About TripSketch
TripSketch provides individual travelers and travel professionals with an easy to use web based application for travel planning. With a rich collection of actionable travel content created, collected and checked by our editorial team, users can have confidence that they are getting the best information available on the web, allowing them to plan layovers, short breaks, and multi-city tours, while avoiding disappointment caused by unavailable attractions or unexpected expenses.With its unique user interface, users plan their trip around their interests, budget and time constraints.

TripSketch also defines a platform for the travel industry to provide dynamically tailored content, allowing customers and agents to consider travel alternatives they might not have considered.This allows excess inventory to be utilized while increasing customer choice and satisfaction.

TripSketch: The intelligent travel planner.

CEO and Founder Lalitha Swart Lalitha founded TripSketch in 2007, combining her passion for travel and efficiency. "Sketching your trip helps you make the most of your leisure time."  Starting her career with Bank of America, she managed relationships with start-ups and venture capitalists.  She then joined a start-up, Silicon Valley Bank, which she helped grow to become the world's leading high technology bank.  As Executive VP, she created new business units key to meeting the growing needs of the bank's customers, including cash management, international finance, and an innovative networking site for entrepreneurs.  Before founding TripSketch, she worked with technology start-ups in the US and Ireland as a CFO, advisor, investor, mentor and in business development. Lalitha graduated from Brown University with a degree in Biochemistry and later earned an MBA from the University of Washington. With a father in the UN, Lalitha grew up all over the world and has traveled extensively for business and pleasure.		VP of Engineering Daniel Sagalowicz Previously, he spearheaded the strategic technology direction for Adobe's Enterprise line, as Senior Director of Product Management. He was Vice President of Engineering and a founding executive at several startups including Tsola and E-Stamp. His resume also includes Oracle and research positions at the Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International. Daniel holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, as well as an M.S. degree in Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications in Paris. He enjoys opera and symphony concerts and plays tennis frequently - although he is lousy at it.. Daniel also loves to travel - especially to Europe. As Gertrude Stein once said: "America is my country and Paris is my hometown."
Editor Amanda Castleman Amanda formerly launched The Gist Magazine Group, a chain of entertainment and current affairs magazines outside London. She was also a Sub-Editor at The Oxford Times and Mail in the UK. Before that, she ran the 80-person Daily newsroom in Seattle. Also a distinguished writer, Amanda won a 2007 Lowell Thomas award (travel's ersatz Pulitzer). Her articles have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, MSNBC.com, Wired, Salon, Italy Daily and The Athens News, as well as the UK's BBC, Guardian and Mail on Sunday. Her 26 book credits include Frommer's, Michelin, Time Out, Rough Guides and National Geographic. Amanda teaches through Writers.com, the Richard Hugo House and Travel Writing Class.com.		Director of Photography Marcus R. Donner Before TripSketch, this visual storyteller coached staff and defined the look of a daily Seattle newspaper for nine years. Other experience includes photojournalism, cinematography on independent films, and picture editing for print and multimedia. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, HBO, Cinemax, The Christian Science Monitor, Microsoft, The MacArthur Foundation, The Sundance Channel, Reuters and the Associated Press. Marcus has run workshops for Travel Writing Class.com, an NPR affiliate, and the Seattle International Film Festival's Screenwriters Salon, among others. A past chapter president of the the Society of Professional Journalists, he's its 2007 editor of Access: A Guide to Open Government.

EDITORIAL TEAM
Mike Ullmann
Michael Holland
WEB DEVELOPMENT	Harbinger Systems Pvt. Ltd.
ASIA
Bangkok	Michael Holland
Beijing	Victoria Stockton
Djakarta	Michael Holland
Hanoi	Michael Holland
Kuala Lumpur	Jaswinder Kaur Gill
New Delhi	Jenna Roberts
Osaka	Rob Goss
Seoul	Naomi Arnold
Shanghai	Victoria Stockton
Singapore	Jaswinder Kaur Gill
Taipei	Jenna Roberts
Thailand	Michael Holland
Tokyo	Rob Goss
NORTH AMERICA
Boston	Amy Swart
Calgary	Dee Van Dyk
Cincinnati	Betsa Marsh
Dallas	David Currier
Denver	Kara Williams
Detroit	Jessica Howell
Halifax	Allan Lynch
Honolulu	Linda Petrucelli
Houston	Cynthia Davis
Las Vegas	Matt Falcus
Los Angeles	Kimbrough Lil-Lantz
Miami	Martin Crossland
Minneapolis	Ron Kness
Montreal	Julie Harrison
New York	Michael Ross
	James Kirkikis
Newark	James Kirkikis
Ottawa	Julie Harrison
Philadelphia	James Kirkikis
Phoenix	Ron Kness
San Francisco	Sharon Berman
Seattle	Amanda Castleman
Toronto	Lucy Izon
Washington DC	James Kirkikis

Contribute to TripSketch The web is awash with information - and misinformation, especially for travelers. TripSketch sifts that clutter, so readers don't have to. That's why we hire professional writers for our reviews, blogs and articles. However, we always welcome suggestions emailed to feedback@tripsketch.com. TripSketch works with an established pool of freelancers and regretfully cannot respond to unsolicited submissions or pitches. We are happy to hear from experts on cities we haven't covered yet, which will be kept on file. Please send a bio, two published clips and cover letter to editorial@tripsketch.com.
EUROPE
Amsterdam	Zora O'Neill
Athens	Sasha Heseltine
Belgrade	Laurence Mitchell
Berlin	Sascha Stokes
Brussels	Laura Lynch
Copenhagen	Dave Fox
Dublin	Jenny Webb
Frankfurt	Sascha Stokes
Istanbul	Kathy Hamilton
Lisbon	Robert Wright
London	Sascha Stokes
	Anna Melville-James
Madrid	Robert Wright
Marseilles	Kathryn Tomasetti
Milan	Roberta Kedzierski
	Sasha Heseltine
Moscow	Mara Vorhees
Munich	Sascha Stokes
Nice	Nance Cooper
Oslo	Grete Semb Kempton
Paris	Sharon deRham
	Matt Falcus
Prague	Eva Munk
Reykjavik	Allan Lynch
Rome	Amanda Castleman
Stockholm	Felix Choo
Vienna	Michael Skorulski
Warsaw	Michelle Smith
OCEANIA AND AUSTRALIA
Auckland	Liz Lewis
Sydney	Marie Javins
Wellington	Leeanne Templer
MIDDLE EAST
Abu Dhabi	Michael Skorulski
Dubai	Michelle Balmer

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