ABOUT

 

Rachel Lees is an Australian travel writer, editor and content creator.

With two decades of experience in print and television, Rachel’s work has been published by The Sunday Times, Lonely Planet, BBC, The Independent, ESCAPE, Harper’s Bazaar, Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Qantas magazine, and many other titles. 

Rachel spent six years living in Singapore, where she was the deputy editor of Singapore Airlines’ inflight magazine, SilverKris. Prior to that, in Australia, she worked in-house at InStyle and on the Seven Network’s Sunrise. 

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Rachel went freelance in 2017. Since then, she has been nominated for six awards, including a Kennedy Award for Outstanding Travel Writing. She is also a Mr & Mrs Smith reviewer.

Find out more about her experience as a travel writer in this ABC interview, and on this What She Did Next podcast

 
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AWARDS

  • Finalist, Outstanding Travel Writing, Kennedy Awards, 2022

  • Finalist, Best Destination Guide, Australian Society of Travel Writers, 2022

  • Finalist, Best Australian Story over 1,000 words, Australian Society of Travel Writers, 2020

  • Finalist, Best International Story, Australian Society of Travel Writers, 2020

  • Finalist, Best Sustainable Tourism Story, Australian Society of Travel Writers, 2020

  • Finalist, Best Food Travel Story, Australian Society of Travel Writers, 2020