Elite Traveler Summer 2023

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Contributors

Hanoi

CAMELIA PHAM

Illustrator

Multiple-award-winning illustrator and art director Camelia Pham has created the stunning artwork accompanying this issue’s Flight of Fancy feature, which depicts Anantara Golden Triangle’s unique Jungle Bubble experience. Although having initially planned to work in fi nance, Hanoi-born Camelia’s clear creative talent (and eventual admittance that numbers weren’t her strong point) led her to pursue her artistic dreams and embark on a graphic design course in Italy. Now based back in Vietnam, Camelia’s creations capture almost otherworldly scenes, and are distinguished by her captivating use of color, kaleidoscopic motifs and ethereal fi gures. Camelia’s work is industry-spanning, having been featured in narrative projects and advertising assignments as well as editorial features. In her career, she has also explored di ff erent mediums and applied her signature style to moving images as an animation art director. In her personal work, Camelia seeks to capture each individual element of a scene and pull them together to create a thought-provoking visual story. folioart.co.uk pg144

Scotland

SHAUN TOLSON

Journalist

Shaun Tolson is a freelance journalist based in New England, covering the likes of golf, cocktails and whisky — the latter of which he takes a deep dive into over on page 130 with an exploration of Diageo's new and impressively exclusive private client experience via a journey across Scotland. In addition to the print and digital pages of Elite Traveler , youcan fi nd Shaun’s work in respected titles suchas Golf and Whisky Advocate . When he isn’t traveling and scouring the world for the latest luxury news, Shaun will most likely be found back home in Rhode Island cooking up a storm in the kitchen, mixing cocktails or, of course, out on the golf course fi ne-tuning his game. pg130

London

EMMA AL-MOUSAWI Travel and lifestyle journalist

Having begun her luxury travel writing career with Elite Traveler during the throes of the pandemic, in 2022, Emma Al-Mousawi fl ewthe ET nest to, well, travel. Since then, she’s visited some of the world’s most amazing destinations, from exploring bustling riads of Marrakech and sampling the tastes of Vietnam to experiencing the Mayan ruins of Guatemala and watching WWE in Mexico City, as well as a trip or two back to her homeland of Scotland, of course. During her travels, Emma has acquired a special level of expertise for both fi ne dining and luxury hotels — in this issue, she combines the two with an in-depth look at some of the best hotels that have become culinary destinations in their own right, including a Parisian hotel with its own chocolate factory and a lavish suite in Mexico complete with a private wine cellar. After all, as Emma so truthfully pens, “gastronomy and getaways go hand in hand.” pg112

Words Kim Ayling