Jessica Raya has an insatiable hunger for all things cultural, from where people eat to what gadget they’re using to tell everyone about it. Blame it on an addiction to magazines that began at the age of ten. Since then her name has appeared in a number of those magazines, including Elle Canada, Flare, FASHION, and Vancouver Magazine. www.jessicaraya.com

Kasey Wilson is an award-winning food and travel writer, broadcaster and author. She is a weekly wine columnist for BCs Globe & Mail; food editor of Wine Access, editor of Best Places Vancouver; regular contributor to Taste and Montecrisco magazines; and online contributor to Conde Nast concierge.com and www.gayot.com. Her career spans both print and electronic media: she is executive producer and co-host of the the Best of Food and Wine, a weekly LIVE radio program on AM650 and contributes regularly to American media. She is the author of ten non-fiction books. She always gives readers and listeners an insider's perspective on a destination: the savoury and sweet; the intriguing and the quirky; the historical and the nostalgic in a conversational, informative, and often humorous style. kasey@telus.net

Award-winning writer/editor Susan Reifer is among the most widely-published snowsports and mountain travel experts in North America. She also writes about a broad array of other topics, including luxury travel, smart travel, food and cuisine, shelter, the business of resort development, celebrities, green living and outdoor sports. Currently Susan is a contributing writer at SKI Magazine (North America's oldest and largest winter travel publication) where more than 50 of her articles have run since 1996. Her features - some 200 to date - also have appeared in Outside, Los Angeles, Hemispheres, In Style, Redbook, Sports Illustrated WOMEN, E! Online and more. A bureau supervisor and editor for the Olympic News Service at the Olympic Games of 2002, she has also worked in television and film.

Joanne Sasvari is a Vancouver-based travel and lifestyle writer. She is also the author of a culinary-travel memoir called Paprika: A Spicy Memoir from Hungary, and a contributor to the Best Places guidebooks. Before becoming an independent writer in late 2006, Sasvari was entertainment editor at The Province, travel editor at the National Post and senior lifestyle writer for the Calgary Herald. As a freelancer, she has written extensively for CanWest newspapers as well as Western Living and Alive! Her areas of interest are: gourmet culture, regional cuisine, wine, spirits, spas, shopping, fashion, literature and culture (both high and pop). While she is intrigued by any destination, she has a particular interest in European travel. joannesasvari@hotmail.com

Chantal Martineau has written about food, wine and travel for Saveur, Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, Tidings, The Globe and Mail and The Atlantic.