EVERETT POTTER, editor-in-chief of Everett Potter's Travel Report, is a columnist for USA Weekend magazine, which is distributed to more than 600 newspapers and has 23 million readers. He is a contributing editor for Ski and a frequent contributor to National Geographic Traveler, Travel & Leisure Online, New York, Town & Country, Martha Stewart Living, Virtuoso Life, Endless Vacation, and Forbes Life.
A former columnist for Diversion, Luxury Spa Finder and Laptop magazines, his writing has appeared in a variety of other publications, including Outside, The Wall Street Journal, Conde Nast Traveler, Conde Nast Traveller UK, Elle Decor, Centurion, Bride's, National Geographic Adventure, Food & Wine, Aspen Magazine, Metropolitan Home, Manhattan inc., and Delta Sky. Potter contributed to ForbesTraveler.com and worked as a consultant on the Forbes 400 list of the World's Best Hotels.
From 1988 through 2005, Potter authored a weekly, nationally syndicated column that was distributed by The New York Times Syndicate. From 1993 to 1997, he was the first contributing editor for travel to SmartMoney: The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business.
Potter has made dozens of guest appearances on television and radio and has been seen and heard on NBC's Today Show, CNN, CNBC, CBS, Fox, Bloomberg Radio and NPR's All Thing Considered.
AWARDS & INTERVIEW
The Society of American Travel Writers has awarded Potter three Lowell Thomas Gold Awards and one Bronze Award for his travel journalism. He is a board member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) and a past president of the New York Travel Writers Association.
You can read an interview with Everett Potter at Marquis' Who's Who in America
SPEAKING SCHEDULE
Everett Potter maintains a very active speaking schedule. In November, 2009, he spoke at the Williams Club in New York City, to members of the New York Travel Writers Association about the world of blogging. In October, he spoke on the media and social media at the ATTA Adventure Travel World Summit 2009 in Quebec. Potter was also on a panel that same month at the Travel Media Symposium on Digital Media at the Sony Wonder Lab in New York City.
Previous speaking engagements have included:
American express Executive Leadership Conference New York
ATTA Adventure Travel World Summit, Seattle, 2006
ATTA Adventure Travel World Summit, Whistler, 2007
ATTA Adventure Travel World Summit, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2008
Butterfield & Robinson
Canadian Pacific Hotels
Cruise Line Industry Association of America (CLIA)
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
Hearst Business Publishing
NYC and Company Media Conference
New York State Governor’s Conference 2008
Social Media Symposium, Alice Marshall Public Relations, New York 2009
Vail Resorts CEOs Meet the Media Event (Master of Ceremonies)2007
Vancouver BC Convention & Visitors Bureau
A two-part webcast interview with Steve Perillo on December 6, 2009
