2018 Jury Members

Cibele Maciet

Harper's Bazaar Brasil

Journalist and international correspondent for more than ten years for the Hearst Group magazine : Harper's Bazaar Brasil. Cibele is specifically in charge of tourism, gastronomy, arts, lifestyle and fashion. This enables her to unearth rare pearls and share those news also on her very active blog followed par tens of thousands of followers very appreciated by international travelers. www.blogdacibele.com @cibelemaciet

Laith Bazari

Al Arabiya News Channel

Exclusive correspondent of Al Arabiya News TV with a medium range of minimum 50 millions viewers every day in Middle-East , Laith is very specialized in lifestyle, travel, gastronomy, design, fashion and art de vivre. He travels worldwide in the trendiest luxury hotels always with a camera and a small team of professional technicians. His reports are extremely appreciated by middle-east wealthy viewers.

Sandra Iskander

Where Magazine

Chief Editor at WHERE magazine, the most read monthly magazine by tourist travelers worldwide. Sandra is also Chief Editor for WHERE Russia, WHERE China and for all the editions in spanish for south-america area.

Elke Büchter

Mediagroup RTL Germany

Elke is a german TV Journalist and works for more than 20 years at N°1 TV network in Germany RTL mediagroup. She is based in Cologne in Germany as official TV senior correspondent and covers all important stories in Europe and all over the world. Elke acts behind and in front of the camera.

Anne-Laure Le Gall

Paris-Match

Her Magic word ? Boarding Pass ! Anne-Laure is heading the Paris-Match Travel and Lifestyle section for more than 16 years. As far as circulation is concerned Paris-Match is by far the N°1 printed news magazine in France. She observes, decodes trends in all her reports. Hospitality, Design, Gastronomy, new modes of spending one's money : all those topics are her everyday playground.

Sylvie Adigard

France Televisions

Sylvie Adigard is a TV journalist fascinated by design and creation in the broad sense and specially by lifestyle. For several years she reports every week about design, architecture and art professions on France 2 television within the most popular TV morning broadcast in France : "Telematin" and " C'est au Programme". Sylvie also produces TV docs about design, architecture and handicraft know hows through her TV production company Home et Images Productions. Sylvie is member of Villegiature Awards jury as of March 1st , 2018

John Brunton

The Observer
The Guardian

Correspondent for The Guardian, The Observer, The National (Emirates), John Brunton contributes also through regular reports on Conde Nast Traveler India and he writes books on wines. His blog : www.thewinetatoo.com. His popular twitter account : @thewinetattoo.

Ana Diaz-Cano

CONDE NAST TRAVELER

Regular contributor for Conde Nast Traveler Spain (digital edition) and contributor for “Ocholeguas” by El Mundo and "El Mundo voyages" (second widest newspaper in Spain): Her credo : “Live by travelling” has taken her to more tan 60 countries all over the world.

Chung-Tao HSIEH

CONDE NAST TRAVELER
Traveler Luxe Taiwan

Chung Tao wrote few years ago the bestseller book about french gastronomy : « The starred restaurants by Chung-Tao » at Mook Publishings. Chung Tao keeps contributing regularly to the chinese editions of Conde Nast Traveler. He is the editor for gastronomy about «Michelin Gourmet » within, the monthly magazine Traveler-Luxe and he also contributes at « La Revue du Vin de France ». He is also anchor at Travel TV Channel Asia for several broadcasts about "Art de Vivre à la française".

Masae Hara

Crea Traveller
NikkeiLuxe
Bi Premium

Journalist contributor for famous japanese fashion magazines, art de vivre media, gastronomy orriented magazines: ELLE Japon, Bi Premium, Crea Traveller and NikkeiLuxe. Masae very regularly writes several pages reports about nominees and winners hotels at Villegiature Awards.

Serge Barret

Voyages d'Affaires

Serge is an expert of travel world for many years. Chief Editor at Voyages d'Affaires magazine, a unique media dedicated to business travelers using top airline companies, innovative tools for traveling and frequent users of the Business lounges and First Class lounges located within most european airports. His magazine is a storehouse of information on traveling issues. See : www.voyages-d-affaires.com

Nelson Monfort

France Télévisions

Nelson is an extremely famous tv anchor within France Television various channels. He reports mainly for cultural and sportive events. Nelson is also author of several bestselling books and popular theatre plays. Due to his professional obligations, Nelson travels all over the world several times a year. He is a grand specialist of hotels, resorts and charming hotels all over the world.

Andrei Brauns

Televisions News Channels in
Australia , UK, USA

Andrei travels all over the world as one of the most important TV producer for american, australian and United-Kingdom major TV news networks. He loves premium hospitality resorts and has a very keen eye on all types of services provided by hotels.

Lorena Vergani

Vogue LatinoAmérica
Vogue Mexico

Press correspondent for Vogue Latinoamérica and Vogue Mexico in Paris, Lorena reports about travel, high-end hotels and resorts, Art, and of course on fashion and beauty products. Lorena is a passionate about luxury hotels for a long time. She travels all year long and searches the unseen, the exclusive, the most creative hotels on the planet. She is specially sensible to service quality within luxury hotels. Lorena is also active in the contemporary art sector.

Abraham de Amézaga

Gentleman

Journalist for Gentleman, Expansión (Fuera de Serie), and ElHedonista.es. Writer and lecturer, Abraham has passion for quality, high end products, art de vivre and "grande hotellerie". This drives him on the five continents.

Marie Montuir

D8 Tv -- France Inter

TV and radio journalist, Marie is also producer of several tv and radio broadcasts all linked to the universe of new design trends , creation, decoration, art de vivre and architecture.

Rosario Salgueiro

RTP Televisao, Portugal

Correspondent in Paris for RTP, the 1st Portuguese television channel covering the whole current events in Europe. Rosario Salgueiro has a passion for travelling and has a good knowledge of the most beautiful hotels all over the world.

Mario de Castro

Monocle
The World of Interiors

Editor-at-large for several iconic magazines mostly dedicated to lifestyle, design, decoration and premium hospitality. Furthermore, Mario also contributes regularly to AD magazine various editions. His last book : "Portugal, La Cuisine de Ma Mère" is published by Editions de La Martinière.

Tatiana Pinskaya

Elle Decoration Ukraine
Dress Code Russia
l’Officiel Russia

Journalist and correspondent in Europe for more than 20 years for the most famous magazines in russian language dedicated to fashion, travel, architecture and cinema. Tatiana realizes every month reports on Elle Decoration Ukraina, Dress Code Russia and in L'Officiel Russia.

Marion Tours

Le Point

Le Point is one of the leading news magazine in France. For more than 7 years, Marion is in charge of the Travel section of the magazine. Marion travels all over the world to discover new destinations, refurbished iconic hotels, brand new resorts providing numerous activities, as well as discreet charming hotels nestled in some far-fetched areas.

Massimo Nava

Il Corriere della Sera

simo is from Milan. He is Chief Editor at N°1 newspaper in Italy : il Corriere della Sera. He also writes regularly new books translated in several languages : "Germania Germania", "Milosevic la tragedia di un popolo", "Napoleon, infinito amore" and in 2017 : "Il mercante di quadri scomparsi" published at Mondadori Publishings. Massimo travels all over the world all year long either in order to interview some Heads of State or Ministers within prestigious iconic hotels or for meeting and discussions with some important managers of diverse major companies. Massimo acts as a real ambassador of italian taste and 'art de vivre' within the jury.

Isabel Junqueira Loyola Brandao

Vogue Brasil

Paris based correspondent of Vogue Brasil, Isabel Junqueira also contributes to Casa Vogue Brasil as well as to french magazine Madame Figaro. Her last book dedicated to american photographer Slim is available at YellowKorner Publishings. Isabel is specifically attentive about hotels ambiances, interior design and service quality.

Benedicte Menu

Le Figaro Magazine

Tourism and Travel section of Le Figaro group, a leading media group in France, that includes : Le Figaro Magazine : weekly magazine , Le Figaro : daily newspaper www.lefigaro.fr. Benedicte is also anchor at tv boadcast Terminal F (The digital web magazine dedicated to travel). She is an expert on all sides of hospitality, travel, and lifestyle.