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Departures Middle East Winter 2019

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GROUP PUBLISHER/EDITOR IN CHIEF Christian Schwalbach INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDITOR Farhad Heydari DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Martin Kreuzer ART DIRECTOR Anne Plamann MANAGING EDITOR Claudia Roelke INTERNATIONAL STYLE EDITOR Elisa Vallata ASSOCIATE EDITORS MANAGING EDITORS SENIOR EDITORS INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas Midulla STAFF WRITER Brian Noone (Europe) Alain Puchaud (France) Paul Hicks (Asia) Isabel Areso, Mónica Barrio (Latin America) Deepali Nandwani (India) Mitsuyo Matsumoto (Japan) Delia Demma (Italy) Franziska Seng (Germany, Austria) Perz Wong (Hong Kong) Jesús Pacheco Vela (Mexico) John McNamara ASSOCIATE GROUP PUBLISHER Michael Klotz JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE – HEAD OFFICE Hanns-Seidel-Platz 5, D – 81737 Munich (Germany), +49 89 642 797 0 SR VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS Petra Prinzing COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Christoph Gerth DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL & STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Laura Tivey DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL SALES – DIGITAL Jessica Loose DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION & AD COORDINATION Albert Keller DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Jennifer Floyd MARKETING EXECUTIVE Uchenna Ezenwa DIGITAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER Marie-Laure van Thielen SALES COORDINATION Jana Linde, Andrea Brothers CREATIVE CAMPAIGN MANAGER Paula Urquiola ADVERTISING COORDINATION Diana Veit, Kristina Yanushko, Giuseppe Coco, Virginia Heine INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING SALES OFFICES MIDDLE EAST Mamta Pillai, mamta@sasmedia.net; +97 15035 62723 GRAPHIC DESIGN PHOTO EDITOR SEPARATION CHIEF SUB-EDITOR EDITOR-AT-LARGE, FASHION PROPERTY EDITOR YACHTING EDITOR PROJECT EDITOR JAPAN FASHION CORRESPONDENT, PARIS DEPARTURES MAGAZINE ONLINE CONTRIBUTING WRITERS CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Anja Eichinger Teresa Lemme Jennifer Wiesner Vicki Reeve Avril Groom Peter Swain Cornelia Marioglou Hiroko Kamogawa Katrin Sillem Matt Willis, Tom Burson Jesse Dorris, Devin Friedman, Hugh Garvey, Laurie Kahle, Jonathan Kauffman, Jen Murphy, Heather Richardson, Robert Sullivan, Tom Vanderbilt, Pilar Viladas, Gisela Williams Michal Chelbin, Federico Ciamei, Alex Farnum, EUROPE UK Katherine Galligan, katherine@metropolist.co.uk, +44 20 7887 6146 Vishal Raghuvanshi, vishal@metropolist.co.uk, +44 20 7887 6147 BENELUX Rita Saegerman, rita.saegerman@adinternational.be; +32 475 94 55 71 FRANCE Charlotte de Monbrison, cdemonbrison@mybubblecom.com, +33 6 8226 0460 GERMANY Sabine Bretfeld, sabine.bretfeld@reitervs.de, +49 69 40 58 64 0 ITALY Paolo Cassano, paolo.cassano@kmedianet.com, +39 02 29 06 10 94 SPAIN David Castelló, david.castello@kmedianet.es, +34 91 702 3484 SWITZERLAND & Neil Sartori, neil.sartori@mediainterlink.com, +41 22 331 00 00 SCANDINAVIA ASIA CHINA Maggie Li, maggie.li@cesanamedia.cn, +86 10 6952 1122 (Beijing) INDIA ‘Rachna Gulati, rachna.gulati@publicitas.com, +91 11 2373 0869, Indu Joshi, indu.joshi@publicitas.com, +91 22 6137 7200 JAPAN Kazuhiko Tanaka, kazujt@bunkoh.com, +81 3 3584 6420 KOREA Jo Young Sang, ysjo@biscom.co.kr, +82 2 739 7840 TAIWAN Janet Chen, janet@procomintl.com.tw, +886 2 2767 7390 THAILAND Janya Limmanee, janya.l@jpp-thailand.com, +66 2051 4694 16 DEPARTURES EDITORIAL OFFICES AND ILLUSTRATORS Journal International Experience, Hanns-Seidel-Platz 5, 81737 Munich, Germany; +49 89 642 797-0 Hong Kong Grebstad Hicks Communications, Lynn Grebstad, 704 The Broadway, 54–62 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong; +852 2810 0532. 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