Travel Secrets March-April 2015 | Page 26

Panama hats 1. How did you break into travel writing? Jeroo: Even as a toddler, I would throw tantrums to go out of town on holiday! In my mid twenties, I took over as Managing Editor of Signature, the Diner’s Club Magazine. Since then, it has been a world wind which continued when I became Managing Editor of Voyage, a niche consumer travel magazine. In 2002, Voyage folded up and new travel magazines with greater financial muscle entered the market. That’s when I teamed up with Gustasp. Gustasp: I, in the meanwhile, had a varied career graph – economic research assistant with UNDP and the manager وH