Meet the Team
Editorial
Patrick Dineen
Patrick Dineen
Editor

About me in exactly 5 words:
Opera loving Inter Milan fan

Favourite Travel Memory:
Seeing Riccardo Muti conduct a Verdi opera at La Scala with my oldest son or watching Luton Town beat Bristol City on my birthday with my youngest son

Favourite Place in the World:
Venice

Dream Trip:
To explore the Byzantine sites in the eastern Mediterranean

Why I love to travel:
History was my major but I have learned so much more from my travels than I ever did at school

Kathryn Folliott
Kathryn Folliott
Associate Editor

About me in exactly 5 words:
Efficient to a fault

Favourite Travel Memory:
Meeting a reporter from the Toronto Sun on a press trip to Barbados and St. Lucia. Honeymooning with him in Florida five years later

Favourite Place in the World:
Road trip, passenger seat, map on my lap

Dream Trip:
New Zealand, Russia, Eastern Europe, Nordic cruise, Chile

Why I love to travel:
The anticipation and the freedom

Cindy Sosroutomo
Cindy Sosroutomo
Staff Writer

About me in exactly 5 words:
I'd rather be eating pizza

Favourite Travel Memory:
It's a toss-up between watching the wildebeest migration from a hot air balloon in Kenya and visiting the tanneries in Fes, Morocco

Favourite Place in the World:
Just drop me off at any open-air market and leave me be

Dream Trip:
A year-long, around-the-world vacation beginning in Argentina and ending at the Great Wall of China

Why I love to travel:
Oddly enough, I find airplane food surprisingly tasty

Art/Production
Sarit Mizrahi
Sarit Mizrahi
Art Director

About me in exactly 5 words:
Don’t make me play hardball

Favourite Travel Memory:
My honeymoon in Santorini

Favourite Place in the World:
Israel

Dream Trip:
African Safari

Why I love to travel:
I like to see new places and escape

Tatiana Israpilova
Tatiana Israpilova
Web Graphic Designer

About me in exactly 5 words:
I'm too busy to comment

Favourite Travel Memory:
My trip to London with my family

Favourite Place in the World:
A small house by the sea

Dream Trip:
A year in Europe

Why I love to travel:
I love exploring new places and creating new memories

Jen-Chi Lee
Jen-Chi Lee
Graphic Designer

About me in exactly 5 words:
Always want more in life

Favourite Travel Memory:
Road trip to Charlevoix, Quebec with my parents and it surprisingly didn’t suck

Favourite Place in the World:
Home

Dream Trip:
Year long vacation anywhere

Why I love to travel:
To learn and to experience

Sales
Sue Winiecki
Sue Winiecki
Business Development Manager

About me in exactly 5 words:
Have fun along the way

Favourite Travel Memory:
Travelling around Europe & Morocco in an old VW camper van in my early twenties

Favourite Place in the World:
The Purbecks in Dorset, England

Dream Trip:
A Round the World Tour

Why I love to travel:
To learn and experience other cultures

Annie Cicvaric
Annie Cicvaric
Business Development Manager

About me in exactly 5 words:
Catch me if you can!

Favourite Travel Memory:
Sleeping under the Arabian stars in a tent

Favourite Place in the World:
Too many to list

Dream Trip:
Egypt next – pyramids and camel riding in the desert

Why I love to travel:
Excitement, sense of adventure, and learning to keep an open mind

Administration
Marie Mercado
Marie Mercado
Accounting Clerk

About me in exactly 5 words:
I love keeping myself busy

Favourite Travel Memory:
When we went for a long drive from Florida to Texas, we stopped by some place for gas and food. We saw restaurants and fast food stands nearby the gas station but all the menu listings seemed to be exotic, (like fried frog legs, grilled alligator tail, frog sandwich, etc.), then we noticed that the place had a big sign that said “Frog City”. We ended up ordering pizza.

Favourite Place in the World:
Philippines

Dream Trip:
To travel around the world

Why I love to travel:
To have sometime to relax, to see beautiful and historical places and to learn other cultures

Candice
Candice Abraham
Special Projects

About me in exactly 5 words:
Travelweek’s Jill of all trades

Favourite Travel Memory:
Standing at the top of Eravikulam National Park in Munnar, India, grateful as can be

Favourite Place in the World:
I can’t decide so I’m going to split it three ways: Israel, Paris, India

Dream Trip:
All the places in Asia I have yet to visit, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan and more

Why I love to travel:
To open my mind and heart to Earth’s people and its possibilities

Glen Harwood
Glen Harwood
Associate Publisher, Travelweek President, Hippo Express

About me in exactly 5 words:
I’m addicted to air conditioning

Favourite Travel Memory:
Getting kicked out of the Skyview Bar at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai for wearing sandals

Favourite Place in the World:
Definitely at home with my family

Dream Trip:
A real life African Lion Safari

Why I love to travel:
The best part of travel is the drive home from the airport

Gerry Kinasz
Gerry Kinasz
Publisher

About me in exactly 5 words:
I’m still deciding what to be when I grow up

Favourite Travel Memory:
Driving through the Maritimes on my honeymoon with my new wife, new MGB and new Eagles disc, “Hotel California”

Favourite Place in the World:
Home & Mt. Tremblant Quebec

Dream Trip:
Driving holiday through Argentina

Why I love to travel:
It's fun

 
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