With more than 25 years experience in the tourism industry, Chris McBeath has worked aboard cruise ships, opened hotels, managed convention centres, marketed spas, and written about nearly every aspect of travel. Consequently, she has an insider’s eye to service, comfort and hospitality and, as an accomplished, award-winning travel journalist writes for both the internet, and trade and consumer publications around the world.


Chris is a member of several professional associations including:
•Professional Writers Association of Canada
•Canadian Public Relations Society
•Society of American Travel Writers
•Travel Media Association of Canada
•North American Travel Journalists Association
•Travelwriters.com
•Travel Journalists Guild

Publications
Recent bylines:
African Access, Arkansas Gazette, The Canada Travel Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle-Herald, Common Ground, Forsyth News, HolidayMaker, Inn Focus, Innkeeping World, InnSpire, London Free Press, Publican, Spa Business, Spa Life, Seattle Magazine, Shared Vision, Time Out Guides, Trips, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, Weissman Travel Reports, Where Magazine (columnist), West Ender, and World Hospitality. Through Travelink’s greatestgetaways concept, articles also appear regularly in a network of community newspapers throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Travel Books:
• Author, Frommers Pocket Guide to Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands (2007)
• Co-author Fodors The Carolinas & Georgia – (2007)
• Author, Dummies Guide to Vancouver & Victoria (2005)
• Co-author Fodors Gold Guide to British Columbia (2006 & 2004)
•Author The Magic of Greater Vancouver, distributed by Raincoast of Canada
•Contributor to Cruise Ships – The Inside Story, published by Collins of Canada and Bon Voyage – the Cruise Traveler’s Passport
•Contributing writer to The Vancouver Book
Awards
for travel:
•2007 Award of Excellence, “Spa Treatment Trends” in Health, Fitness & Medical Writing category
•2006 NATJA First Prize “Spa Treatment Trends” and Award of Excellence for “Healing Hawaii”
•2005 APEX Award for profile on Horst Rechelbacher, Spa Business Magazine
•2005 NATJA First Prize for “Green the Bottom Line” trade feature; Award of Excellence for Spa Business profile “The Schau-Larsens”; and for series of specialty package brochures for Echo Valley Ranch & Spa
•1998 TMAC Award of Merit, and NATJA First Prize for Feature Writing:The Gambia by Taxi
•1998 APEX North American Award of Excellence for Feature Writing, Vancouver’s Business District
•1997 CPRS National Award of Merit overall writing/publication of Spa Synergy Magazine
•1995 APEX North American Award of Excellence in Publishing, Spa Synergy Magazine

and for business:
•1998 APEX North American Award of Excellence, and Newsletter Clearinghouse Gold Award, for Sunny Hill newsletter, Kids First
•1997 HYGEIA National Award, First prize, and IABC Provincial Award for scripting and co-producing fundraising video, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
•1996 APEX North American Award for Feature Writing, "Advances accelerate in pediatric care"



Tourism Portfolio / Client List (partial)
Advantage Travel, Air Transat Holidays, Delta Hotels & Resorts-Whistler, Holiday Inns International, Leading Spas of Canada, Lifestyle Vacations, Resorts to Wellness, Over Canada, Tourism British Columbia, Tourism Richmond, Tourism Vancouver, Vancouver Coast & Mountains Tourism Association, Vancouver Trade & Exhibition Centre