About Travel MonitorChristine KaneDeborah Dickson-SmithKatrina HoldenTravel Monitor Katrina Holden (pictured here in Bhutan) has joined our team at Travel Monitor. As the producers of travelmonitor.com.au and our ‘First News of the Day’ industry newsletter, we’re excited to announce an expansion of our team.   We recently welcomed professional journalist Katrina Holden to the team as Editor-at-Large. Katrina joins colleagues Christine Kane, Owner and Publisher and Deborah Dickson-Smith, a highly-regarded travel writer and award-winning publisher. Long term Co-Editor,Lisa Monk, continues with the brand, now as a contributor, along with other contributors including Joy Dodds, Editor-at-Large for Fairfax Media – “Holidays Away”. Katrina Holden has been a journalist, editor and communications professional for more than 20 years. Her previous roles include Editor of Luxury Travel magazine; Editor of liquor-industry title Drinks Trade magazine for the Drinks Association; Deputy Editor of Weight Watchers magazine and several years’ experience as a freelance writer and editor, contributing to numerous trade and lifestyle publications. She is also currently Editor of True Blue magazine for Rex Airlines and Editor of Together We Fly for Airnorth, both titles custom-published by Publishing ByChelle.Deborah Dickson-Smith has been collaborating with Travel Monitor since April 2016, and in the newly created role as Content Manager, will now also be working closely on strategic partnerships with travel businesses to deliver branded content to our audience, in a professional tone consistent with Travel Monitor’s style. Deborah is co-director of Diveplanit, a dive travel website, app and tourism marketing platform and is a prolific freelance travel writer specialising in marine tourism, sustainable travel and experiential travel. Deb, an award-winning publisher, travel writer and blogger, also consults on content strategy with her newly launched company Tourism Content Marketing.“The repeated feedback I receive from the industry is that Travel Monitor delivers consistent, intellectual editorial and news that is informative, yet still entertaining, in a clear and uncluttered presentation of daily news,” says Publisher, Christine Kane. “Now, with the added expertise of Katrina and Deb, I’m excited about the evolution of Travel Monitor and our ability to offer even more relevant content.”Our daily Travel Monitor newsletter delivers the Australian industry’s ‘First News of the Day’ at 7am Mon-Fri. Our daily news headlines are delivered to a subscriber base of over 2,000 individuals, and Travel Monitor has an additional audience of between 5,000-8,000 individuals who receive the newsletter via internal company intranet services, or access travelmonitor.com.au directly, as a matter of course each morning. The website currently receives an average 16,000 monthly visitors with 45,000 average monthly site sessions viewing an impressive average of 9.5 pages per visit.Travel Monitor has also created a new Media Kit and Rate Card for 2018. To obtain a copy, please email our Content Manager, Deborah Dickson-Smith deborah@travelmonitor.com.au or ph: 0419 618 466.To connect with Katrina, you can email her at katrina@travelmonitor.com.au or ph: 0410 742 060. You can also follow us on social media at:Facebook Instagram Twitter read more