Community building within the travel industry
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Ernest White II
Ernest White II is a storyteller, explorer, executive producer and host of television travel docu-series FLY BROTHER with Ernest White II, currently airing in the United States on Public Television Stations and Create TV nationwide. He is also founder and CEO of Presidio Pictures, a new film, television, and digital media studio centering BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and senior/elder narratives.
Ernest’s writing includes fiction, literary essay, and travel narrative, having been featured in Afar, Time Out London, USA Today, Getaway, Skylife, Ebony, The Manifest-Station, Sinking City, Lakeview Journal, Matador Network, National Geographic Traveler’s Brazil and Bradt’s Tajikistan guidebooks, and at TravelChannel.com. He is also senior editor at Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel, former assistant editor at Time Out São Paulo, and founding editor of digital men’s magazine Abernathy. Appearing on the Travel Channel television series Destination Showdown and Jamaica: Bared, as well as in the 2013 documentary film about the dangers of mass tourism, Gringo Trails, Ernest also works as an actor and voice over artist for radio, film and television, audiobooks, and educational materials, and speaks to youth and adult audiences about the incomparable magic of travel.
He holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Florida A&M University, an MFA in creative writing from the American University in Washington, and is currently earning his Certificate in the Business and Management of Entertainment from the University of California, Los Angeles.
A Florida native, Ernest’s favorite places include South Africa, São Paulo, and San Francisco.
Tom Hall
Tom Hall is a Vice President at Lonely Planet and is a respected voice on travel and tourism. At Lonely Planet he works across editorial, communications and brand on a wide variety of projects. He is a long-time contributor to dozens of publications including the new guide to Train Travel in Europe and Low Carbon Europe, both titles aimed at encouraging more sustainable forms of travel which is a core passion of his. Tom is based in London, England and travels extensively.
