Sustainable Travel Expert, Juliet Kinsman
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.5 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, I’m joined by sustainable luxury travel writer, and the Sustainability Editor of Condé Nast Traveller magazine, Juliet Kinsman. Juliet has been an authority in the travel world for over two decades, as a renowned hotel expert. She’s the former Editor-in-Chief of the boutique hotel guide, Mr & Mrs Smith, and went on to found Bouteco, a platform that helps design lovers find the best eco-conscious design-led hotels.
And now she’s releasing a book, The Green Edit: Easy Tips for the Eco-Friendly Traveller. All of which couldn’t feel more relevant in our current global climate crisis. I really hope you enjoy Juliet’s insight into the future of travel, as well as the wonderful array of unusual destinations that she picks for her travel diaries.
Destination Recap:
- Algeria
- Atlas Mountains, Morocco
- New York City, USA
- Bali, Indonesia
- Green School, Bali
- Sumba, Indonesia
- Nihi Sumba hotel, Indonesia
- Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada
- Uxua Casa, Brazil
- Potato Head, Bali, Indonesia
- Budapest, Hungary
- Brody House, Hungary
- Treviso, Italy
- Transylvania, Romania
- Norway
- Scotland inc. Alladale Wilderness Reserve
- Japan
- Peruvian Andes
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The Green Edit by Juliet Kinsman is out on September 10.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Holly Rubinstein. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm a travel and entertainment journalist. |
| 0:13.2 | And here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about their adventures around the world |
| 0:19.7 | and the travel experiences and destinations |
| 0:22.7 | that have shaped their lives. On today's episode, I'm joined by Sustainable Luxury Travel |
| 0:28.3 | Writer and the Sustainability Editor of Condé Nast Traveler magazine, Julia Kinsman. |
| 0:34.0 | Julia has been an authority in the travel world for over two decades as a renowned hotel expert. |
| 0:40.1 | She's the co-creator and former editor-in-chief of the boutique hotel guide Mr and Mrs Smith |
| 0:44.7 | and went on to found Butteco, a platform that helps hotel lovers find the best eco-conscious design-led hotels. |
| 0:51.9 | And now she's releasing a book, The Green Edit, Easy Tips for the Eco-friendly |
| 0:56.9 | traveller, all of which couldn't feel more pressing and relevant in our current global climate |
| 1:02.1 | crisis. I hadn't met Juliette before this chat. We were able to meet in London in person a few |
| 1:08.2 | weeks ago. And it's fair to say I found a true kindred spirit. |
| 1:12.1 | We'll be it one I've got a lot to learn from as we all rethink the ways in which we travel. |
| 1:17.0 | I really hope you enjoy her insight into the future of travel, as well as the wonderful array |
| 1:22.3 | of unusual destinations that she picks for her travel diaries. |
| 1:25.6 | So from Hungary and Transylvania to Newfoundland |
| 1:29.8 | and Norway, let's hear now from Juliette Kinsman. Well, Juliet, thank you so much. Welcome to |
| 1:40.2 | the Travel Diaries. How are you today? I'm great. Thank you so much for having me and chatting. |
| 1:45.5 | It's my pleasure. I mean, I have to say, you are one of my most requested guests. |
| 1:52.4 | Wow, that's a great honour. Yeah. |
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