About
Ellie is a travel and hospitality professional specialised in luxury and boutique hotels and high-end cultural tailor-made touring. She has travelled to over 45 countries, visited 600+ hotels, launched an award-winning travel blog and has been featured in the The Financial Times, How To Spend It, National Geographic and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine.
In addition to more than a decade of experience in the luxury travel world, Ellie has a formative career beginning in management consultancy and has practical skills and proven track record in sales, marketing, strategy, operations and delivery.
Over a 15 year career she has worked with the world’s most prestigious hotel brands including Aman Resorts, Belmond, Peninsula Hotels and Oberoi, top luxury boutique properties across four continents and renowned booking platforms such as Mr & Mrs Smith and The Hotel Guru.
Ellie works in a way that is thorough, efficient, fast-paced and results-orientated. Highly ambitious, dedicated and with meticulous attention to detail, she delivers only at the highest standards. Helping founders achieve their full potential is what gets her out of bed in the morning.
Background
Truly a global citizen, Ellie grew up in the Middle East, Siberia, Eastern Turkey and The Netherlands to British and French parents. Having spent her adult life living in London, Bhutan and India, she now divides her time between Paris, London, South Africa and Provence.
Ellie received First Class Honours in Combined Social Sciences from Durham University, before gaining a Masters in Critical & Cultural Theory at Cardiff University. She later studied Indian & Islamic Art History
and Archaeology (MA) at SOAS.
Ellie is a great lover of the arts. Her interests include art history, literature, history, the decorative arts, architecture, interiors, gardens and classical music. A life-long learner, topics of further study include the Classical World, architectural history and horticulture.
