Melinda Stevens is the global editor-in-chief of Condé Nast Traveler.

Previously Stevens was the editor in chief of the UK edition of the title, a position which she has held since 2012. During her time on the publication, Stevens has elevated the brand across all platforms, creating content which is loved by readers, highly respected throughout the industry, and viewed as the leading travel lifestyle publication in the UK and US. She was awarded New Editor of the Year in the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) Awards in her first year, followed up in 2017 and 2018 by Editor of the Year in the travel category. Also, in 2017 she was awarded Columnist of the Year by the Professional Publishers Association, the first time an editor has won the prize for an Editor’s Letter.

Prior to Condé Nast Traveler, Stevens was the travel editor of Tatler for seven years, and a journalist and columnist for The Sunday Times, The Evening Standard, after starting her career at Vogue. In the last six years on the brand she has also launched the Traveler Events series, as well as the Editor’s Best Trips booking engine initiative. The Traveler book Chic Stays, published by Assouline in 2017, has become one of their best sellers and a new follow-up book is in the pipeline.

Eric Gillin is the chief business officer of The Lifestyle Division, which includes Bon Appétit, Epicurious, AD, Condé Nast Traveler and Self. He oversees consumer revenue for this collection of brands, and manages category sales in CPG, travel, home, golf and health for the company.

Gillin was previously digital general manager of AD, Condé Nast Traveler and the Food Innovation Group (FIG), which includes Bon Appétit and Epicurious. Since Gillin joined Condé Nast in 2012, he also served as the executive director of Epicurious, overseeing digital and content strategy, and as the head of product for FIG, running digital product strategy across both Epicurious and Bon Appétit.

In February 2015, Gillin relaunched the Epicurious brand and website; less than a year later, Epicurious traffic had more than doubled, driven by a thousand-fold increase in video and a three-fold increase in social media traffic. Under his leadership, revenue also reached an all-time high, with video revenue quintupling from 2015 to 2016. Gillin also helped establish the new Healthyish vertical in January 2017.

Prior to joining Condé Nast, Gillin was a digital jack-of-all trades at Hearst, where he ran content strategy and developed products for a wide portfolio of brands, winning the Hearst Innovation Award in 2010. He was Esquire’s first full-time web editor and ultimately became the first director of the Hearst Men’s Network. Additionally, he relaunched Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan and developed apps for House Beautiful, Marie Claire and Country Living. Prior to his six years at Hearst, he was the entertainment editor for Maxim magazine.