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 The show wouldn't be possible without a massive amount of work by the Inside Luxury Travel team and support from our partners and friends of the show.We can promise laughter, tears, hours of lost sleep, amazing experiences and breathtaking locations.
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 EMMA SKEA-STRACHANProducer (Series 2 & 3) Emma has been a bit of a travel organising expert for over 20 years now - with huge experience planning luxury trips for the rich and famous. Now she looks after the crew...who are not so rich and not so famous! Emma has travelled extensively and has stayed and played in some of the worlds greatest resorts, spas and golf courses. She has a passion for all things furry, feathery and woolly - pictured with Ernie the lamb.  TIM PLATTENCameraman/Director (Series 1, 2 & 3) While he may look like an extra from the Lord of the Rings (an Ork of course!), Tim is one of the most affable, creative and hard-working cameramen in England. He has worked with David Beckham and Tiger Woods, but the only thing he knows about the word "sports" is how to spell it. He boasts that he once held a national speed bicycle racing record...and that he wore Lycra doing so...hmmm... Tim makes the show look and sound good, will eat anything...the more raw the better.  JAMES FULCHERCamera Assistant (Series 2 & 3) James has been training as a Camera Assistant on broadcast cameras for 2 years. He's a member of the Guild of Television Cameramen Council - representing Camera Assistants and contributes to its magazine quarterly. His work has taken him to many diverse and obscure places, but this year with 'Inside Luxury Travel' should beat them all. In his spare time, he walk on his hands (but not very far) and plays Ultimate Frisbee (but not with his feet)!  OLI DA COSTAWebsite Developer (Series 1, 2 & 3) Series Editor (Series 3) Oli has been involved with Inside Luxury Travel for a few years in a variety of guises. Nowadays, Oli is our Series 3 editor as well as our website chap, plugging in things like blogs and twitter feeds, as well as editing the 130+ video clips for the website, at Fraktiv, based in Soho. Oli's into his extreme sports, carting his bike and/or snowboard to the top of mountains all over the world and throwing himself off!  JOSH BAKERAssistant Editor (Series 2 & 3) Josh has been working with the Inside Luxury Travel team since Series 2 and is now working alongside Oli at Fraktiv. After only being in the industry for 4 years, he has been given the opportunity to flex his creative muscles on Series 3. Josh enjoys his music festivals and a variety of sports, a keen chef who likes nothing more than to eat and drink well (something he shares with Varun) and is also expecting his first child in October.  RICHARD TAUNTONSeries Editor (Series 2) Our Series 2 editor Richard is best known for his award-winning work on RAD, a funky teenage extreme sports show. It ran for 9 years and won a BAFTA for "Best Children's Entertainment Programme" in 2005. While the crew is off filming the next exciting destination, Richard is editing the show in the Avid suites at Tide Post, based in central London. After a long day cutting & chopping, he treats himself to a good steak and a pint (or two) of Guinness. Having worked with extreme sports, it's no wonder that he loves to snowboard and is currently teaching his daughter to be a 'demon' on the slopes...  KIM KEBLE-WHITEMarketing & Sponsorship (Series 1, 2 & 3) Kim has held senior marketing & sponsorship roles in the hospitality business over the last 20 years, mainly within five star hotels and international resorts, bringing with him a wealth of experience and understanding of the upscale traveller. His sense of fun and style sometimes eludes him when stuck in the famous 'Road Hole' bunker on The Old Course, St. Andrews in the freezing cold, driving wind, pouring rain...  KAREN LUARDPR Director (Series 3) Karen, better known in Asia as Karen Penlington or just 'KP', has accumulated over 30 years of experience in the worlds of publishing and PR in Hong Kong, Sydney and London. A 'keen Kiwi' brought up in Hong Kong, she worked in PR for The Peninsula in Hong Kong and Inter Continental Hotel Sydney before setting up her own operation. She gained fame penning a social diary for the Hong Kong Tatler and subsequently South China Morning Post before moving to London where she spent over five years as Director of PR, Europe, for Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. She set up KPCommunications in 2009 and currently handles a variety of clients including The Guild of Travel and Tourism, The Chic Collection of Hotels, Shanghai-Today.com, Grand Canyon West/Hualapai Nation in the USA, and Inside Luxury Travel!  JULIA RECORDPR Director (Series 2 & 3) Once our beloved PR, now Director of Communications for The Dorchester Collection |
