As Group Vice President / Editorial Director, Ken Shapiro oversees the content for several brands within Northstar¡¯s Retail Group, including TravelAge West, TravelPulse, TravelPulse Canada/Quebec, AGENTatHOME and Travel42. In his previous role as Editor-in-Chief of TravelAge West, he oversaw the tremendous growth of that brand, guiding it to become the number-one travel trade title in the Western U.S. He also launched Family Getaways, covering family and multigenerational travel, and Explorer, focused on adventure travel. Shapiro also created TravelAge West¡¯s WAVE Awards for travel suppliers, and the Stevie Award-winning Future Leaders in Travel Retreat, for the next generation of travel advisors. He is also involved in TravelPulse¡¯s Travvy Awards and TravelPulse Canada¡¯s Readers¡¯ Choice Awards. Shapiro is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and has won several writing awards from SATW and the North American Travel Journalists Association, among others. He has been interviewed on a range of travel-related topics by The New York Times, NPR, PBS, BBC, USA Today and many other outlets. He is also the recipient of the Marianne Dekker Mattera Mentor Award (part of the Jesse H. Neal Awards) and a Diamond Award from the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA). He is a former President of the Board of Directors of the Family Travel Association and is on the board of Tourism Cares.
