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Episode #106: Karen Cicero, Contributing Travel Editor, Good Housekeeping & Brie Schwartz, Director of Editorial Commerce, Good Housekeeping

Episode #106: Karen Cicero, Contributing Travel Editor, Good Housekeeping & Brie Schwartz, Director of Editorial Commerce, Good Housekeeping

Released Wednesday, 29th April 2026
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Episode #106: Karen Cicero, Contributing Travel Editor, Good Housekeeping & Brie Schwartz, Director of Editorial Commerce, Good Housekeeping

Episode #106: Karen Cicero, Contributing Travel Editor, Good Housekeeping & Brie Schwartz, Director of Editorial Commerce, Good Housekeeping

Episode #106: Karen Cicero, Contributing Travel Editor, Good Housekeeping & Brie Schwartz, Director of Editorial Commerce, Good Housekeeping

Episode #106: Karen Cicero, Contributing Travel Editor, Good Housekeeping & Brie Schwartz, Director of Editorial Commerce, Good Housekeeping

Wednesday, 29th April 2026
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To kick off Season 8, we have a double interview featuring Good Housekeeping’s Karen Cicero and Brie Schwartz.


Karen is a Contributing Travel Editor for Good Housekeeping, where she covers family travel, leisure travel and travel trends. In this role, she helps manage the annual Good Housekeeping Travel Awards, which she helped launch, and creates digital travel coverage.


Karen was IMM's Travel Journalist of the Year in 2025 and has spoken at several travel industry conferences, including PRSA and the Mid-Atlantic Tourism Alliance, and was previously the Travel Editor at Parents. She has visited almost every state with her family. 


Brie is the Director of Editorial Commerce at Good Housekeeping, where she leads the brand’s shopping coverage. Brie covers shopping, travel and trends relating to beauty, fashion and more. With 17 years of experience as an editor and content strategist, Brie has written extensively about style, beauty, travel, wellness and relationships.


Before joining the team, Brie was the Commerce Director for Glamour and Teen Vogue, and helped launch Oprah Daily as the site’s Deputy Editor. Her work has appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Marie Claire, Seventeen, Women’s Health, Men’s Health and more.


Connect with Karen:

Instagram: @karencicero

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-cicero-9933717/

TikTok: @karencicero


Connect with Brie:

Instagram: @brietaylors

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brie-schwartz-22416b1a/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brie.schwartz.5

TikTok: @brieschwartz


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Hospitality Forward

Welcome to Hospitality Forward, a podcast for hospitality & travel professionals, where we invite members of the media to share their insights and tips. ⁣⁣My name is Hanna Lee. I’m President of Hanna Lee Communications, an award-winning public relations agency in New York City. ⁣⁣And I’m Michael Anstendig, a food and beverage writer and my work has appeared in publications like the New York Times, Time Out New York, New York magazine online and others. I'm also the Editor in Chief at Hanna Lee Communications.⁣⁣The hospitality & travel industry is now facing incredible challenges, and we know our community is looking for support and solutions. So we want to provide ways of attracting the media spotlight that can help your business rebuild and prosper. ⁣⁣That is why we created this podcast, where we will interview the smartest, most accomplished journalists who cover hospitality & travel for some of the world’s leading outlets. ⁣⁣Our upcoming episodes featuring media members from the New York Times, Esquire, Fortune, Time Out New York, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and many others.⁣ ⁣And because we understand the power of media coverage, we’ll ask our guests to reveal their insider tips. ⁣⁣They’ll explain how to get the word out about yourself and your business, how to handle media interviews, how to be a great media resource, and how to tell your newsworthy story in a compelling and authentic way.⁣⁣We are so excited to bring you these insightful interviews to help our industry reset, redirect and rebound. ⁣⁣So subscribe today and join us as we move Hospitality Forward together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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