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LGBTQI+ travel expert and YouTube content creator Ravi Roth is the host of multiple adventure series including ‘Ravi Round The World,’ ‘Ravi’s Road to Pride,’ and ‘The Gaycation Travel Show.’ Exploring over 34 countries and counting, and collaborating with such brands as, AirBnb, ROAM Luggage, Alaska Airlines, HBOMax, and TimeOut Market, Ravi captures authentic experiences and discovers the best local places to stay, play, eat, and explore within the Queer and not-so-Queer culture. Named as Gaycities “Best Insta Traveler of 2019” Metrosource’s “People We Love in 2020,” “Gay Travel.com nominee for Gay Travel Influencer of the Year in 2021”, and “nominee for “LGBTQIA+ Influencer of the Year” by American Influencer Awards 2021. Ravi’s fun-loving personality and fabulous hosting style has been praised by many press outlets and organisations such as Huffington Post, Trip Advisor, Instinct Magazine, and OutFront Magazine.

Washington, DC-based lifestyle and travel journalist, Kwin writes from an African-American and LGBTQ+ perspective. With more that 20 years of editorial experience, he has worked as a TV news producer for BBC News, a managing digital producer for Travel Channel, and a content manager for Travel Leaders Group. His work has been featured in digital and print publications such as Travel + Leisure, Departures, Newsweek, Marriott Bonvoy Traveler, TVOne.tv and Lavender magazine. His writing usually focuses on, but is not limited to, luxury travel, adventure and immersive culture experiences. Some of Kwin’s favorite travel experiences include visiting an island resort in the Maldives; going on safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve; attending Bear Week in Sitges, Spain; hang gliding off Pedra Bonita in Rio de Janeiro; and taking a Black Walking Tour through Paris.

After quitting his teaching job in Atlanta to pursue the unknown across the pond, Travis Levius somehow stumbled upon a career that’s brought him on Indonesian yachts, face-to-face with Easter Island’s mysterious moai and in “Prince William and Princess Kate honeymooned here” villas in the Seychelles. His journey eventually landed him the ‘World’s Dreamiest Job’ as a freelance travel writer, covering everywhere from Malta to The Maldives for The Telegraph, Vogue, CNN Travel, Forbes Travel Guide, Lonely Planet, Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, National Geographic Traveler, and others. He creates content on life, travel and the pursuit of happiness on his social media channels. Travis is co-found of the The Black Travel Alliance, a professional non-profit organization, created in 2020 to encourage, educate, equip and excel black travel professionals in education, media, and corporate positions.

Working as a writer for Connoisseur Circle, German Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Travellers World and various spa magazines and online media, Claudia constantly looks for new destinations and stories. As a result, her repertoire includes conducting interviews as well as finding hidden hideaways. She also specialises in concepts for spa brochures and has been published in more than 20 picture volumes about different locations around the world. Claudia draws inspiration from her lifelong journeys around the world and loves to share her stories with her readers.

Meg Ten Eyck is an award-winning LGBTQ travel content creator. Her work involves creating content, marketing campaigns, and conducting professional development training for brands working with the LGBTQ community. Meg has been cited in two consecutive UNWTO Reports on LGBTQ Tourism as leading experts and in the ETC’s Report on LGBTQ Tourism. In 2019, Meg was selected as the International Woman of the Year for Facebook’s initiative with Girl Gone International for her work in LGBTQ inclusive travel. She is also the international brand ambassador for Contiki, Macy’s, and Out Adventures. Since 2019 Meg has served on the LGBT advisory board of Belmond Hotels and Resorts. Since starting in the LGBT travel industry in 2012, Meg has visited 60+ countries, spoken at LGBTQ conferences on five continents, published her first book, and had her content read by more than two million people.

With more than 10 years’ background in the travel industry, Jean Carmela Lim is a long-time contributor for World Travel Market London, where she shares insights, trends and developments in the travel, luxury, hospitality and tourism sector in a B2B market audience.  Since 2012, she has been running Holy Smithereens, a luxury travel and adventure blog which has been cited and recognized as among top luxury travel blogs by many organizations such as American Express, Webjet, TripAdvisor, Orbitz, and more.  Jean has been creating written, photographic and video content for numerous travel, hospitality and tourism brands through the years. She has also done copywriting work for resorts and luxury accommodation guides. On top of being a freelance travel writer, Jean is also an aviation journalist for AeroTime Hub, an aviation intelligence, recruitment, events and solutions group where she covers breaking news and features in the aviation industry. 

Mischke is the quintessential wanderer. A photographer, blogger, digital nomad and free-spirited road tripper who spent all of 2021 travelling solo through South Africa on a year-long adventure to explore South Africa. Her nomadic life might've come to an end but her passion for South Africa certainly has not. Today, she shares her life on and off the road, the places she visits and the people she meets along the way, hoping to inspire others to explore this beautiful country she calls home.

Melissa is an editor and contributing writer by profession and lover of world cultures, languages, travel, souls, food, oceans, wild spaces and urban places by nature. She is currently the editor of  OBJEKT©South Africa - a design-centric luxury lifestyle online platform and quarterly magazine for the upscale modern urbanist. Melissa aims to highlight the local South African talent while immersing herself in the creative industry featuring in art, interior and fashion design, architecture, travel, yachts and luxury lifestyle-driven content. When she is not writing in her favourite coffee shop, Melissa can be found sprinkling kindness everywhere she goes.