Coco Chanel once said, “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” Tamie Adaya, president and CEO of the Hotel Shangri-la at The Ocean, has turned that quote into her inspiration and created a space where her philosophy could thrive. Introduced to travel and hospitality at a very young age, Tamie has […]
Air travel plays an integral role in the daily life of those who live on the Hawaiian Islands. Avi Mannis especially understands this, as he is the senior vice president of marketing for Hawaiian Airlines. “With no other way to get between the islands, we provide an integral piece of infrastructure,” Avi says. He adds […]
Ruth Daly was an exchange student with AFS-USA (formerly the American Field Service) spending her senior year of high school in Venezuela when she first became hooked on travel. In 1990, she went to Fiji and discovered a South Pacific paradise (“I’m a beach bunny from way back”) with something for everyone. Ruth now serves […]
For Bodvar Hafström, it was hard not to think about keeping up with history when he decided to go into the family business. For 160 years, his family has stuck to tradition, traveling the world in search of luxury alcoholic beverages and other goods. On his father’s side is the founder of Hafströms, one of […]
With more than 30 years of experience in feature film production and distribution, Talaat Captan is also the founder and owner of Air Hollywood. The state-of-the-art, aviation-themed studio based in Los Angeles provides airplane mockups and airport terminal standing sets and has been used most recently in films including “Bridesmaids” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
There was never one defining moment for Ashley Chalmers and Carolyn Godfrey, known collectively as The Lazy Travelers, that made them both decide to travel. The two women met in middle school shortly before they each traveled to Europe for the first time and bonded over their love of seeing the world. They’ve been recapping […]
Fatma Yuceler grew up on Turkish hospitality, a signature cultural emblem of Turkey respected throughout the world. After studying at Istanbul University and continuing her professional development and education in the marketing, corporate agreements and negotiations, and public relations fields, she realized she wanted to share this hospitality with the rest of the world. Fatma determined […]
According to Catharine Hamm, travel editor for the Los Angeles Times, the goal—not just hers but every travel journalist’s—is “peace through growth and understanding.” Travel is important, she says, because it removes us from the center of our universe and helps us see other ways of answering questions we think we know the answers to.
When Karen Schaler, the three-time Emmy Award winning creator and host of Travel Therapy® TV, was a young girl, she would receive postcards from her grandparents and dream of traveling like they did. Her fascination with travel, it turns out, led to a successful career helping individuals plan a trip that is right for them. […]
As a young girl, Mary Anne Been had her first dreams of traveling the world when her mom, an avid reader, would read to her about exciting and wonderful destinations. When Mary Anne was in high school, she and a friend would talk for an hour every night over the phone, each with a map laid […]