| Solange HANDO |
last modified:
July 22, 2010 |
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Membership profile
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Solange HANDO |
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Professional title
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Freelance travel writer/photographer |
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Address |
3 The Paddocks, Beltinge, HERNE BAY, Kent CT6 6QX |
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Telephone (day)
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01227 363334 |
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Telephone (evening)
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01227 363334 |
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Fax:
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01227 363 334 |
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Mobile
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07981 812683 |
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E-mail
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solange.travel@btinternet.com |
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Website 1
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Website 2
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Biography |
Born in France, Solange is a bilingual travel writer and photographer with an in-depth knowledge of French, Nepalese and Bhutanese cultures.
Took up full time writing ten years ago and never looked back. |
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Main professional activities |
Travel features for in-flight and heritage magazines, holiday and francophile publications.
Feature writer for South Asia/China on suite 101.com.
Guest speaker at workshops and seminars, tutor for residential travel writing week-ends, travel writing competition judge. |
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Memberships |
British Guild of Travel Writers,
Chartered Institute of Journalists
TravelwritersUK, International Alliance of Travel Writers
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Awards |
St Lucia's Travel Writer of the Year (April 2009), ABTOP Travel Features Awards (finalist 2007), Writers' News Freelance Journalist of the Year,
Canterbury / Ormskirk Writers Circles competitions (winner), TNT/Thomas Cooke Archives Travel Writing competitions (runner up). |
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Most recent publications |
National Geographic Traveler UK, Real Travel, Holiday Villas, Holiday Cottages, Holiday Villas and Cottages, Destination France, Living France, Bhutanese Airlines in-flight, Soul and Spirit travel, Compass, BBC History, South China Morning Post, French Property News, People's Friend,Compass, Central Agarve,An Indian Journey, suite 101.com, travelintelligence, travmedia. |
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Other important publications |
Contributor to Journeys of a Lifetime (National Geographic, Nov. 07).
Contributor to Sacred Places of a Lifetime and Food Journeys of a Lifetime (National Geographic 08/09). Contributor to 1001 Escapes (Quintessence 09).
Contributor to the Isle of Wight Visitor's Guide 2008.
Bhutan online guide updates (Weissmann Spring 08, World Travel Guides Summer 08)
Nepal online guide update (Weissmann Dec.08).
Contributor to Paris Memories of Times Past (Worth Press). |
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Areas of particular interest or expertise |
Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand,Taiwan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Peru (Titicaca, Inca ruins, Cusco), Grenada, St Lucia, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, North Africa, South Africa, France, southern Europe. Covering short/city breaks, exotic beaches, family holidays, over 50 travel, culture, adventure (trekking), activity holidays, hotel reviews, human interest. |
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Other relevant information |
Fluent French.
Bags packed permanently, will travel anywhere, any time. |
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