TravMedia Meets with 9Travel

Kristine Tarbert is the Editor of 9Travel, covering all the latest in travel news, hotels, cruising and exclusive deals.

Kristine has been a journalist for over a decade. Before joining Nine she was the Features and Health Editor for Yahoo Lifestyle Australia, where she had spent nearly five years covering lifestyle, royals, travel, health, food, entertainment and celebrity. She also spent time in print as News and Features Writer for Woman's Day magazine and News and Sports Reporter at NewsCorp.

Shauna Anderson is the Managing Editor at nine.com.au. Previously, she was the Network Editor of 9Honey, overseeing Australia’s largest women’s network, comprising of the 9Honey site, the 9Honey podcasts and the various 9Honey TV shows.

She is passionate about all things women want to talk about and all media women want to consume.

Anderson has over 15 years’ experience in the industry that has seen her work in print and online journalism as well as in television, both in front of the camera, and behind-the-scenes television.

Jemima Skelley is a Senior Travel producer for 9Travel. She also spent time as Editor in a maternity leave cover position.

After completing her Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) at UTS, Sydney, Jemima worked at BuzzFeed for five years, where she worked her way up to the role of Lifestyle Editor. She then went freelance and spent a year travelling the world while also writing for multiple publications.

Sarah Swain is a Senior Journalist for nine.com.au working across both 9Travel and 9News.

Sarah has worked as a journalist for newspapers, magazines and websites in Australia, the UK and the Middle East covering everything from crime to showbiz.

Blake is a driven and passionate TravMedia Australia team member. After receiving his diploma in public relations and communications he sought his media experience with Australia's telecasting powerhouse MCN. From there, Blake moved into the travel space as a digital marketing consultant for a new social travel app. In early 2017, Blake was offered the position of PR and Marketing Coordinator at TravMedia where he thrived in an industry he was so evidently passionate about.

After spending over a year under the tutelage of Kirsty Lucas and Nick Wayland, in 2018 Blake was given the opportunity to step up into a more senior role at TravMedia in his role as Regional Manager.

After spending over a year under the tutelage of Kirsty Lucas and Nick Wayland, in 2018 Blake was given the opportunity to step up into a more senior role at TravMedia in his role as Regional Manager.

In 2020, our industry faced it biggest challenge yet with the COVID-19 pandemic devastating travel globally. Faced with adversity, Blake, Nick, Julie and the technology team kept positive and managed to reshape their TravTrade product to host online virtual events for some of the industry's biggest names. Once the dust had settled in October of 2021 and the team had made it through it's toughest years to date, Blake was offered the position of Regional Director to oversea the day to day operations of TravMedia, Food4Media and TravTrade in Australia and New Zealand.

Blake has a deep passion for travel and has been lucky enough to visit over 30 countries since a young age. Blake's love for travel took him into the field of travel TV presenting and after some success he found himself drawn back to his chosen field of study where his love for media communications became his true drive.

Blake is a true outdoors man and relishes any opportunity to get out in the sun and get active.