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title: Journalist Spotlight | Interview with Paul Chai, Managing Editor for Luxury Escapes
description: This week’s Spotlight Interview from Medianet is with Paul Chai. Paul recently started a new role as Managing Editor for the travel publication Luxury Escapes and has worked for some of Australia’s biggest media outlets.
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# [Journalist Spotlight | Interview with Paul Chai, Managing Editor for Luxury Escapes](https://www.medianet.com.au/blog/paul-chai)

 Written by [Lucy Brown](https://www.medianet.com.au/blog/author/lucy-brown) | May 4, 2023 1:29:28 AM

This week’s Spotlight Interview from Medianet is with Paul Chai. Paul recently started a new role as Managing Editor for the travel publication Luxury Escapes and has worked for some of Australia’s biggest media outlets.

 

##### **Firstly, congratulations on your new role as Managing Editor at Luxury Escapes. Can you tell me a bit about your career progression in the travel and print publications space?**

I have been a travel writer and editor for nearly 20 years. After working in London on non-travel titles like Variety and The Financial Times I returned to Australia to help launch Travel + Leisure Australia at Fairfax and then went freelance.

Around ten years ago, I moved to Singapore to edit Tigerair’s inflight magazine for Ink Singapore, then moved to Ink’s Melbourne office. For the past few years, I have been a freelance writer and editor for publications like Traveller, Time Out and Escape. 

 

##### **What has been the highlight of your career so far?**

It is very hard to beat my gig at Moving Pictures in London, a small film industry publisher, where we used to travel to the world’s film festivals like Cannes, LA and even Moscow to produce daily magazines.

 

##### **What is a commonly held belief about your job or the industry that you disagree with?**

That when a writer or editor travels on a [famil ](https://www.yourdictionary.com/famil)it is a “holiday”. They are a great opportunity, but a holiday is with family and friends. 

 

##### **What are the highlights of working with physical media and print publications in a time where the shift to digital platforms is so prevalent? **

The luxury of time. When you print something there is no CTRL Z, so you tend to take a bit longer to think about the story, to check the copy and to make sure that everything is just so.

 

##### **Where do you see yourself in the future, and where would you like your work to take you?**

As sappy as it sounds, the current role is pretty much spot on. I love travel journalism and print so finding both those things at a time when digital is king I feel very fortunate. I would like any future role to continue to inspire people to get on that plane, boat, train or in that car.

 

##### **Any upcoming work from you or Luxury Escapes we should keep an eye out for?**

The Luxury Escapes content team has a wide range of exciting projects on the horizon from the relaunched magazine to the new season of the Luxury Escapes TV show, as well as a podcast.

 

##### **And lastly, what are your content pitching preferences?**

Best to get me on email, we have submission guidelines but we do get a lot of general “luxe guide to” pitches. The magazine is a luxury travel guide in itself so I am looking for pitches that are quite specific and original.

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