Katie Lockhart Katie is a freelance travel and food journalist specializing in luxury brands and hotels. She has been traveling the world full-time for over four years. Aside from Travel + Leisure, Katie writes for publications like Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic, CNN, Insider, The Points Guy, Hotels Above Par, and many more. She is also a freelance copywriter for luxury hospitality brands.• Katie received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Fordham University Lincoln Center• After living in the region for more than four years, she writes frequently about Asia (especially the Maldives), the Faroe Islands, and Iceland• She contributes regularly to many of the world's leading travel and food publications About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process