Laura Begley Bloom is the founder of Begley Bloom Media, a content strategy consultancy working with media, travel, and luxury lifestyle brands to build and grow high-impact content platforms and storytelling initiatives.

Select clients include Forbes, Food & Wine, and CNBC, as well as brands such as Tripadvisor, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Holland America Line, and Lincoln Motor Company. You can watch a video that Laura did with Four Seasons, above. (Fun fact: The video went viral and was nominated for a Webby Award.)

Previously, Laura was editor-in-chief of Yahoo Travel, which she transformed into the world’s most-read digital travel magazine. She also served as deputy editor of Travel + Leisure, helping evolve the legacy print brand into a multi-platform powerhouse.

A recognized media authority, Laura appears regularly on television — from Inside Edition to CNN — and has spoken at conferences hosted by the Harvard Business School, The New York Times, and other leading brands.

Journalism is part of Laura’s heritage: Her great great grandfather was a Civil War correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.