPartners.
Claims to Fame: Did creative direction of the TED Conference. Worked for Oprah. Featured at the San Francisco Museum of Design. Named one of “5 Designers to Watch” by HOW magazine. Appeared in the film Used Cars at age seven.
Current Obsessions: Foraging, cooking, caftans, beautifully designed objects.
Lives In: Manhattan and the Hudson River Valley.
Lives With: Partner (and amazing sculptor) John Powers and a French bulldog named Frances Bacon.
Lives For: Tamales, good sheets, ballet, Maria Cornejo dresses, the color orange, rosé, kindness.
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Irjaliina Paavonpera
DIGITAL PRODUCER

Alum of: Self-employment, baby! Also the wonderful Punch.
Claims to Fame: Can and will work while camping.
Current Obsessions: Ice baths, Vietnam, perfecting the answer to “So, where are you from?”
Ongoing Obsessions: Mangoes, collecting seashells, car-campers, the window seat.
Where She Is From: Born in Queensland, Australia, to a Greek American mother and Finnish Kiwi father. Raised in Maine. Spent eight magical years in Brooklyn, moved to a Greek island, then ended up full circle back in Byron Bay, Australia. She often resorts to “I’m from New York City.”
Lives With: Partner and muse, Chris.
Lives For: Places that make her feel small.
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Kate Osba
VISUALS EDITOR/PRODUCER

Alum of: Fortune, Real Simple, Inc. Magazine.
Claims to Fame: Eugene Proctor levels of clumsiness. Can balance a spoon on her nose for an impressive amount of time.
Current Obsessions: Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s “Wiser Than Me” podcast, acclimating to noncity life (driving, bears, lawn mowers!).
Lives In: Northampton, Massachusetts, after a lifetime in New York City.
Lives With: Two kiddos (Milo and Oscar) and three dogs (Floozy, Cannoli, and Walter).
Lives For: Kids, canines, coffee, and any beach during any season.
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Michelle Wolfe
VISUALS EDITOR/PRODUCER

Alum of: Men’s Journal, Ski Magazine, Fortune Magazine, National Geographic Adventure.
Claim to Fame: Former Ski Magazine photo director who never skied a day in her life. (But does après-ski!)
Current Obsession: Jamaica.
Lives On: The Jersey Shore, by way of New York City, Denver, and Northern NJ.
Lives With: College crush turned husband, Jon; three kids (Oliver, Vivienne, and Leo); and an old lady bulldog, Maci.
Lives For: Long days at the beach with family and friends; having a cocktail as the sun goes down.
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Mike Iveson
COPY CHIEF

Alum of: Travel + Leisure, DEPARTURES, Budget Travel, AFAR, Real Simple, and more.
Claim to Fame: Can read the Cyrillic alphabet, which would be more useful if he spoke Russian.
Current Obsessions: Used LPs, Japanese curry, tiki-style drinks in absurd colors and containers, British soap operas.
Lives In: New York City.
Lives With: Extremely low-grade OCD.
Lives For: Basically all Australian desserts (lamingtons, florentines, pavlovas, neenish tarts, and Tim Tams in literally every flavor).
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Danica Lo
CONSULTING EDITOR

Alum of: Tatler Asia, Food & Wine, Epicurious, Glamour.
Claim to Fame: Former Wilhelmina model (and first Chinese-American plus-size model signed to a major agency), interviewed by Diane Sawyer live on Good Morning America on her book launch day.
Current Obsessions: Crochet, bodybuilders, feeling unsettled about how generative AI will affect human memory.
Background: Born in Oxford, England; raised in New York City.
Lives In: Manhattan.
Lives With: Books.
Lives For: Ideas and theme parks.
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Jayna Maleri
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Alum of: Condé Nast Traveler, Lucky, All You.
Claim to Fame: Can juggle, loves the Loch Ness Monster.
Current Obsessions: Taskmaster, Heston Blumenthal’s roast potato recipe, vintage L.L. Bean bomber jackets.
Lives In: Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Lives With: Jon, the husband, and Merle, the dog.
Lives For: Gorgeous leisurely dinners that start with martinis and end with grappa.
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Sarah Khan
EDITOR-AT-LARGE

Alum of: Condé Nast Traveller Middle East (former Editor-in-Chief), Travel + Leisure, Gotham, Hamptons.
Claim to Fame: Traveled to all seven continents in six months; once slept through 12 hours of a 16-hour flight in a non-reclining middle seat in the last row of economy.
Current Obsessions: Unearthing Islamic history in unexpected locations throughout the world.
Lives In: New York City, via Toronto, Jeddah, Hyderabad, suburban Massachusetts, Cape Town, and Dubai.
Lives With: Husband Sameer.
Lives For: Junk food aisles in foreign grocery stores (shashlik-flavored Lay’s in Tashkent? Cardamom Tic Tacs in Mumbai? Korean iced coffee splashed with BTS’s faces? Yes, please!)
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Darrell Hartman
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Alum of: Travel + Leisure, Style.com.
Claim to Fame: Retired party reporter. Current travel writer. Cofounder of culture & travel film company Jungles in Paris (RIP). Author of Battle of Ink & Ice, which won a 2023 National Outdoor Book Award.
Current Obsessions: Patrick O’Brian’s seafaring novels, Premier League soccer, earplugs, a return to the tie-and-jacket look.
Lives In: Manhattan’s Upper West Side, with frequent escapes to the Catskills.
Lives With: Wife Dana and a surplus of books.
Lives For: Hot yoga and cold martinis; fly-fishing and other moments of outdoor solitude.
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