Jacqui Gifford is the Editor in Chief of Travel + Leisure, the world’s leading travel brand, and appears frequently as an expert guest on television programs, including NBC’s TODAY show, to discuss trends within the industry. Under her tenure as Editor in Chief, Travel + Leisure has won two National Magazine Awards, a James Beard Award, 10+ Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 15+ NATJA Awards, and 4 Folio Awards, and an iHeart Media Podcast nomination. A graduate of Princeton University, Jacqui was born in Japan, and raised in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She has traveled the world extensively, and lives in New York City with her husband and son.

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