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Mark Orwoll is a veteran journalist who was on the editorial staff of Travel + Leisure for 30 years, most recently as the International Editor. He is now a hired gun (cue theme music from “Kojak”). Mark is the author of “John Wayne Speaks” (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2021) and “e-Travel” (SAMS/Macmillan; 2000), one of the first books about planning travel on the internet. He was an adjunct professor in NYU’s Master’s in Publishing graduate program, where he was honored with a Teaching Excellence award in 2015, and a feature-writing instructor at Mediabistro. He has appeared on television over 500 times as a travel expert, including more than 75 interviews on NBC’s TODAY show, a weekly “Getaway Day” segment on CNBC’s Power Lunch for five years, and spots on every major broadcast and cable network over the past two decades. He has been a keynote speaker, presenter, emcee, moderator, and panelist at dozens of public and industry events in the U.S. and abroad. While he was at Travel + Leisure, Mark simultaneously served as the Executive Editor of Time Inc.’s International Licensing & Development group, under whose auspices he launched licensed editions of Departures, Food & Wine, and/or T+L in Russia, Mexico, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, Germany, South Korea, and Turkey. Mark is married with three grown children. In his spare time, he is a home-recording-studio enthusiast and plays a mean mandolin.