About us
David Wickers, Editor
David wrote children’s books and comedy scripts for TV before becoming a travel writer. According to The Sunday Times, where he was Chief Travel Correspondent for 17 years, he is “the most respected and knowledgeable travel writer in the UK”. On three occasions he was voted Travel Writer of the Year, and in 2009 he received the Award for Outstanding Contribution at the Travel Press Awards in London. David’s passion for travel has spilled into magazines, guide books and tour operating. As well as writing extensively, he is co-founder of the long-haul specialist, Bridge & Wickers, and Travel Editor of Good Housekeeping. His favourite destinations include Italy, Greece, the Seychelles, Kenya, New York, Canada, New England and Australasia. Married with three children, he enjoys yachting, walking, cycling and swimming.
Mark Hodson, Editor
Mark quit his office job in the early 1990s to spend three years backpacking around Asia and Latin America. Unwilling to return to a 9-to-5, he switched careers to become a full-time travel journalist, writing for a number of newspapers and magazines including The Sunday Times. Now married with two children and based in South London, he continues to travel regularly and counts among his favourite countries Italy, Croatia, India, Spain, South Africa, large parts of the Caribbean and Southeast Asia. Mark’s most recent family holidays have been to Wales, Cornwall and Athens. He is a keen skier, cyclist and tennis player.
Catherine Leech, Director
Catherine has been addicted to travel since she flew alone at the age of six to stay in her grandparents’ caravan in Portugal. In the 1990s she left a successful career in travel PR to become managing director of the luxury Caribbean tour operator, Caribtours. After the tsunami in 2005, she relocated to Sri Lanka and spent two years working, initially as a volunteer, for Sarvodaya, a local development agency. Catherine is also a presenter at TravelGuru.tv. Her favourite quote comes from St Augustine: “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”