Author: maxine

SHOO-ING THE BLACK DOG AWAY

I have a cat—Dudley. Duddles is a nuisance, needy and, frankly, I don’t even know if he likes me very much. But he’s part...

THE YEAR OF THE TODDLER

How was your 2018? And how has your 2019 begun? Are you used to writing 2019 yet? It’s weird, isn’t it? So many questions…...

RANT: LEGS AND RESOLUTIONS

Hands up if you’ve found it hard to get started this year. Go on, be honest. Same here. Keep your hands up if you’ve...

RANT: SERIOUSLY, TRAVEL INDUSTRY, WHERE HAS THE ‘SEXY’​ GONE?

In the last few years, at the insistence of my clients mostly, I’ve become an accidental travel industry recruiter.

KEEPING IT TOGETHER

How often do you find your internal voice quietly saying, “Breath, you’ve got this…keep it together”? I hear it a bit. Not as much...

RANT: FURROWED BROWS AND A SILLY MISTAKE

Have you ever been in a meeting and thought to yourself, This has to be a joke, and discreetly looked around for hidden cameras...

MY SECRETS ARE OUT

Last week I caught up with the guys at KarryOn. We chatted about how I started in the industry, scales-on-wheels and the time I...

THE GIG ECONOMY

From Collaborative Consumption to freelancing: Travel Bulletin asked Maxine to write a feature piece on the ‘Gig Economy’ for the September 2016 edition of...

A BIT OF A KARRYON

We were thrilled to be profiled in KarryOn – the voice of the travel industry. “Businesses are evolving very rapidly and the new sharing