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How to launch a magazine
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: I love magazines. They are an effective and engaging way to build a community and such a pleasure to work on. Editing and producing ROAM for Kuoni was my highlight of 2024. Here’s how I did it…
The most idyllic hotels in Bali
The magical Indonesian island of Bali has been enchanting travellers for decades – here are the best hotels to make the most of everything it has to offer
Amsterdam Canal Crawl
Not your most obvious way of getting around, paddleboarding is the latest water sport phenomenon to take over Amsterdam
Forget Thailand, this Philippines island is a true untamed paradise
Despite unprecedented growth, Palawan still offers plenty of pristine coastline to explore
Single, pregnant and traveling: My journey to solo parenthood via Sri Lanka
With estimates suggesting that 45 percent of UK women aged 25–44 will be single by 2030, Ellie Fazan embraces her demographic duty with a journey that takes in singledom, IVF, pregnancy, impending parenthood and plenty of adventure.
Premium travel magazines
Kuoni got in touch as they needed help to relaunch their customer magazine. They wanted to showcase their brand as the foremost expert in luxury travel. Travel is my big passion and Kuoni is a brilliant brand so I was delighted to be asked. The catch? They had just six weeks to get the magazine to print
Go your own way
WHEN MY 74-YEAR-OLD FATHER asked me to walk a stretch of the famous Camino de Santiago with him to celebrate his 75th birthday, I said yes.
Optical illusions
A year-long Van Eyck celebration is underway in the Belgian city of Ghent. ELLIE FAZAN finds a weekend there helps put things into perspective...
Inspiring travel magazines for Flight Centre
Working through my agency Content Collective I relaunched Flight Centre’s magazine. It’s still packed with the same great content, but we now print 360,000 copies per issue. 300 000 of these are used as a tool of acquisition and are distributed through the Week, the Saturday Telegraph and The Sunday Times.
Desert island bliss
Ellie Fazan joins a new safari boat tour of The Philippines' 'last frontier', an archipelago of hidden coves, coral reefs and empty white beaches.
Life below zero
Wildlife photographer Ginny Scholes fulfilled a lifelong dream when she took her camera on an Antarctic expedition
Horse power
Voluntourism in Malawi: can horse power make a better world?
Barefoot paradise
Welcome to Gili Lankanfushi, where luxury, privacy, and exclusivity truly take on new meaning.
Boat trip
THE ROUTE: island-hopping in the Philippines. THE VESSEL: a native bangka boat.
Picturing the end of the world
Lying face-down in penguin poo during a blizzard, surrounded by the overwhelming sight, smell and sound of 80,000 pairs of king penguins and their chicks
Antarctica: The women breaking barriers on Earth’s last frontier
Until the late 1970s and early 1980s, the American and British Antarctic surveys barred women from working on the white continent.
Ananda in the Himalayas
Visitors will need to forget the idea that yoga should be hot or fast or dynamic to get the most from Ananda.
Gaze on Istanbul
So wrote 19th-century French author Alphonse de Lamartine, in his brilliant and bold account, Voyage En Orient.
Grand central
Freelance travel writer Ellie Fazan visits Uzbekistan. Set at the heart of the ancient Silk Road in central Asia, the country is full of surprises
7 reasons to go to Albania
Does a new festival in Albania herald a boom in tourism for this undiscovered Balkan beauty? With a glittering coastline, a mountainous interior, and a Mediterranean climate – and food – to enjoy