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If you’re passionate about travel and the travel lifestyle, you’ve come to the right place. Every week, you’ll find fresh and exclusive travel trips, reviews, photos and travel videos (and don’t miss the Departure Level channel on Youtube).
About Mark Chesnut
DepartureLevel.com is the official site of Mark Chesnut, a New York City-based journalist, editor, custom content specialist and public speaker with more than 20 years of experience. The winner of the 2019 NLGJA Excellence in Travel Writing Award, Mark is also the author of Prepare for Departure: Notes on a Single Mother, a Misfit Son, Inevitable Mortality and the Enduring Allure of Frequent Flyer Miles (Vine Leaves Press, 2022).
If you’re looking for solid travel content as well as custom and branded content that gets the job done, Mark is your man. He’s written for leading consumer and trade media outlets, including:
Fodor’s | Forbes Travel Guide | HuffPost | Miami Herald |
Travel + Leisure Mexico | Aeromexico Inflight | American Airlines Inflight | Avianca Inflight |
Travel Weekly | TravelPulse | TravelAge West | Meetings & Conventions |
Successful Meetings | Northstar Meetings Group | GayCities | Passport Magazine |
In addition, Mark has made numerous presentations at major travel industry events, including the New York Travel Festival, New York Times Travel Show, ASTA Global and the South America Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (SAHIC).
Mark’s Work with Travel Industry Clients
Mark writes and managed custom and branded content for a variety of clients and sponsors, from the Costa Rica Tourism Board to Air Canada, from Orbitz Worldwide and American Express Custom Publishing to Northstar Travel Group’s Strategic Content, from the Monaco Convention Bureau to the U.S. Travel Association, where he writes for IPW Daily, the official site of the USA’s largest international tourism conference. Mark has also written and hosted webinars and training for travel agencies and tour operators.
Mark helps travel, tourism and hospitality industry clients in a variety of ways, including:
- Creating content and promotional copy that drives business. Mark has developed concepts and content for dozens of custom publishing, advertising, branded content and educational programs. He’s worked with some of the biggest suppliers and destinations around the world — as well as some of the smallest. And he’s ready to help you, too.
- Consulting on destination development and marketing. When Great Value Vacations, a leading vacation packager, decided to expand its product range further into Latin America, they tapped Mark’s broad knowledge of the region, as well as his content expertise, by hiring him as a consultant — twice. During exploratory trips with the client, Mark even served as a Spanish-language translator to aide the research process. Mark is adept at recognizing and working toward the unique goal of each client.
- Partnering on content that hits the target. The branded content that Mark oversees for DepartureLevel.com is yet another example of how Mark works with clients to identify targets and refine strategies to create content that can not only be used on this site but in newsletters, e-blasts and website copy.
In short, Mark is a travel addict. And his passion shows in his work. Whatever it is about the travel industry that drives you (or your business), Mark is ready to help you reach your destination.
Happy flying! • ¡Buen viaje!