Christian Schmicke, Editor-in-chief Travel.one

Christian Schmicke is editor-in-chief of the German travel trade magazine Travel One. The magazine is issued every two weeks and contains trade oriented news and analysis. In addition to the print edition and the website www.travel-one.net Travel One also distributes the Travel One Morning News. This e-mail newsletter addresses more than 17.500 travel agents every day from Monday to Friday. As the first and only travel trade publication in Germany, Travel One has published a concise “Sustainability Report for the Tourism Industry” in late 2010.

 After studying political science and tourism management in Münster and Berlin, Christian worked as tour guide and as product management trainee for the German tour operator Wikinger Reisen. In 1998, he started his profession as editor for the travel trade magazine Reisebüro Bulletin which was transformed into Travel One in 2003. In addition, he teaches media management for travel trade professionals at Schule für Touristik in Frankfurt.