Shelley Winkel has 25 years’ experience in PR and Corporate Communications for the tourism industry, including roles as PR Manager for Tourism Australia based in Asia, and Area Director of PR for Hilton Hotels Corporation, stationed in Singapore and London. She now leads the Consumer Publicity efforts for Tourism and Events Queensland, working daily to position the holiday state as the best address on earth. Shelley is proud of the relationships she has with Australia’s leading lifestyle media and how these collaborations support and sustain hundreds of small tourism operators.

Kelli Armstrong is Escape's Managing Editor. She commissions all the brand's cover and feature stories and is always on the lookout for unique travel story angles and brilliant writers. Kelli also manages famils for Escape and forward-plans content to reach audience across all platforms including print, digital and video. She got her taste for travel having grown up in Australia, PNG and Indonesia. She’s since spread her wings around the globe and has lived in the UK, UAE and the USA. Her most memorable trips include a weekend of Sazeracs and music in New Orleans, hiking the Amalfi Coast and cycling around Uluru with her daughter.

Amy is a passionate Television Producer for Queensland’s Seven Productions team. In her role as Segment Producer, Amy contributes to the ongoing production of the network’s much-loved travel and lifestyle programs, Weekender and Creek to Coast. As well as producing these perennially popular programs, Amy works with a range of corporate clients to produce engaging broadcast, digital and written content. Being able to travel and write for a living is a childhood dream come true for this South African-born adventurer. Whether she’s stepping foot on Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays, or dusting off the red dirt in the Outback, Amy never fails to stop and remind herself how lucky she is to call this her ‘job’.