Carole Rosenblat

Published in the 2019 Expedition Market Report (print), this profile piece resulted from an interview with mountain climber and expedition guide Howard Whelan.

Discover these quirky and offbeat attractions in Hungary’s hippest city.

While London, Paris, and Rome used to top most travelers’ must-visit European capitals list, people are finally recognizing the just-as-exciting and less-expensive city of Budapest. Though it’s become known for its ruin pubs (bars built in unused spaces), public baths, and escape rooms, Budapest is constantly coming up with unique and exciting things to do.

Written for the 2019 Expedition Issue of Cruise Industry News, this piece was the result of interviews of multiple travel agents and company presidents which regularly sell expedition cruises. It provides insight into the fast-growing expedition cruise industry.

This feature story for Unearth Magazine (print) profiles Rose Mapendo, a Congolese death camp survivor, United Nations Humanitarian of the Year award winner, CNN Hero nominee, Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year for Gender Equality and Volvo for Life winner. It's a result of lengthy interviews with Ms. Mapendo and a humanitarian aid worker who assisted in getting her, her family, and their fellow captives out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ignite Phoenix is one of over 300 Ignite events around the world. Speakers are chosen through an application process and are tasked with presenting a talk about their passion. The parameters are strict with no teleprompters (speeches must be memorized) and must be five-minutes long (no more, no less) with 20 slides automatically advancing every 15 seconds. I wrote, edited, and performed the speech about my around-the-world travel writing project about travel with minimal planning.

This summer Trek America, one of the first small group adventure tour companies in the United States, held a reunion of tour leaders. Curiosity Magazine commissioned me to do a group interview of female guides to understand what the experience was like for women. Women interviewed guided anywhere from 1980 to 2017. One thing they all agreed on. . . it changed their lives.

How and why did the J. Peterman Company become so successful in the 1990's? (Hint, it wasn't all about the product.)

Profile of Captain Carlo Queirolo of the Carnival Panorama. This piece is a result of an interview with Captain Queirolo.

Profile of Chef Stephane Bailhe on board the Regent Seven Seas for the print magazine Cruise Industry News.

Written for my blog, this is a condensed commentary of a tour I led in Cuba.

This piece is from a series on Cuba, where I've led four trips. Two were completely land-based and two were combinations of land and yacht trips. All were high-end tours.

Published in the Summer 2018 Print Issue of Cruise Industry News, this piece profiles the Expedition Cruise Line and announces the addition of a new ship to the fleet. Information gathered through an interview with the COO.

Published in the Summer 2018 print edition of Cruise Industry News, this is a profile piece as a result of an interview with a chef onboard an expedition ship.

What's it like to defy society's expectations and remain unmarried without kids? Here's my view. Published on Medium, this piece received an overwhelming response.