Elite Traveler January-February 2016

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Contributors

Switzerland VICTORIA STEWART Food writer

Space (yes, really) GEOFFREY KENT Businessman Geoffrey is founder, CEO and chairman of luxury travel company, Abercrombie & Kent. Founded in 1962 with a single Land Rover, he has built it into a $500m international corporation with A-list clients including Bill Gates and Ralph Lauren. This issue he talks about his most daring and dangerous adventure to date; a flight to the final frontier. p54

France ESSI AVELLAN Wine critic

Mexico CHRIS MOSS Travel journalist

Antigua SILJAMAGG Photographer

Victoria regularly contributes features and columns to UK magazines, Square Meal and ES Magazine . She is former food editor of the London Evening Standard newspaper and she blogs about street food. For this issue she travels to Zurich to explore its booming fine dining scene – and to discover why Switzerland is the Michelin star capital of the world. p100

Essi is Finland’s first Master of Wine, winner of the Lily Bollinger Medal for best taster and a judge at the Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships. She revised the third edition of Tom Stevenson’s Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine . This issue she samples Moët & Chandon's new offering, the bold and beautiful MCIII. p57

Chris was born in England and spent a decade living in Argentina. He has worked at the BBC, Time Out and The Telegraph and has written and edited guidebooks to Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Patagonia, Beijing and many other destinations. This issue he curates the best (and most decadent) road trip routes through Mexico. p122

Silja's work appears in Marie Claire , GQ, WWD, Elle UK and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. She cites the rawness and mystery of the awesome Icelandic landscape as a major inspiration for her photography. Iceland is a long way (in every sense) from Antigua, where Silja shot Elite Traveler 's resort wear fashion story for this issue. p64

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