Kathy McCabe is the founder of the subscription
travel newsletter, Insider's Guide to Undiscovered Italy. The nine-year-old newsletter was awarded "Best Consumer Subscription Newsletter 2007" and has been recommended by Geographic Traveler, U.S News & World Report and BusinessWeek, among other major media outlets. Through her newsletter and media appearances, this Italian travel expert has helped thousands of travelers experience authentic Italy. She was recently voted one of the "12 Top Travel Twitter Personalities for 2012." She was also the editor for the recently released mobile app Rome: Dream of Italy.
the production of buffalo mozzarella in Campania, partaking in truffle hunts in Piedmont and Umbria, soaking in magical hot springs in Tuscany, watching open-air opera in Verona, visiting ancient caves in Basilicata and reviewing Italy's newest restaurants and hotels. McCabe frequently contributes to the travel section of The Huffington Post. She commented on the travel and culture aspects of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino for USA TODAY, Peter Greenberg's Travel Hub Radio and ABC NEWS' She also appears regularly on online and radio travel programs such as Steve Perillo and Rudy Maxa's World. McCabe is a speaker and consultant on travel and publishing and specializes in developing travel content for new media. She has spoken at The New York Times Washington, DC and the Mequoda Summit (a publishing conference) in Boston. She has consulted with private clients on launching new travel Web sites, content marketing strategy, e-mail marketing and social media. (If you would like to talk to her about how she can help your travel or publishing brand, contact her here.) As a travel writer, McCabe has written about everything from taking her dog to luxury hotels to choosing a Caribbean cruise. Her articles have appeared in Washingtonian, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Global Traveler, The Travel Channel Online, AOL Travel, Fodor's Travel Publications, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Herald and Rudy Maxa's Traveler written for Pages. McCabe began her career in journalism at ABC News where she was part of an Emmy-Award winning investigative team linking money and politics during the 1996 presidential election. She holds a M.A. in non-fiction writing from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S.F.S. in European Studies from Georgetown University. She is a graduate of the Stanford University Publishing Program for Mid-Career Professionals.
McCabe's first-hand Italy reporting has included assisting in
